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.
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 AidConversation 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
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.