Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 630 › Conversation 630-021
Nixon & Bull on Pensions and White House administration
Monday, December 6, 1971 · 6:38 PM–6:40 PM ET · Oval Office · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to coordinate scheduling and manage upcoming meetings. The discussion centered on logistics for engagements involving Norman Vincent Peale, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and legislative affairs staff, alongside specific administrative matters regarding pensions and tax deductions. Nixon emphasized the need for efficiency, instructing Bull to keep conversations brief and streamline the flow of visitors.
- Presidential scheduling
- Pensions
- White House administration
- Personnel management
- Norman Vincent Peale
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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 6:38 pm and 6:40 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 630-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 630-021
Date: December 6, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:38 pm and 6:40 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
The President's schedule
-Norman Vincent Peale [?]
-Lunch, New York City
-Timing
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-William E. Timmons
-Peter M. Flanigan
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
-Pensions
-Deductions
-Alexander P. Butterfield
-National Broadcasting Company [NBC] film crew
Bull left at an unknown time before 6:40 pm.Also recorded on December 6, 1971
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- 630-020 6:14 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:14 pm to 6:38 pm.
- 630-022 6:40 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William E. Timmons, Alexander P. Butterfield, White House operator, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., and Peter M. Flanigan met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:40 pm to 6:51 pm.
- 016-027 6:44 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Lewis F. Powell, Jr. talked on the telephone from 6:44 pm to 6:47 pm.
- 016-028 6:47 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:47 pm and 10:56 pm.
- 630-023 6:51 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 6:51 pm.
- 630-024 6:52 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:52 pm to 6:55 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 630-021, 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/630-021 (accessed October 12, 2026).