Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 24 › Conversation 024-006

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Presidential logistics

Monday, May 8, 1972 · 3:59 PM–4:13 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation024-006 on Tape 24 (tape position 00:08:17–00:08:24)StartMonday, May 8, 1972 at 3:59 PMEndMonday, May 8, 1972 at 4:13 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 024-006 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a direct communication with his aide, Stephen B. Bull. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to initiate a follow-up conversation with a key member of the President's staff. No further substantive policy matters were addressed during this specific call.

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Mr. Bull, please.

NARA Description

On May 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:59 pm and 4:13 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-006 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 24-6

Date: May 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:59 pm and 4:13 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 336-19]

     Request for a call to Stephen B. Bull

Also recorded on May 8, 1972

  • 336-013 3:46 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:46 pm and 3:58 pm.
  • 336-014 3:46 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:46 pm and 3:58 pm.
  • 336-015 3:46 PM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:46 pm and 3:58 pm.
  • 024-005 3:58 PM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 3:58 pm to 3:59 pm.
  • 336-016 3:58 PM · 58 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:58 pm and 3:59 pm.
  • 336-017 3:59 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:59 pm and 4:13 pm.
  • 336-018 3:59 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:59 pm and 4:13 pm.
  • 336-019 3:59 PM · 15 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 3:59 pm and 4:13 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 024-006, May 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-006 (accessed October 9, 2026).