Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 36 › Conversation 036-003

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

Friday, January 19, 1973 · 11:26 AM–11:52 AM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation036-003 on Tape 36StartFriday, January 19, 1973 at 11:26 AMEndFriday, January 19, 1973 at 11:52 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 036-003 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417194451 ↗

A 13-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 January 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:26 am and 11:52 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 36-3

Date: January 19, 1973
Time: Unknown between 11:26 am and 11:52 am
Location: White House Telephone
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                                  Conversation No. 36-3 (cont’d)

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 397-10]

       Request for a telephone call to Stephen B. Bull

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Steve Ball, please.
Thank you, Mr. President.

Also recorded on January 19, 1973

  • 397-008 11:26 AM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:26 am and 11:52 am.
  • 397-009 11:26 AM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:26 am and 11:52 am.
  • 397-010 11:26 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:26 am and 11:52 am.
  • 036-004 11:52 AM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:52 am and 11:53 am.
  • 397-011 11:52 AM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:52 am to 11:53 am.
  • 036-005 11:53 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:53 am and 11:56 am.
  • 397-012 11:53 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:53 am and 11:56 am.
  • 036-006 11:56 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 11:56 am to 11:59 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 036-003, January 19, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417194451). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-003 (accessed November 1, 2026).