Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 35 › Conversation 035-088

Nixon phone call with Bull on Personal appointments

Thursday, January 4, 1973 · 5:17 PM–5:18 PM ET · White House Telephone · 21 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation035-088 on Tape 35StartThursday, January 4, 1973 at 5:17 PMEndThursday, January 4, 1973 at 5:18 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 035-088 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to request a scheduling adjustment regarding his upcoming barber appointment. He asked Bull to notify the barber that he would arrive 15 minutes late and would require only a quick service to accommodate the barber's evening departure plans. Bull confirmed he would convey these instructions immediately.

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Yeah.

Mr. Bowles, sir.

I'll be 15 minutes late for the haircut.

Would you tell him that so that he can take somebody else?

All right, sir, fine.

5.30, I'll be 5.45.

I'll just tell him I need a quick crimp so that he can make his plan to leave by 6, okay?

All right, sir, thank you.

NARA Description

On January 4, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 5:17 pm to 5:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-088 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 35-88

Date: January 4, 1973
Time: 5:17 pm - 5:18 pm
                                               -83-

                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                              Conversation No. 35-88 (cont’d)

Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See Conversation No. 393-14A]

       The President's schedule
            -Barber
                  -Delay

Also recorded on January 4, 1973

035-086 2:54 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 2:54 pm to 2:55 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.
035-087 5:15 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:15 pm and 5:16 pm.
393-012 5:15 PM · 46 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 5:15 pm and 5:16 pm.
393-013 5:15 PM · 12 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 5:15 pm and 5:16 pm.
393-014 5:16 PM · 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Stephen B. Bull, Henry A. Kissinger, and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:16 pm to 5:50 pm.
035-089 5:52 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:52 pm and 8:13 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 035-088, 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/035-088 (accessed October 12, 2026).