Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 20 › Conversation 020-034

Nixon phone call with Bull on Barber appointment

Wednesday, February 2, 1972 · 3:30 PM–3:31 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation020-034 on Tape 20 (tape position 01:10:04–01:10:17)StartWednesday, February 2, 1972 at 3:30 PMEndWednesday, February 2, 1972 at 3:31 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 020-034 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to coordinate his personal schedule. The President requested that Bull arrange a haircut appointment for 5:30 that afternoon. Nixon further instructed that if the barber was unavailable at that time, the appointment should be rescheduled for the following day.

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Steve, could you see if we can get the barber about 5.30 today?
All right, sir, fine.
If not, I'll do it tomorrow.
All right, sir, thank you.

NARA Description

On February 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 3:30 pm to 3:31 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-034 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 20-34

Date: February 2, 1972
Time: 3:30 pm - 3:31 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See Conversation No. 318-35]

     President's schedule
           -Visit to barber

Also recorded on February 2, 1972

  • 020-032 3:17 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 3:17 pm to 3:25 pm.
  • 020-033 3:25 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:25 pm and 3:30 pm.
  • 318-033 3:25 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Hobart D. Lewis met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:25 pm and 3:30 pm.
  • 318-034 3:25 PM · 5 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 3:25 pm and 3:30 pm.
  • 318-035 3:30 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:30 pm to 3:31 pm.
  • 318-036 3:31 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Ronald W. Reagan, William G. Milliken, and Linwood Holton met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:31 pm and 4:12 pm.
  • 318-037 3:31 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:31 pm and 4:12 pm.
  • 318-038 3:31 PM · 39 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 3:31 pm and 4:12 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 020-034, February 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-034 (accessed October 12, 2026).