Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 37 › Conversation 037-011

Nixon phone call with Bull on White House administration and George P. Shultz

Wednesday, February 28, 1973 · 3:20 PM–3:21 PM ET · White House Telephone · 51 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation037-011 on Tape 37StartWednesday, February 28, 1973 at 3:20 PMEndWednesday, February 28, 1973 at 3:21 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 037-011 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to clarify his late-afternoon schedule and meeting arrangements. Bull confirmed that a 4:00 p.m. meeting with George Shultz, H. R. Haldeman, and Roy Ash would proceed as planned, while noting that a session with the counselors was canceled due to travel conflicts. The discussion also included logistical confirmations regarding a 5:30 p.m. barber appointment and the handling of a recent short taping.

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I'm sorry, sir.
Mr. Bull for you.
Yes, sir.
Steve Bull.
Yeah, what is the dope on that afternoon?
Well, there's the meeting with Schultz, Haldeman, and Ash at 4 o'clock, sir.
Counselors, with the exception of Jim Lynn, the counselors are out of town, so we can't have that meeting today, sir.
Fine.
Okay, then.
It's at 4 for this group.
Yes, sir.
Mm-hmm.
All right, they can meet here then.
All right, sir, fine.
The barber's at 530.
Yeah, I know.
Okay.
And that taping, incidentally, that short taping.
Yeah, I've got it here.
All right, sir.
Yeah.

NARA Description

On February 28, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 3:20 pm to 3:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 37-11

Date: February 28, 1973
Time: 3:20 pm-3:21 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See Conversation No. 414-3A]

       President's schedule
              -Meetings
                      -George P. Shultz
                      -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
                      -John D. Ehrlichman
                      -Roy L. Ash
                      -Counselors
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                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

                            -James T. Lynn
                     -Location
              -Barber
              -Taping

Also recorded on February 28, 1973

  • 037-010 2:15 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:15 pm and 3:20 pm.
  • 414-003 3:20 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Thomas Hart, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:20 pm to 3:28 pm.
  • 414-004 3:30 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:30 pm to 3:43 pm.
  • 414-005 3:43 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:43 pm and 4:22 pm.
  • 414-006 3:43 PM · 39 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 3:43 pm and 4:22 pm.
  • 414-007 3:43 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:43 pm and 4:22 pm.
  • 865-026 4:23 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:23 pm and 4:25 pm.
  • 865-027 4:23 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:23 pm and 4:25 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 037-011, February 28, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-011 (accessed October 1, 2026).