Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 635 › Conversation 635-011

Nixon, Bull & Hughes on Award presentation and Leonard F. Chapman Jr.

Friday, December 10, 1971 · 12:01 PM–12:03 PM ET · Oval Office ·58 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Bull, Stephen B.;  Hughes, James D. ("Don")Conversation635-011 onTape 635 (tape position 03:08:54–03:10:37)StartFriday, December 10, 1971 at 12:01 PMEndFriday, December 10, 1971 at 12:03 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 635-011 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull and Major General James D. Hughes to facilitate an award presentation. The brief discussion focused on administrative coordination for the ceremony, specifically involving General Leonard F. Chapman, Jr. and potentially Ronald L. Ziegler. The meeting served as a logistical arrangement to organize the schedule and attendees for the upcoming event.

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NARA Description

On December 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and James D. ("Don") Hughes met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:01 pm to 12:03 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 635-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 635-011

Date: December 10, 1971
Time: 12:01 pm - 12:03 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull and Maj. Gen. James D. Hughes.

     Award presentation
         -Guests
         -Gen. Leonard F. Chapman, Jr.
         -Ronald L. Ziegler [?]

Bull and Hughes left at 12:03 pm.

Also recorded on December 10, 1971

  • 635-010 12:00 PM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:00 pm to 12:01 pm.
  • 635-012 12:03 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, John H. Chafee, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., Gen. John D. Ryan, Gen. William Westmoreland, Gen. Leonard F. Chapman, Mrs. Leonard F. Chapman, R. D. Crutcher, SGM Joseph Dailey, John W. Warner, Lt. Gen. Lewis J. Fields, Mrs. Lewis J. Fields, Gen. Raymond G. Davis, Mrs. Raymond G. Davis, Gen. William J. VanRyzin, Gen. John Chaisson, Mrs. John Chaisson, Debbie Terry, Richard Schultz, Col. Gerald Thomas, C. J. Wages, Joseph Felter, GySgt. William Weigh, George P. Shultz, Vernon C. Coffey, Jr., and James D. ("Don") Hughes met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:03 pm to 12:15 pm.
  • 637-014 12:04 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:04 pm to 12:06 pm.
  • 637-015 12:06 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:06 pm and 12:22 pm.
  • 637-016 12:06 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:06 pm and 12:22 pm.
  • 016-078 12:14 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 12:14 pm to 12:15 pm.
  • 635-013 12:15 PM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:15 pm and 12:19 pm.
  • 635-014 12:15 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:15 pm and 12:19 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 635-011, December 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/635-011 (accessed September 18, 2026).