Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-086
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Stephen B. Bull
Tuesday, June 20, 1972 · 3:30 PM–3:33 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call to his personal aide, Stephen B. Bull. The brief communication served primarily as an administrative request to establish this connection. No substantive policy discussions or policy-related developments occurred during this brief exchange.
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NARA Description
On June 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 3:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-086 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 25-86
Date: June 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:30 and 3:33 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to Stephen B. BullAlso recorded on June 20, 1972
- 025-087 3:30 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Beverly J. Kaye talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 3:33 pm.
- 342-028 3:30 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Beverly J. Kaye met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 3:33 pm.
- 025-088 3:33 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:33 pm and 4:09 pm.
- 344-001 3:33 PM · 3 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 3:33 pm and 4:09 pm.
- 344-002 3:33 PM · 13 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 3:33 pm and 4:09 pm.
- 025-089 4:09 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone from 4:09 pm to 4:16 pm.
- 344-003 4:09 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:09 pm to 4:14 pm.
- 344-004 4:14 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:14 pm and 4:35 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 025-086, June 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-086 (accessed October 21, 2026).