Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 35 › Conversation 035-038

Nixon phone call with Bull on Camp David and Raymond K. Price, Jr.

Thursday, December 28, 1972 · 4:16 PM–4:17 PM ET · White House Telephone · 25 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation035-038 on Tape 35StartThursday, December 28, 1972 at 4:16 PMEndThursday, December 28, 1972 at 4:17 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 035-038 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull coordinated logistics for a scheduled departure to Camp David. The President instructed Bull to inform First Lady Pat Nixon of a ten-minute delay in their helicopter transport. Additionally, the pair briefly confirmed that Raymond K. Price, Jr. was slated to arrive the following morning.

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Yes, sir.
It'll be just about 10 minutes late.
Tell Mrs. Nixon to wait 10 minutes.
All right.
On the helicopter thing, you know.
It'll be about 4.40 rather than 4.30.
The rate price will be up tomorrow morning, incidentally.
Fine.
Fine.
Good.
All right, sir.
Thank you.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On December 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 4:16 pm to 4:17 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-038 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 35-38

Date: December 28, 1972
Time: 4:16 pm - 4:17 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

       The President's schedule
            -Camp David
                  -Departure time
                         -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
                  -Raymond K. Price, Jr.’s schedule

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.
  • 035-037 4:15 PM · 13 sec — 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 035-038, 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/035-038 (accessed October 10, 2026).