Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-150

Nixon phone call with Bull on Television address and William H. Carruthers

Thursday, November 2, 1972 · 2:28 PM–2:29 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation032-150 on Tape 32StartThursday, November 2, 1972 at 2:28 PMEndThursday, November 2, 1972 at 2:29 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 032-150 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417194195 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon coordinated with aide Stephen B. Bull to adjust the scheduling and logistical arrangements for an upcoming televised message. They moved the recording time to 4:15 p.m. to provide the production team with additional preparation time in the Queens room. The President also confirmed his wardrobe choice, selecting the dark blue suit he had worn at the Republican National Convention.

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NARA Description

On November 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 2:28 pm to 2:29 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-150 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 032-150

Date: November 2, 1972
Time: 2:28 pm - 2:29 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See Conversation No. 390-9]

        The President's schedule
            -The President's message
                -Time
                     -Change
                -Make-up session
                     -Location
                     -Time
                -Arrangements
                     -William H. Carruthers
                -Time
                -Suit
                     -Republican National Convention

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Yes, sir.
Steve, you can move the thing up to 415 now.
415?
Yeah, that'll give them more time.
All right, sir.
Now, in other words, I'll be ready for the make-up.
Have him over in that Queens room where he's usually been.
I'll be there, let's see, about a quarter of four.
He should be there.
All right, sir.
I'll try to finish that, and then I'll come down.
Sit for five minutes while I get all the lights and so forth set up, and then I'll do it about 4.15.
All right, sir.
Fine.
I'm with Carruthers now, so I'll be able to just pass this thing.
That'll just give him 45 minutes more to know how much time he's got.
Well, fine, sir.
Did you get the word of the suit?
Which one did he want?
The dark blue suit, sir.
Dark blue, okay.
Dark blue, the one you wore at the convention.
Fine, fine.
All right.
Thank you.

Also recorded on November 2, 1972

  • 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.
  • 390-009 2:28 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:28 pm to 2:29 pm.
  • 390-010 2:29 PM · 45 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:29 pm and 3:15 pm.
  • 390-011 2:29 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:29 pm and 3:24 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 032-150, November 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417194195). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-150 (accessed November 2, 2026).