Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-021
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Stephen B. Bull
Tuesday, December 5, 1972 · 10:13 AM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a telephone connection with his personal aide, Stephen B. Bull. This brief administrative interaction served to facilitate direct communication with a key staff member. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this specific call.
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NARA Description
On December 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:13 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 34-21
Date: December 5, 1972
Time: 10:13 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 387-5]
Request for a call to Stephen B. BullAlso recorded on December 5, 1972
- 034-018 8:26 AM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 8:26 am to 8:27 am.
- 034-019 8:56 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Col. Richard T. Kennedy talked on the telephone from 8:56 am to 8:59 am.
- 034-020 9:44 AM · 56 sec — Tricia Nixon Cox and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 9:44 am to 9:45 am.
- 387-005 10:13 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 10:13 am.
- 387-006 10:13 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:13 am and 10:15 am.
- 387-007 10:15 AM · 1 hr 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, John D. Ehrlichman, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:15 am to 11:38 am.
- 818-001 11:42 AM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:42 am and 11:43 am.
- 818-002 11:43 AM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Lucy A. Winchester, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:43 am to 12:05 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 034-021, December 5, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-021 (accessed October 19, 2026).