Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-149

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

Thursday, November 2, 1972 · 12:09 PM–2:28 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation032-149 on Tape 32StartThursday, November 2, 1972 at 12:09 PMEndThursday, November 2, 1972 at 2:28 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 032-149 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated a brief telephone communication with the White House operator to facilitate a call to Stephen B. Bull. This exchange served as a routine administrative request to connect the President with his personal aide. No further policy or substantive matters were discussed during this brief connection.

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Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On November 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:09 pm and 2:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-149 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 032-149

Date: November 2, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:09 pm and 2:28 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 390-7]

        Request for a call to Stephen B. Bull.

Also recorded on November 2, 1972

  • 390-001 12:04 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Thomas A. Pappas met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:04 pm to 12:16 pm.
  • 032-148 12:07 PM · 58 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thomas A. Pappas talked on the telephone from 12:07 pm to 12:09 pm.
  • 390-002 12:16 PM · 10 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 12:16 pm and 2:28 pm.
  • 390-003 12:16 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 12:16 pm and 2:28 pm.
  • 390-004 12:16 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 2:28 pm.
  • 390-005 12:16 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 2:28 pm.
  • 390-006 12:16 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 2:28 pm.
  • 390-007 12:16 PM · 10 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 12:16 pm and 2:28 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 032-149, 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/032-149 (accessed October 11, 2026).