Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-112

Nixon phone call with Bull on John Ehrlichman and Time management

Tuesday, May 2, 1972 · 4:38 PM–4:39 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation023-112 on Tape 23StartTuesday, May 2, 1972 at 4:38 PMEndTuesday, May 2, 1972 at 4:39 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 023-112 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted Stephen B. Bull to modify his afternoon agenda. He requested that a scheduled meeting with John Ehrlichman be rescheduled from 5:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Bull acknowledged the request and committed to adjusting the President's calendar accordingly.

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Yeah.

I've gotten tied up on some things, Steve, and you tell John Erdman make it 5.30 instead of 5, please.

All right, sir, fine.

Thank you.

NARA Description

On May 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 4:38 pm to 4:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-112 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 23-112

Date: May 2, 1972
Time: 4:38-4:39 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See also Conversation No. 334-34]

     The President's schedule
          -Meeting with John D. Ehrlichman
               -Change of time

Also recorded on May 2, 1972

334-034 4:38 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:38 pm to 4:39 pm.
023-113 4:40 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 4:40 pm to 4:41 pm.
334-035 4:40 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:40 pm to 4:41 pm.
334-036 4:41 PM · 1 hr 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, unknown person(s), Clyde A. Tolson, Stephen B. Bull, John D. Ehrlichman, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Helen Gandy met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:41 pm and 6:17 pm.
023-114 4:49 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 4:49 pm to 4:51 pm.
023-115 4:51 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:51 pm and 4:57 pm.
023-116 4:57 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 4:57 pm to 4:58 pm.
023-117 4:58 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:58 pm and 5:26 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 023-112, May 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/023-112 (accessed October 9, 2026).