Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-021

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Stephen B. Bull

Tuesday, December 5, 1972 · 10:13 AM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation034-021 on Tape 34StartTuesday, December 5, 1972 at 10:13 AMEndTuesday, December 5, 1972 at 10:13 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 034-021 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 647841646 ↗

An 11-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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NARA Description

On December 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:13 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-021 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 34-21

Date: December 5, 1972
Time: 10:13 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 387-5]

       Request for a call to Stephen B. Bull

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Steve Ball, please.
Yes, sir.

Also recorded on December 5, 1972

  • 034-018 8:26 AM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 8:26 am to 8:27 am.
  • 034-019 8:56 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Col. Richard T. Kennedy talked on the telephone from 8:56 am to 8:59 am.
  • 034-020 9:44 AM · 56 sec — Tricia Nixon Cox and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 9:44 am to 9:45 am.
  • 387-005 10:13 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 10:13 am.
  • 387-006 10:13 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:13 am and 10:15 am.
  • 387-007 10:15 AM · 1 hr 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, John D. Ehrlichman, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:15 am to 11:38 am.
  • 818-001 11:42 AM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:42 am and 11:43 am.
  • 818-002 11:43 AM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Lucy A. Winchester, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:43 am to 12:05 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 034-021, December 5, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 647841646). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-021 (accessed October 30, 2026).