Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 14 › Conversation 014-153
Nixon phone call with Bull on personal services and White House logistics
Wednesday, November 17, 1971 · 1:26 PM–1:27 PM ET · White House Telephone ·9 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted Stephen B. Bull to coordinate his personal schedule. The brief discussion focused exclusively on arranging for a barber to visit the White House at 5:30 p.m. Bull acknowledged the request and confirmed the appointment.
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NARA Description
On November 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 1:26 pm to 1:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-153 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 14-153
Date: November 17, 1971
Time: 1:26 pm - 1:27 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Stephen B. Bull
The President talked with Bull.
[See Conversation No. 293-4]
The President's schedule
-BarberAlso recorded on November 17, 1971
- 293-004 1:26 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:26 pm to 1:27 pm.
- 014-154 1:27 PM · 9 min — Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, John D. Ehrlichman, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:27 pm and 2:48 pm.
- 293-005 1:27 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:27 pm and 2:48 pm.
- 293-006 1:27 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:27 pm and 2:48 pm.
- 293-024 1:30 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:30 pm to 1:32 pm.
- 293-025 1:32 PM · 14 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 1:32 pm and 1:42 pm.
- 293-026 1:32 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:32 pm and 1:42 pm.
- 293-027 1:32 PM · 11 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 1:32 pm and 1:42 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 014-153, November 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-153 (accessed September 18, 2026).