Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 38 › Conversation 038-021

Nixon phone call with Bull on Alexander M. Haig Jr.

Saturday, April 14, 1973 · 10:49 AM–10:50 AM ET · White House Telephone · 21 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation038-021 on Tape 38StartSaturday, April 14, 1973 at 10:49 AMEndSaturday, April 14, 1973 at 10:50 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 038-021 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to coordinate adjustments to his daily schedule. The President instructed Bull to inform Alexander M. Haig, Jr., that he would be arriving fifty minutes late for their scheduled meeting at the Executive Office Building. This brief exchange served to manage the President's itinerary and ensure key staff members were updated on his delay.

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Yeah.

Yes, sir, Steve.

I'll put the, uh, that, uh, thing with, uh, Hague, uh, what time you got now?

It's, uh, ten minutes of eleven, sir.

Uh, quarter after.

Quarter after.

I'll be fifty minutes late at the EOB.

All right, sir.

Thank you.

NARA Description

On April 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 10:49 am to 10:50 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-021 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 38-21

Date: April 14, 1973
Time: 10:49 am - 10:50 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See also Conversation No. 428-19C]

     President’s schedule
           -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
                 -Executive Office Building [EOB]
                                             -15-

                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Also recorded on April 14, 1973

428-019 8:53 AM · 3 hr 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Elliot L. Richardson, Stephen B. Bull, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, John W. Dean, III, Henry A. Kissinger, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:53 am to 12:30 pm.
038-019 8:54 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Elliot L. Richardson talked on the telephone from 8:54 am to 8:56 am.
038-020 9:00 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 10:49 am.
038-022 10:50 AM · 21 sec — John D. Ehrlichman and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:50 am and 11:30 am.
038-023 10:50 AM · 33 sec — John D. Ehrlichman, John W. Dean, III, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:50 am and 11:30 am.
038-024 10:50 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:50 am and 11:33 am.
038-025 11:33 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone from 11:33 am to 11:34 am.
038-026 12:30 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:30 pm and 12:53 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 038-021, April 14, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-021 (accessed October 5, 2026).