Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 629 › Conversation 629-003
Nixon & Bull on Henry Kissinger and Administrative coordination
Monday, December 6, 1971 · 9:00 AM–9:07 AM ET · Oval Office · 4 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to review and finalize his upcoming daily schedule. The primary focus of the brief discussion was confirming an appointment with National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. No other substantive policy matters were recorded during this brief administrative check-in.
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NARA Description
On December 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:07 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 629-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 629-3
Date: December 6, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:00 am and 9:07 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
The President's schedule
-Meeting with Henry A. Kissinger
Bull left at an unknown time before 9:07 am.Also recorded on December 6, 1971
- 016-011 9:00 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:07 am.
- 629-001 9:00 AM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:07 am.
- 629-002 9:00 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:07 am.
- 629-004 9:00 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:07 am.
- 016-012 9:07 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 9:07 am to 9:09 am.
- 629-005 9:07 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:07 am to 9:09 am.
- 016-013 9:09 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:09 am and 9:19 am.
- 629-006 9:09 AM · 59 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, William P. Rogers, George H. W. Bush, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, John D. Ehrlichman, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Wilbur D. Mills met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:09 am to 10:08 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 629-003, December 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/629-003 (accessed October 10, 2026).