Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-092

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

Monday, November 22, 1971 · 1:32 PM–1:42 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation015-092 on Tape 15 (tape position 03:03:18–03:03:23)StartMonday, November 22, 1971 at 1:32 PMEndMonday, November 22, 1971 at 1:42 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 015-092 ↗

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a telephone connection with his personal aide, Stephen B. Bull. This brief administrative exchange served as a routine communication task to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and a member of his staff. No further policy or substantive matters were discussed during this specific interaction.

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Yes, there is.
Steve Bull, please.
Thank you, sir.

On November 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:32 pm and 1:42 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-092 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 15-92

Date: November 22, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:32 pm and 1:42 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 293-27]

     Request for a call to Stephen B. Bull
  • 015-089 12:19 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, Clark MacGregor, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:19 pm to 12:24 pm.
  • 015-090 12:45 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:45 pm and 1:30 pm.
  • 293-021 12:45 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:45 pm and 1:30 pm.
  • 015-091 1:30 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone from 1:30 pm to 1:32 pm.
  • 015-093 1:42 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 1:42 pm to 1:43 pm.
  • 015-094 1:43 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:43 pm and 2:25 pm.
  • 015-095 2:25 PM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone from 2:25 pm to 2:26 pm.
  • 015-096 3:44 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:44 pm.

Conversation 015-092, November 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-092 (accessed October 1, 2026).