Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 630 › Conversation 630-005

Nixon & Bull on Bill signing and Alexander Butterfield

Monday, December 6, 1971 · 12:32 PM–12:35 PM ET · Oval Office · 3 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; [Unknown person(s)]Conversation630-005 on Tape 630 (tape position 00:36:12–00:38:45)StartMonday, December 6, 1971 at 12:32 PMEndMonday, December 6, 1971 at 12:35 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 630-005 ↗

President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull in the Oval Office to coordinate his immediate daily schedule, specifically regarding an upcoming bill signing and a telephone call to Alexander P. Butterfield. The brief discussion touched on administrative logistics and the involvement of Rose Mary Woods. The interaction concluded with preparations for a secondary conversation involving an unknown participant.

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President, I only have two minutes for a bill, son.
All right, son, I'll get right into it.
I've already got a lot of response, and I'll get them.
I'll get them in five minutes.
Rosa, would you want to see me ask you a couple of questions?
I have a question for you.
I'm just going to take a moment.
I'm just going to take a moment.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah, well, I was here for a couple of citizens last year.
I can give you this letter.
No, uh, it's just I didn't get the key, but I thought I'd give it to you.
Yeah, sorry about that.
No.
I understand.
I'm not sure we'll do that.
Unless they had prepared it for us.
It would be too hard to get across at this point.
Yeah, buddy, and also, uh, we just kind of worry about how many of us are going to die.

On December 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:32 pm and 12:35 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 630-005 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 630-005

Date: December 6, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:32 pm and 12:35 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     The President's schedule
          -Bill signing
          -Rose Mary Woods
          -Call to Alexander P. Butterfield
                -Time

The President talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 12:32 pm and 12:35
pm

[Conversation No. 630-5A]

     Preparation
          -Unknown man

[End of telephone conversation]

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:35 pm.
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  • 016-021 12:19 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:19 pm and 12:49 pm.
  • 016-022 12:19 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:19 pm and 12:49 pm.
  • 630-004 12:32 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:32 pm and 12:35 pm.
  • 630-006 12:35 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:35 pm to 12:39 pm.
  • 630-007 12:39 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, White House operator, Alexander P. Butterfield, Milton R. Young, Stephen B. Bull, Willard Edwards, the White House photographer, and unknown person(s) from a National Broadcasting Channel (NBC) film crew met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:39 pm to 12:59 pm.
  • 016-023 12:49 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Milton R. Young talked on the telephone from 12:49 pm to 12:50 pm.
  • 016-024 12:50 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:50 pm and 1:05 pm.

Conversation 630-005, 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/630-005 (accessed October 11, 2026).