Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 1 › Conversation 001-125

Nixon phone call with Bull on William M. Lukash

Saturday, April 17, 1971 · 11:02 AM–11:24 AM ET · White House Telephone · 4 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; White House operatorConversation001-125 on Tape 1 (tape position 04:06:50–04:06:57)StartSaturday, April 17, 1971 at 11:02 AMEndSaturday, April 17, 1971 at 11:24 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 001-125 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 408403949 ↗

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NARA Description

On April 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:02 am and 11:24 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-125 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 1-125

Date: April 17, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:02 am and 11:24 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President conferred with Stephen B. Bull.

     President's schedule
The President talked with the White House operator at 11:24 am.

[See Conversation No. 481-6A]

     Call to Dr. William M. Lukash

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Dr. Lukash, please.
Yes, Professor.

Also recorded on April 17, 1971

  • 053-002 9:34 AM · 1 hr 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Peter G. Peterson, George P. Shultz, John B. Connally, Maurice H. Stans, David M. Kennedy, Henry A. Kissinger, Peter M. Flanigan, and U. Alexis Johnson met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:34 am and 10:45 am.
  • 481-009 9:34 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:34 am to 3:30 pm.
  • 001-123 10:45 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, J. Edgar Hoover, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 10:45 am to 10:52 am.
  • 481-005 10:46 AM · 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, J. Edgar Hoover, Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:46 am and 11:24 am.
  • 001-124 10:52 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:52 am and 11:02 am.
  • 481-006 11:24 AM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, William M. Lukash, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:24 am to 11:49 am.
  • 001-126 11:25 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and William M. Lukash talked on the telephone at 11:25 am.
  • 481-008 11:49 AM · 57 sec — Stephen B. Bull and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:49 am and 1:00 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 001-125, April 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 408403949). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/001-125 (accessed November 2, 2026).