Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-033

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

Wednesday, October 25, 1972 · 9:19 AM–10:09 AM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation032-033 on Tape 32StartWednesday, October 25, 1972 at 9:19 AMEndWednesday, October 25, 1972 at 10:09 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 032-033 ↗

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a direct communication with his aide, Stephen B. Bull. The brief call served exclusively as an administrative request to place a telephone connection to Bull. No substantive policy matters or further political discussions were addressed during this interaction.

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Steve Ball, please.

On October 25, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:19 am and 10:09 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-033 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 032-033

Date: October 25, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:19 am and 10:09 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 372-12]

        Requested a call to Stephen B. Bull.
  • 032-031 9:05 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:05 am.
  • 372-006 9:05 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 9:05 am.
  • 372-007 9:05 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:05 am and 9:18 am.
  • 032-032 9:18 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Edwin M. Schwenk talked on the telephone from 9:18 am to 9:19 am.
  • 372-008 9:18 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Edwin M. Schwenk met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:18 am to 9:19 am.
  • 372-009 9:19 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:19 am and 9:25 am.
  • 372-010 9:25 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:25 am to 9:36 am.
  • 372-011 9:40 AM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:40 am to 10:08 am.

Conversation 032-033, October 25, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-033 (accessed October 9, 2026).