Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 30 › Conversation 030-050
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Stephen B. Bull
Tuesday, October 3, 1972 · 2:09 PM–2:10 PM ET · White House Telephone ·14 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a direct communication with Stephen B. Bull. The brief call served exclusively as an administrative request to place a telephone connection to Bull. No further substantive matters were discussed during this interaction.
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NARA Description
On October 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:09 pm and 2:10 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 030-050 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 30-50
Date: October 3, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:09 pm and 2:10 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 355-12]
Request for a call to Stephen B. BullAlso recorded on October 3, 1972
- 030-048 2:07 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:07 pm and 2:08 pm.
- 355-009 2:07 PM · 8 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 2:07 pm and 2:08 pm.
- 030-049 2:08 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 2:08 pm to 2:09 pm.
- 355-010 2:08 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:08 pm to 2:09 pm.
- 355-011 2:09 PM · 9 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 2:09 pm and 2:10 pm.
- 355-012 2:09 PM · 9 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 2:09 pm and 2:10 pm.
- 030-051 2:10 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 2:10 pm to 2:11 pm.
- 355-013 2:10 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:10 pm to 2:11 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 030-050, October 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/030-050 (accessed September 18, 2026).