Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-023
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Stephen B. Bull
Tuesday, December 5, 1972 · 2:00 PM–2:56 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to contact his aide, Stephen B. Bull. The interaction serves solely as a logistical request to establish communication with Bull. No further substantive policy matters or official developments are discussed during this brief exchange.
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NARA Description
On December 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:00 pm and 2:56 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 34-23
Date: December 5, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:00 pm and 2:56 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 386-1A]
Request for a call to Stephen B. BullAlso recorded on December 5, 1972
- 034-022 1:09 PM · 45 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 1:09 pm to 1:10 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.
- 387-010 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.
- 386-001 2:00 PM · 3 hr 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Stephen B. Bull, Ronald L. Ziegler, Manolo Sanchez, John B. Connally, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:00 pm and 6:20 pm.
- 387-013 2:00 PM · 44 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:00 pm and 3:00 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 034-023, 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/034-023 (accessed September 28, 2026).