Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 35 › Conversation 035-086

Nixon phone call with Bull on White House staff and H. R. Haldeman

Thursday, January 4, 1973 · 2:54 PM–2:55 PM ET · White House Telephone · 29 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation035-086 on Tape 35StartThursday, January 4, 1973 at 2:54 PMEndThursday, January 4, 1973 at 2:55 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 035-086 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted Stephen B. Bull to coordinate administrative scheduling details for his late afternoon. Nixon requested a 5:30 p.m. appointment with the barber and confirmed that a meeting with John D. Ehrlichman and H.R. Haldeman was set for 3:00 p.m. These arrangements ensured the President's personal schedule and high-level staff consultations remained organized for the remainder of the day.

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Hello?

Yes, sir.

Steve Ball.

Could you get the barber at 5.30, please?

Yes, sir.

Fine, Steve.

Thank you.

Mr. President, anything further on Ehrlichman and Haldeman?

I think they're coming at 3.

All right, sir.

Fine.

Thank you.

3 is all right.

All right.

Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On January 4, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 2:54 pm to 2:55 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-086 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 35-86

Date: January 4, 1973
Time: 2:54 pm - 2:55 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See Conversation No. 393-10]

       The President's schedule
            -Barber
            -Meeting with John D. Ehrlichman and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

Also recorded on January 4, 1973

035-085 1:48 PM · 12 sec — 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.
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.
393-010 2:54 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:54 pm to 2:55 pm.
393-011 3:02 PM · 2 hr 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:02 pm and 5:15 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 035-086, 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/035-086 (accessed October 2, 2026).