Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 40 › Conversation 040-005

Nixon phone call with Bull

Monday, June 11, 1973 · 1:20 PM–1:21 PM ET · White House Telephone · 28 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation040-005 on Tape 40StartMonday, June 11, 1973 at 1:20 PMEndMonday, June 11, 1973 at 1:21 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 040-005 ↗

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On June 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 1:20 pm to 1:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 40-5

Date: June 11, 1973
Time: 1:20 pm - 1:21 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See also Conversation No. 444-2]

     President’s schedule
           -Barber
                 -Time
                                              -8-

                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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Yeah.

Yes, sir.

Get the barber, if you could, at 2.40.

Tell him I just need a 10-minute quick trim, but... All right, sir.

...for the 3 o'clock meeting.

I don't want to...

So he'll know that I don't want a long drill, okay?

All right, fine.

Yes, sir.

I'll be over about 2.40, 20 minutes till 3.

Fine.

Take care of it, sir.

Also recorded on June 11, 1973

935-012 12:36 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:36 pm and 12:40 pm.
935-013 12:36 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:36 pm and 12:40 pm.
935-014 12:40 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 12:50 pm.
935-015 12:50 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:50 pm to 1:12 pm.
040-004 1:16 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 1:20 pm.
444-001 1:16 PM · 10 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 1:16 pm and 1:20 pm.
444-002 1:20 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:20 pm to 1:21 pm.
040-006 2:13 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:13 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 040-005, June 11, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-005 (accessed November 2, 2026).