Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 631 › Conversation 631-012
Bull on Oval Office and Unidentified visitor
Tuesday, December 7, 1971 · 7:04 PM–7:07 PM ET · Oval Office · 19 sec
AI Summary
Stephen B. Bull met with an unidentified woman in the Oval Office for a brief, informal encounter. The conversation remains largely unintelligible, consisting primarily of room noise and muffled exchanges. No substantive policy discussions or significant administrative actions were recorded during this brief meeting.
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NARA Description
On December 7, 1971, Stephen B. Bull and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:04 pm and 7:07 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 631-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 631-012
Date: December 7, 1971
Time: Unknown between 7:04 pm and 7:07 pm
Location: Oval Office
Stephen B. Bull met with an unknown woman.
Oval Office
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 07/11/2019.]
[Unintelligible]
[631-012-w001]
[Duration: 14s]
[This portion of the tape is mostly room noise with some muffled background conversation.]
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The recording was cut off at an unknown time before 7:07 pm.Also recorded on December 8, 1971
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- 016-038 11:41 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:41 pm and 11:45 pm.
- 016-039 11:45 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 11:45 pm to 11:46 pm.
- 016-040 11:52 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 11:52 pm to 11:54 pm.
- 632-012 12:30 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:30 am and 12:34 pm.
- 632-013 12:34 AM · 34 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:34 am and 11:59 pm.
- 632-001 9:19 AM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:19 am to 9:20 am.
- 632-002 9:25 AM · 53 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:25 am to 10:18 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 631-012, December 8, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/631-012 (accessed October 12, 2026).