Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 623 › Conversation 623-009
Nixon, Bull & Butterfield on Washington Redskins
Tuesday, November 23, 1971 · 1:13 PM–1:18 PM ET · Oval Office · 3 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met with staff members Stephen Bull, Alexander Butterfield, and Manolo Sanchez to address administrative matters and logistics. The discussion focused on scheduling concerns, specifically regarding a Washington Redskins practice session and a requested phone call. The meeting concluded with the staff seeking and receiving instructions from the President before departing the Oval Office.
- Presidential schedule
- White House operations
- Washington Redskins
- Administrative instructions
Audio
NARA Description
On November 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:13 pm and 1:18 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 623-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 623-009
Date: November 23, 1971
Time: Unknown after 1:13 pm until 1:18 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull and Alexander P. Butterfield.
The President's schedule
-Washington Redskins practice session
-Call to unknown person
Bull left at an unknown time before 1:18 pm.
The President's schedule
-Signature
-[Unintelligible man's name]
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 1:13 pm.
Request for instructions
Butterfield and Sanchez left at 1:18 pm.Transcript (AI-generated)
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- 623-012 1:25 PM · 5 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 3:07 pm.
- 623-013 1:25 PM · 9 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 3:07 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 623-009, November 23, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417179943). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/623-009 (accessed November 15, 2026).