Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-039

Nixon phone call with Bull on White House logistics and Appointment management

Tuesday, March 28, 1972 · 5:31 PM–5:32 PM ET · White House Telephone · 30 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation022-039 on Tape 22 (tape position 01:51:08–01:51:37)StartTuesday, March 28, 1972 at 5:31 PMEndTuesday, March 28, 1972 at 5:32 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 022-039 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon coordinates with Stephen B. Bull to delay his scheduled arrival for a meeting with Barber. Nixon instructs Bull to inform Barber that he will arrive at approximately 5:45 pm, allowing Barber to utilize the intervening fifteen minutes for other appointments. This brief exchange serves to adjust the President's daily agenda and manage his immediate scheduling logistics.

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Yeah.

Mr. President, he can take you right now, sir.

Will you tell him at what time you have now?

Just about 5.32 or so.

Yeah.

Well, it'll take me about 10 minutes before I can be there, so he can take anybody he wants.

I mean, in other words, I'll be there at about at a quarter to six, tell him.

All right, sir.

Fine.

So that'll give him 15 minutes to do somebody else.

All right.

Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On March 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 5:31 pm to 5:32 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-039 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 22-39

Date: March 28, 1972
Time: 5:31 pm - 5:32 pm
Location: White House Telephone

Stephen B. Bull talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 327-10]

     Barber
          -Visit by the President
          -Time of day
          -Appointment

Also recorded on March 28, 1972

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.
022-037 2:20 PM · 8 sec — 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.
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.
022-038 5:30 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 5:30 pm to 5:31 pm.
327-009 5:30 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:30 pm to 5:31 pm.
327-010 5:31 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:31 pm to 5:32 pm.
327-011 5:32 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:32 pm and 5:48 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 022-039, 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/022-039 (accessed October 1, 2026).