Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 37 › Conversation 037-056
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Stephen B. Bull
Monday, March 5, 1973 · 3:33 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his aide, Stephen B. Bull. This brief administrative interaction was initiated specifically to establish communication with a member of the President's personal staff. No other substantive policy or political matters were discussed during this exchange.
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NARA Description
On March 5, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-056 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 37-56
Date: March 5, 1973
Time: 3:33 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY
[See Conversation No. 417-8]
Request for a call to Stephen B. BullAlso recorded on March 5, 1973
- 037-057 3:33 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 3:33 pm to 3:34 pm.
- 417-008 3:33 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:33 pm.
- 417-009 3:33 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:33 pm to 3:34 pm.
- 037-058 3:34 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:34 pm and 4:44 pm.
- 417-010 3:34 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:34 pm and 4:44 pm.
- 417-011 3:34 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:34 pm and 4:44 pm.
- 417-012 3:34 PM · 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 3:34 pm and 4:44 pm.
- 417-013 3:34 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:34 pm and 4:44 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 037-056, March 5, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-056 (accessed September 20, 2026).