Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-145

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

Thursday, November 2, 1972 · 11:29 AM–11:30 AM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation032-145 on Tape 32StartThursday, November 2, 1972 at 11:29 AMEndThursday, November 2, 1972 at 11:30 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 032-145 ↗

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection. The primary purpose of the brief interaction was to place a call to Stephen B. Bull. No further policy or administrative matters were addressed during this exchange.

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On November 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:29 am and 11:30 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-145 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 032-145

Date: November 2, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:29 am and 11:30 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 376-31]

        Request for a call to Stephen B. Bull
  • 376-029 11:24 AM · 17 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 11:24 am and 11:28 am.
  • 032-144 11:28 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 11:28 am to 11:29 am.
  • 376-030 11:28 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:28 am to 11:29 am.
  • 376-031 11:29 AM · 7 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 11:29 am and 11:30 am.
  • 032-146 11:30 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 11:30 am to 11:31 am.
  • 376-032 11:30 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:30 am to 11:31 am.
  • 032-147 11:32 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 11:32 am to 11:33 am.
  • 376-033 11:32 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:32 am to 11:33 am.

Conversation 032-145, November 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-145 (accessed October 10, 2026).