Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 39 › Conversation 039-110

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Stephen B. Bull

Wednesday, June 6, 1973 · 2:36 PM–3:21 PM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation039-110 on Tape 39StartWednesday, June 6, 1973 at 2:36 PMEndWednesday, June 6, 1973 at 3:21 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 039-110 ↗

President Nixon requested that the White House operator connect him with Stephen B. Bull, a personal aide who frequently managed the President's scheduling and logistics. The brief exchange served purely administrative purposes to facilitate direct communication with a key staff member. No policy matters or substantive political discussions took place during this brief connection request.

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Uh, would you, uh, uh, get me a steeple, please?
Sure thing.

On June 6, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:36 pm and 3:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-110 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 39-110

Date: June 6, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:36 pm and 3:21 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 443-12]

       Request for telephone call to Stephen B. Bull
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
  • 039-108 2:34 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:34 pm and 2:35 pm.
  • 443-009 2:34 PM · 40 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 2:34 pm and 2:36 pm.
  • 443-010 2:34 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:34 pm and 2:36 pm.
  • 039-109 2:35 PM · 1 min — White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. talked on the telephone from 2:35 pm to 2:36 pm.
  • 443-011 2:35 PM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:35 pm to 2:36 pm.
  • 443-012 2:36 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:36 pm and 3:21 pm.
  • 039-111 3:21 PM · 29 sec — White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 3:21 pm to 3:22 pm.
  • 443-013 3:21 PM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:21 pm to 3:22 pm.

Conversation 039-110, June 6, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-110 (accessed September 28, 2026).