Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 27 › Conversation 027-075

Bull phone call on White House Tapes and Telephone testing

Wednesday, July 26, 1972 · 11:39 AM–11:52 AM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsBull, Stephen B.; [Unknown person(s)]Conversation027-075 on Tape 27StartWednesday, July 26, 1972 at 11:39 AMEndWednesday, July 26, 1972 at 11:52 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 027-075 ↗

AI Summary

Stephen B. Bull engaged in a brief telephone exchange with an unidentified individual to perform a technical verification of the recording system. This interaction served solely as a functional test of the White House telephone taping equipment. No substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were addressed during the call.

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I picked it up.

NARA Description

On July 26, 1972, Stephen B. Bull and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 11:52 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 027-075 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 27-75

Date: July 26, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:39 am and 11:52 am
Location: White House Telephone

Stephen B. Bull talked with an unknown man.

     Telephone test

Also recorded on July 26, 1972

  • 027-074 11:39 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:39 am.
  • 027-076 11:39 AM · 15 sec — Stephen B. Bull and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 11:52 am.
  • 027-077 11:39 AM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 11:52 am.
  • 754-002 11:39 AM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and William H. Carruthers met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 11:52 am.
  • 754-003 11:39 AM · 2 min — Stephen B. Bull, William H. Carruthers, President Richard M. Nixon, and Golda Meir met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 12:05 pm.
  • 027-078 11:52 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Golda Meir talked on the telephone from 11:52 am to 11:55 am.
  • 754-004 11:55 AM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 12:05 pm.
  • 754-005 11:55 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 12:05 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 027-075, July 26, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/027-075 (accessed October 1, 2026).