Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 623 › Conversation 623-018

Nixon & Bull on Rogers C. B. Morton and White House logistics

Tuesday, November 23, 1971 · 3:09 PM–3:10 PM ET · Oval Office · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation623-018 on Tape 623 (tape position 03:27:55–03:28:15)StartTuesday, November 23, 1971 at 3:09 PMEndTuesday, November 23, 1971 at 3:10 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 623-018 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate logistical details regarding the President's schedule. The brief discussion primarily concerned an upcoming appointment with Secretary of the Interior Rogers C. B. Morton. The conversation concluded with Nixon emphasizing the need for discretion regarding the meeting's arrangements.

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He said, no, I better go.
They don't come right away.
Secretary Marks, could you please keep this to yourself?

NARA Description

On November 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:09 pm and 3:10 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 623-018 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 623-018

Date: November 23, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:09 pm and 3:10 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     The President's schedule
          -Rogers C. B. Morton

Bull left at an unknown time before 3:10 pm.

Also recorded on November 23, 1971

  • 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.
  • 623-016 3:07 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert H. Taylor met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:07 pm to 3:09 pm.
  • 623-017 3:09 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:09 pm and 3:10 pm.
  • 623-019 3:10 PM · 1 hr 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rogers C. B. Morton, John D. Ehrlichman, John C. Whitaker, White House photographer, unknown person(s), Stephen B. Bull, Francis W. Sargent, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:10 pm to 4:33 pm.
  • 623-020 4:33 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:33 pm.
  • 623-021 4:33 PM · 3 min — Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, Ronald L. Ziegler, and President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:33 pm to 4:35 pm.
  • 623-022 4:36 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William L. Waller, James O. Eastland, John N. Mitchell, Stephen B. Bull, Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:36 pm to 4:56 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 623-018, November 23, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/623-018 (accessed October 12, 2026).