Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 1 › Conversation 001-127

Nixon phone call with Bull

Saturday, April 17, 1971 · 2:23 PM–2:36 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; White House operatorConversation001-127 on Tape 1 (tape position 04:08:01–04:08:12)StartSaturday, April 17, 1971 at 2:23 PMEndSaturday, April 17, 1971 at 2:36 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 001-127 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 408403953 ↗

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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 2:23 pm and 2:36 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-127 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 1-127

Date: April 17, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:23 pm and 2:36 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President conferred with Stephen B. Bull.
The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 2:23 pm and
2:36 pm.

[See Conversation No. 481-7B]

     Julie Nixon Eisenhower's location

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Mr. President, I found that Julie is attending a wedding.
We'll be back at the White House at 2 o'clock.
Okay, thank you.
You're welcome.
  • 481-007 1:00 PM · 2 hr 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, White House operator, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, James D. Hodgson, Jeanne Ehrlichman, Bertha Denny, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:00 pm and 3:30 pm.
  • 001-128 2:26 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:26 pm and 2:51 pm.
  • 001-154 2:36 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:36 pm and 2:51 pm.
  • 001-129 2:51 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 2:51 pm to 2:53 pm.
  • 001-130 4:10 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:10 pm and 4:19 pm.
  • 001-131 4:10 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:10 pm and 4:19 pm.
  • 001-132 4:19 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 4:19 pm to 4:21 pm.
  • 001-133 4:21 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 4:21 pm to 4:22 pm.

Conversation 001-127, April 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 408403953). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/001-127 (accessed November 2, 2026).