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

Nixon phone call with Bull on George P. Shultz and H. R. Haldeman

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 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417195169 ↗

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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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

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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.

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 (NAID 417195169). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-011 (accessed November 15, 2026).