Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 37 › Conversation 037-057

Nixon phone call with Bull on State Department and Foreign Service

Monday, March 5, 1973 · 3:33 PM–3:34 PM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation037-057 on Tape 37StartMonday, March 5, 1973 at 3:33 PMEndMonday, March 5, 1973 at 3:34 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 037-057 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417195255 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull coordinate the details of an upcoming visit to the State Department, specifically focusing on a plaque unveiling ceremony honoring Foreign Service members who lost their lives. Nixon requests background research from the Department to inform his remarks and confirms the inclusion of a luncheon in the schedule. Additionally, the President instructs Bull to arrange a half-hour meeting with Carlos Sanz deSantamaria, the head of the Alliance for Progress, in coordination with Henry Kissinger's office.

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NARA Description

On March 5, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 3:33 pm to 3:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-057 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 37-57

Date: March 5, 1973
Time: 3:33 pm-3:34 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See Conversation No. 417-9]

       President's schedule
              -Visit to State Department
                      -Plaque unveiling
                      -Remarks by President
                              -Foreign Service
                                     -Lost lives
                              -Background material
                      -Luncheon
              -Carlos Sanz deSantamaria
                      -Alliance for Progress
                      -Henry A. Kissinger

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Yes, sir.
I have approved the plaque thing, and so we don't have the people.
We don't have to bother looking at television.
The plaque thing is better than the other.
Yes, sir.
And he's going to have people around, and, you know, there will be people in the hall.
There will be so there's no problem.
All right, sir.
We'll have some remarks for you to make at that.
Well, I have to get some research from state as to what they have two plaques there, 1966 and...
And this is the newer plaque that goes to about the last 10 years since 1966 to 73, right?
Yes, sir.
So we'll take that.
But the thrust of your remarks would be aimed at the dedication of some of the people who have served in the foreign service.
I mean, how many tribute to them lost their lives just as we pay tribute to those who served in the armed services.
But anyway, they'll know how.
They can just talk to the department people and work up some background material on it and so forth.
And I can speak briefly.
And he has that luncheon tentatively from 1 o'clock, which if it's with you, then we'll get ahead on that.
One thing that should be put on is, I don't know whether you've got it, is Santa Maria.
who is the head of the Alliance for Progress.
He has asked to come in, I understand, and I want to be sure he does come in at some time.
That would be a half-hour meeting.
Santa Maria.
All right, fine.
Kissinger's office will know about it.
Thank you, sir.

Also recorded on March 5, 1973

  • 037-056 3:33 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:33 pm.
  • 417-008 3:33 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 3:33 pm.
  • 417-009 3:33 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:33 pm to 3:34 pm.
  • 037-058 3:34 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:34 pm and 4:44 pm.
  • 417-010 3:34 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:34 pm and 4:44 pm.
  • 417-011 3:34 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:34 pm and 4:44 pm.
  • 417-012 3:34 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 3:34 pm and 4:44 pm.
  • 417-013 3:34 PM · 13 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 3:34 pm and 4:44 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 037-057, March 5, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417195255). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-057 (accessed November 2, 2026).