Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 36 › Conversation 036-003

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

Friday, January 19, 1973 · 11:26 AM–11:52 AM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation036-003 on Tape 36StartFriday, January 19, 1973 at 11:26 AMEndFriday, January 19, 1973 at 11:52 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 036-003 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated a brief telephone communication through the White House operator to contact his aide, Stephen B. Bull. The sole purpose of the call was to facilitate this connection for further presidential business. No substantive policy matters or historical developments were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.

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Steve Ball, please.

Thank you, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On January 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:26 am and 11:52 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 36-3

Date: January 19, 1973
Time: Unknown between 11:26 am and 11:52 am
Location: White House Telephone
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                                  Conversation No. 36-3 (cont’d)

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 397-10]

       Request for a telephone call to Stephen B. Bull

Also recorded on January 19, 1973

397-008 11:26 AM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:26 am and 11:52 am.
397-009 11:26 AM · 28 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 11:26 am and 11:52 am.
397-010 11:26 AM · 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 11:26 am and 11:52 am.
036-004 11:52 AM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:52 am and 11:53 am.
397-011 11:52 AM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:52 am to 11:53 am.
036-005 11:53 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:53 am and 11:56 am.
397-012 11:53 AM · 9 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 11:53 am and 11:56 am.
036-006 11:56 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 11:56 am to 11:59 am.

All 53 conversations from January 19, 1973 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 036-003, January 19, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-003 (accessed October 23, 2026).