Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 30 › Conversation 030-013

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Stephen B. Bull

Thursday, September 21, 1972 · 2:16 PM–3:15 PM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation030-013 on Tape 30StartThursday, September 21, 1972 at 2:16 PMEndThursday, September 21, 1972 at 3:15 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 030-013 ↗

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NARA Description

On September 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:16 pm and 3:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 030-013 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 30-13

Date: September 21, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:16 pm and 3:15 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 357-7A]

       Request for a call to Stephen B. Bull

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Stay below, please.
Thank you.
Operator?
Yes, sir.
No, you can let that go.

Also recorded on September 21, 1972

  • 784-020 12:23 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Robert R. Casey, John E. Nidecker, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:23 pm to 12:25 pm.
  • 784-021 12:25 PM · 1 hr 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:25 pm to 2:01 pm.
  • 784-022 2:13 PM · 43 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 2:13 pm on September 21, 1972 and 8:49 am on September 22, 1972.
  • 357-007 2:16 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 2:16 pm and 3:15 pm.
  • 357-008 2:16 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 2:16 pm and 3:15 pm.
  • 357-009 2:16 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:16 pm and 3:15 pm.
  • 357-010 2:16 PM · 7 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 2:16 pm and 3:15 pm.
  • 357-011 3:15 PM · 56 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Manolo Sanchez, unknown person(s), and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:15 pm to 5:02 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 030-013, September 21, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/030-013 (accessed November 15, 2026).