Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-037

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House administration

Tuesday, March 28, 1972 · 2:20 PM–5:30 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; [Unknown person(s)]Conversation022-037 on Tape 22 (tape position 01:50:42–01:50:50)StartTuesday, March 28, 1972 at 2:20 PMEndTuesday, March 28, 1972 at 5:30 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 022-037 ↗

President Nixon initiated a brief telephonic interaction via the White House operator to connect with his aide, Stephen B. Bull. The dialogue reflects standard administrative coordination regarding internal communication management. No substantive policy matters or major historical developments were captured in this fragment.

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Okay.
Yes, please.
Bull, please.
Thank you, sir.

On March 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 5:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-037 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 22-37

Date: March 28, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:20 pm and 5:30 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President conferred with an unknown person between 2:10 and an unknown time before or
at 5:30 pm.

     Unknown person’s knowledge of something

The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 2:10 pm and
5:30 pm.

[See Conversation No. 327-8A]

     Request for call to Stephen B. Bull
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  • 695-004 12:29 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 12:34 pm.
  • 695-005 12:29 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 12:34 pm.
  • 695-006 12:34 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Kevin Heald, Mrs. Raymond Heald, Raymond Heald, Robert L. Hensen, Frederick C. Wieting, Calvin Hill, Jack R. Miller, John A. Scali, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:34 pm to 12:43 pm.
  • 695-007 12:43 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:43 pm to 12:44 pm.
  • 695-008 12:44 PM · 1 hr 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Clark MacGregor, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Manolo Sanchez, and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:44 pm to 2:10 pm.
  • 327-007 2:10 PM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:10 pm and 3:15 pm.
  • 327-008 3:15 PM · 2 hr — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Manolo Sanchez, and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:15 pm to 5:30 pm.

Conversation 022-037, March 28, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-037 (accessed October 1, 2026).