Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 619 › Conversation 619-002

Nixon & Bull on Norris Cotton and Barber Conable

Tuesday, November 16, 1971 · 7:56 AM–8:07 AM ET · Oval Office ·18 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Bull, Stephen B.Conversation619-002 onTape 619 (tape position 00:05:09–00:06:28)StartTuesday, November 16, 1971 at 7:56 AMEndTuesday, November 16, 1971 at 8:07 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 619-002 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to review and organize his daily schedule. The two men briefly discussed the upcoming appointments with Senators Norris Cotton and Margaret Chase Smith, as well as Representative Barber Conable. This meeting served as a routine administrative coordination to confirm the sequence and participants of the President's morning agenda.

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I was present.
Who was next?
Uh, Senator Cotten and Barbara Cotten.
Barbara, she's the next.
Good job, Cotten.
Cotten, over.

NARA Description

On November 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:56 am and 8:07 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 619-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 619-2

Date: November 16, 1971
Time: Unknown between 7:56 am and 8:07 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     The President's schedule
          -Norris Cotton and Barber B. Conable, Jr.
          -Margaret Chase Smith

Bull left at an unknown time before 8:07 am.

Also recorded on November 16, 1971

  • 619-001 7:56 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:56 am and 8:07 am.
  • 619-003 8:07 AM · 24 min — United States Secret Service agents, Manolo Sanchez, Ronald L. Ziegler, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:07 am and 9:50 am.
  • 619-004 8:07 AM · 11 sec — Stephen B. Bull and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:07 am and 9:50 am.
  • 619-005 8:07 AM · 8 sec — Stephen B. Bull and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:07 am and 9:50 am.
  • 619-006 8:07 AM · 28 sec — Alexander P. Butterfield and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:07 am and 9:50 am.
  • 619-007 9:53 AM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:53 am to 10:13 am.
  • 619-008 10:13 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:13 am and 10:15 am.
  • 083-004 10:15 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and members of the Committee on Mental Retardation, including Elliot L. Richardson, Patricia R. Hitt, Clair W. Burgener, Kenneth Robinson, Jeannette Rockefeller, Nan Ulle, Joseph H. Douglas, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., James H. Cavanaugh, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 10:15 am to 10:56 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 619-002, November 16, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/619-002 (accessed September 18, 2026).