Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 35 › Conversation 035-055

Nixon phone call with Bull on Roberto Clemente and Presidential statement

Tuesday, January 2, 1973 · 10:20 AM–10:21 AM ET · White House Telephone · 24 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation035-055 on Tape 35StartTuesday, January 2, 1973 at 10:20 AMEndTuesday, January 2, 1973 at 10:21 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 035-055 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directed his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to facilitate the recording and distribution of a presidential statement regarding the death of baseball icon Roberto Clemente. Nixon specified that the message should be produced as an audio tape intended for radio broadcast rather than television. The President instructed Bull to ensure the distribution occurred promptly once the recording was completed at the White House.

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Yeah.
Yes, sir.
I'll do a radio, I'll do a audio tape of that Clemente statement, send it over, and send over the audio thing.
All right, sir, fine.
Not for television, you know, just an audio that you can give out to the radio and so forth and so on, okay?
You're ready to do it any time then, sir?
Yeah, as soon as it's over here.
Fine, sir.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On January 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 10:20 am to 10:21 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-055 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 35-55

Date: January 2, 1973
Time: 10:20 am – 10:21 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

       Roberto Clemente’s death
            -Presidential statement
                  -Audio tape
                        -Television [TV]
                        -Radio
                        -Timing
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Also recorded on January 2, 1973

  • 035-052 9:03 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:03 am and 10:15 am.
  • 829-025 9:03 AM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:03 am and 9:28 am.
  • 829-026 9:03 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:03 am and 9:28 am.
  • 829-027 9:03 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:03 am and 9:28 am.
  • 035-053 10:15 AM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 10:15 am to 10:16 am.
  • 035-054 10:16 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:16 am and 10:20 am.
  • 035-056 10:21 AM · 57 sec — Charles W. Colson, White House operator, unknown person(s), Rose Mary Woods, Gerald L. Warren, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:21 am and 11:20 am.
  • 829-031 11:28 AM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Rose Mary Woods, and Marjorie P. Acker met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:28 am to 11:46 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 035-055, 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/035-055 (accessed October 2, 2026).