Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-002

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

Tuesday, November 9, 1971 · 11:07 AM–11:57 AM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation014-002 on Tape 14 (tape position 00:01:26–00:01:34)StartTuesday, November 9, 1971 at 11:07 AMEndTuesday, November 9, 1971 at 11:57 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 014-002 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his aide, Stephen B. Bull. The brief interaction served exclusively as a request to initiate this internal communication. No further policy or administrative matters were discussed during this exchange.

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Yes, please.

State ball, please.

Thank you.

NARA Description

On November 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:07 am and 11:57 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 14-2

Date: November 9, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:07 am and 11:57 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 300-25]

     Request for a call to Stephen B. Bull

Also recorded on November 9, 1971

014-001 10:27 AM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 10:27 am to 10:28 am.
300-024 11:05 AM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:05 am to 11:07 am.
300-025 11:07 AM · 7 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 11:07 am and 11:57 am.
014-003 11:57 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 11:57 am to 11:58 am.
300-026 11:57 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:57 am to 11:58 am.
014-004 11:58 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:58 am and 1:49 pm.
300-027 11:58 AM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:58 am and 1:15 pm.
300-028 11:58 AM · 36 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 11:58 am and 1:15 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 014-002, November 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-002 (accessed September 30, 2026).