Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 623 › Conversation 623-023

Nixon & Bull on William P. Rogers and Henry A. Kissinger

Tuesday, November 23, 1971 · 4:56 PM–4:57 PM ET · Oval Office · 27 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation623-023 on Tape 623 (tape position 05:15:14–05:15:42)StartTuesday, November 23, 1971 at 4:56 PMEndTuesday, November 23, 1971 at 4:57 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 623-023 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate his upcoming schedule. The brief discussion focused on arranging meetings with key national security and diplomatic figures, specifically William P. Rogers, Henry A. Kissinger, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The primary action item was the confirmation of these appointments on the President's calendar.

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NARA Description

On November 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:56 pm to 4:57 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 623-023 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 623-023

Date: November 23, 1971
Time: 4:56 pm - 4:57 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

      The President's schedule
           -William P. Rogers
           -Henry A. Kissinger
           -Rogers
           -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

Bull left at 4:57 pm.

       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

Also recorded on November 23, 1971

  • 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.
  • 623-024 4:57 PM · 1 hr 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, John N. Mitchell, Sally Inge, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, Ronald L. Ziegler, George P. Shultz, John B. Connally, and Norman Van Brocklin met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:57 pm to 6:07 pm.
  • 015-117 5:15 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:15 pm and 5:33 pm.
  • 015-118 5:42 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:42 pm and 5:44 pm.
  • 015-119 5:44 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 5:44 pm to 5:47 pm.
  • 015-120 5:47 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:47 pm and 5:58 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 623-023, 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/623-023 (accessed October 12, 2026).