Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 35 › Conversation 035-085

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

Thursday, January 4, 1973 · 1:48 PM–2:54 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation035-085 on Tape 35StartThursday, January 4, 1973 at 1:48 PMEndThursday, January 4, 1973 at 2:54 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 035-085 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his aide, Stephen B. Bull. This brief administrative interaction served as a routing request to reach the staff member for an unspecified purpose. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this exchange.

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Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On January 4, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:48 pm and 2:54 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-085 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 35-85

Date: January 4, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:48 pm and 2:54 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with White House operator.
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                         (rev. Oct.-07)

                                                          Conversation No. 35-85 (cont’d)

[See Conversation No. 393-8]

       Request for a call to Stephen B. Bull

Also recorded on January 4, 1973

  • 833-021 1:01 PM · 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:01 pm and 1:46 pm.
  • 833-022 1:46 PM · 36 sec — Unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 1:46 pm on January 4, 1973 and 10:11 am on January 5, 1973.
  • 393-004 1:48 PM · 7 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 1:48 pm and 2:54 pm.
  • 393-005 1:48 PM · 10 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 1:48 pm and 2:54 pm.
  • 393-006 1:48 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:48 pm and 2:54 pm.
  • 393-007 1:48 PM · 14 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 1:48 pm and 2:54 pm.
  • 393-008 1:48 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:48 pm and 2:54 pm.
  • 393-009 1:48 PM · 10 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 1:48 pm and 2:54 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 035-085, January 4, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-085 (accessed September 18, 2026).