Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 36 › Conversation 036-131
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House operator
Tuesday, January 30, 1973 · 9:15 PM–9:17 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Stephen B. Bull. This brief administrative exchange served as the precursor to a subsequent conversation between the President and his aide. No further policy or substantive matters were addressed during this interaction.
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NARA Description
On January 30, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:15 pm and 9:17 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-131 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 36-131
Date: January 30, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:15 pm and 9:17 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 406-41]
Request for a telephone call to Stephen B. Bull
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUMAlso recorded on January 31, 1973
- 036-129 9:07 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 9:07 pm to 9:09 pm.
- 036-130 9:10 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Coy H. Stennis talked on the telephone from 9:10 pm to 9:15 pm.
- 406-040 9:10 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Mrs. John C. Stennis met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:10 pm to 9:15 pm.
- 406-041 9:15 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 9:15 pm and 9:17 pm.
- 036-132 9:17 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 9:17 pm to 9:18 pm.
- 406-042 9:17 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:17 pm to 9:18 pm.
- 036-133 9:18 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:18 pm and 9:26 pm.
- 406-043 9:18 PM · 15 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 9:18 pm and 9:26 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 036-131, January 31, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-131 (accessed October 7, 2026).