Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 621 › Conversation 621-030
Nixon & Bull on Public Relations and Staff Coordination
Saturday, November 20, 1971 · 11:10 AM–11:13 AM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to address various public relations matters and administrative coordination. The discussion involved key personnel, including David N. Parker, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Rose Mary Woods, Donald Rumsfeld, and H.R. Haldeman. A primary action item resulting from the meeting was the planning of a forthcoming telephone call between the President and Rumsfeld.
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NARA Description
On November 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:10 am and 11:13 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 621-030 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 621-30
Date: November 20, 1971
Time: 11:10 am - unknown before 11:13 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
Public relations
-David N. Parker
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Rose Mary Woods
-Donald H. Rumsfeld
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Rumsfeld
-Forthcoming telephone call from the President
Bull left at an unknown time before 11:13 am.Also recorded on November 20, 1971
- 015-069 10:50 AM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 10:50 am to 10:51 am.
- 015-070 10:52 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Seymour Halpern talked on the telephone from 10:52 am to 10:54 am.
- 621-027 10:52 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Seymour Halpern met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:52 am to 10:54 am.
- 015-071 10:57 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, Stephen B. Bull, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 10:57 am to 11:01 am.
- 621-028 10:57 AM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox, Stephen B. Bull, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Rose Mary Woods, and Alan Bible met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:57 am and 11:10 am.
- 015-072 11:02 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alan Bible talked on the telephone from 11:02 am to 11:05 am.
- 621-029 11:05 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:05 am and 11:10 am.
- 621-031 11:13 AM · 47 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, David N. Parker, unknown person(s), Rose Mary Woods, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:13 am to 12:00 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 621-030, November 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/621-030 (accessed October 25, 2026).