Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-004

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

Tuesday, November 9, 1971 · 11:58 AM–1:49 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation014-004 on Tape 14 (tape position 00:01:43–00:01:49)StartTuesday, November 9, 1971 at 11:58 AMEndTuesday, November 9, 1971 at 1:49 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 014-004 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190539 ↗

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On November 9, 1971, 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. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-004 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 14-4

Date: November 9, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:58 am and 1:49 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 300-29]

     Request for a call to Stephen B. Bull

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Steve Ball, please.
Thank you, sir.
  • 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.
  • 014-002 11:07 AM · 7 sec — 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 300-029 11:58 AM · 3 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 11:58 am and 1:49 pm.

Conversation 014-004, November 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190539). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-004 (accessed November 14, 2026).