Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 36 › Conversation 036-103

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

Wednesday, January 24, 1973 · 1:47 PM ET · White House Telephone · 16 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation036-103 on Tape 36StartWednesday, January 24, 1973 at 1:47 PMEndWednesday, January 24, 1973 at 1:47 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 036-103 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an immediate connection with his aide, Stephen B. Bull. This brief administrative communication served as a functional request to initiate a follow-up conversation with a member of the President's staff. No further substantive dialogue occurred during this specific exchange.

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NARA Description

On January 24, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:47 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-103 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 36-103

Date: January 24, 1973
Time: 1:47 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 403-7]

       Request for a telephone call to Stephen B. Bull

Also recorded on January 24, 1973

  • 403-001 11:52 AM · 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 11:52 am and 1:47 pm.
  • 403-002 11:52 AM · 55 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 11:52 am and 1:47 pm.
  • 403-003 11:52 AM · 18 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 11:52 am and 1:47 pm.
  • 403-004 11:52 AM · 33 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 11:52 am and 1:47 pm.
  • 403-007 1:47 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:47 pm.
  • 403-008 1:47 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:47 pm to 1:50 pm.
  • 403-009 1:50 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:50 pm to 1:55 pm.
  • 403-010 1:55 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:55 pm to 1:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 036-103, January 24, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-103 (accessed October 1, 2026).