Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 3 › Conversation 003-180

Nixon phone call with Bull on Peter G. Peterson and John N. Mitchell

Friday, May 28, 1971 · 3:10 PM–3:11 PM ET · White House Telephone · 19 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation003-180 on Tape 3 (tape position 04:31:33–04:31:53)StartFriday, May 28, 1971 at 3:10 PMEndFriday, May 28, 1971 at 3:11 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 003-180 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417188597 ↗

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NARA Description

On May 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 3:10 pm to 3:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-180 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 003-180

Date: May 28, 1971
Time: 3:10 pm - 3:11 pm

Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See Conversation No. 254-004B]

     President's schedule
          -Meetings with Peter G. Peterson and John N. Mitchell
                 -Time and location

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Yeah.
Hello.
Yes, sir, Steve Ball.
Steve, what do we have of the Peterson at 3.30?
Yes, sir, and the Attorney General at 4.00.
4.00, and then what's the next?
That's it, Mr. President.
Well, move each of them back 15 minutes, please.
All right, sir.
Would you like to have them both in the EOB, sir?
Yeah.
All right, fine.
Thank you.

Also recorded on May 28, 1971

  • 254-001 1:18 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:18 pm and 2:39 pm.
  • 254-002 1:18 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:18 pm and 2:39 pm.
  • 003-177 2:39 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:39 pm.
  • 003-178 2:50 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 2:50 pm to 3:07 pm.
  • 003-179 3:00 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:00 pm and 3:10 pm.
  • 254-004 3:00 PM · 1 hr 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, George P. Shultz, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, Stephen B. Bull, Peter G. Peterson, White House photographer, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:00 pm to 5:01 pm.
  • 003-181 3:48 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:48 pm and 4:51 pm.
  • 003-182 4:51 PM · 44 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 4:51 pm to 4:52 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 003-180, May 28, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417188597). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-180 (accessed November 11, 2026).