Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 35 › Conversation 035-037

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

Thursday, December 28, 1972 · 4:15 PM–4:17 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation035-037 on Tape 35StartThursday, December 28, 1972 at 4:15 PMEndThursday, December 28, 1972 at 4:17 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 035-037 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to his aide, Stephen B. Bull. The President initially misidentified the recipient as the First Lady before correcting himself to specify Bull. This brief administrative exchange served solely to facilitate a direct line of communication between the President and his staff.

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Mrs. Nixon, please.

I mean, no, no, Steve Ball, please.

Thank you.

NARA Description

On December 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:15 pm and 4:17 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-037 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 35-37

Date: December 28, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:15 pm and 4:17 pm
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                          Conversation No. 35-37 (cont’d)

Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

       Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

       Request for a call to Stephen B. Bull

Also recorded on December 28, 1972

035-034 3:43 PM · 2 min — Col. Richard T. Kennedy and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 3:43 pm to 3:45 pm.
380-036 3:43 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Col. Richard T. Kennedy met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:43 pm to 3:45 pm.
380-037 3:45 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 4:00 pm.
380-038 3:45 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 4:00 pm.
035-035 4:00 PM · 15 min — Henry A. Kissinger and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 4:00 pm to 4:15 pm.
380-039 4:00 PM · 7 min — Henry A. Kissinger and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:00 pm to 4:15 pm.
035-036 4:15 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:15 pm.
035-038 4:16 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 4:16 pm to 4:17 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 035-037, December 28, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-037 (accessed October 10, 2026).