Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 35 › Conversation 035-050

Nixon phone call with Bull on Warren E. Burger and Gerald L. Warren

Tuesday, January 2, 1973 · 8:45 AM–8:53 AM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Bull, Stephen B.Conversation035-050 on Tape 35StartTuesday, January 2, 1973 at 8:45 AMEndTuesday, January 2, 1973 at 8:53 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 035-050 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated a series of telephone calls through the White House operator to coordinate meetings with key personnel. He requested to speak with Chief Justice Warren E. Burger and subsequently consulted with Stephen B. Bull regarding updates to his daily schedule. The conversation concluded with a request for Gerald L. Warren to be contacted.

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Chief Justice, please see if Warren can come in, please.
Chief Justice, thank you.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On January 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 8:53 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-050 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 35-50

Date: January 2, 1973
Time: Unknown between 8:45 am and 8:53 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 829-22A]

Request for a call to Warren E. Burger

[The President conferred with Stephen B. Bull at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 8:53
am.]

       The President’s schedule
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                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                              Conversation No. 35-50 (cont’d)

             -Request for Gerald L. Warren

[End of conferral]

Also recorded on January 2, 1973

  • 829-017 8:45 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John McKay met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 8:53 am.
  • 829-018 8:45 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Wayne Woodrow ("Woody") Hays met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 8:53 am.
  • 829-019 8:45 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 8:53 am.
  • 829-020 8:45 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 8:53 am.
  • 829-021 8:45 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 8:53 am.
  • 829-022 8:45 AM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 8:53 am.
  • 829-023 8:45 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Gerald L. Warren met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 8:56 am.
  • 035-051 8:56 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Warren E. Burger talked on the telephone from 8:56 am to 9:03 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 035-050, January 2, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-050 (accessed October 12, 2026).