Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-022

Nixon phone call with Bull on Lucy Winchester

Tuesday, December 5, 1972 · 1:09 PM–1:10 PM ET · White House Telephone · 45 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation034-022 on Tape 34StartTuesday, December 5, 1972 at 1:09 PMEndTuesday, December 5, 1972 at 1:10 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 034-022 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 647841648 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate upcoming scheduling arrangements for First Lady Pat Nixon directly with Lucy Winchester. The President emphasized the need to ensure all plans met Mrs. Nixon's approval and were integrated into the administration's broader agenda. Nixon also expressed satisfaction with a recent meeting he held with Winchester, noting that direct communication had successfully resolved outstanding administrative concerns.

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NARA Description

On December 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 1:09 pm to 1:10 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-022 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 34-22

Date: December 5, 1972
Time: 1:09 pm - 1:10 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See Conversation No. 387-9]

       Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon’s schedule
            -Lucy A. Winchester
            -Winchester’s recent conference with President

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Hello.
Yes, sir.
With regard to these arrangements, I'm going to you to work the whole thing out with Lucy.
All right, sir.
And with Mrs. Nixon, as I said, sure that it's satisfactory to Mrs. Nixon.
I don't give, I don't.
really done so it fits in with our plans okay all right you're fine and uh you're getting along all right any other problems arising no i think i think that worked out it was a real help for louis to come in and be able to get the answers directly from me fine fine so that should you know we're really doing that we're trying to do all these things and and checking and so forth okay fine thank you thank you

Also recorded on December 5, 1972

  • 818-007 12:37 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:37 pm and 12:42 pm.
  • 818-008 12:37 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:37 pm and 12:42 pm.
  • 034-147 1:09 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:09 pm.
  • 387-008 1:09 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:09 pm.
  • 387-009 1:09 PM · 44 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:09 pm to 1:10 pm.
  • 387-010 1:10 PM · 23 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 1:10 pm and 2:00 pm.
  • 387-011 1:10 PM · 28 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 1:10 pm and 2:00 pm.
  • 387-012 1:10 PM · 13 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 1:10 pm and 2:00 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 034-022, December 5, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 647841648). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-022 (accessed November 12, 2026).