Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 18 › Conversation 018-067

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

Tuesday, January 11, 1972 · 3:49 PM–4:02 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation018-067 on Tape 18 (tape position 02:59:23–02:59:30)StartTuesday, January 11, 1972 at 3:49 PMEndTuesday, January 11, 1972 at 4:02 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 018-067 ↗

AI Summary

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

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Mr. Bull please.
Thank you Mr. President.

NARA Description

On January 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:49 pm and 4:02 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-067 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 18-67

Date: January 11, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:49 pm and 4:02 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 312-28]

     Request for a call to Stephen B. Bull

Also recorded on January 11, 1972

  • 018-066 3:43 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 3:43 pm to 3:49 pm.
  • 312-026 3:43 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:43 pm to 3:49 pm.
  • 312-027 3:49 PM · 1 min — 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 3:49 pm and 4:02 pm.
  • 312-028 3:49 PM · 12 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 3:49 pm and 4:02 pm.
  • 018-068 4:02 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 4:02 pm to 4:03 pm.
  • 312-029 4:02 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:02 pm to 4:03 pm.
  • 018-069 4:03 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:03 pm and 4:05 pm.
  • 312-030 4:03 PM · 9 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 4:03 pm and 4:05 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 018-067, January 11, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-067 (accessed September 29, 2026).