Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 37 › Conversation 037-178
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Stephen B. Bull
Tuesday, March 20, 1973 · 7:48 PM ET · White House Telephone · 20 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to attempt to locate and connect him with aide Stephen B. Bull. After the operator reported that Bull was not at his primary residence, the President authorized the operator to try an alternative contact number provided to the White House. The brief exchange served as a logistical effort to establish direct communication with a member of the President's staff.
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NARA Description
On March 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:48 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-178 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 37-178
Date: March 20, 1973
Time: 7:48 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with the President.
[See Conversation No. 422-7]
Unsuccessful attempt to reach Stephen B. Bull
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARYAlso recorded on March 21, 1973
- 037-177 7:43 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:43 pm and 7:48 pm.
- 037-179 7:48 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:48 pm and 7:52 pm.
- 422-006 7:48 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 7:48 pm.
- 422-007 7:48 PM · 11 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 7:48 pm and 7:52 pm.
- 422-008 7:48 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:48 pm to 7:52 pm.
- 037-180 7:52 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John V. Brennan talked on the telephone from 7:52 pm to 7:53 pm.
- 422-009 7:52 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:52 pm to 7:53 pm.
- 422-010 7:53 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John V. Brennan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 7:53 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 037-178, March 21, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-178 (accessed October 2, 2026).