Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 40 › Conversation 040-081

Nixon phone call with Bull on Carl Albert and William Timmons

Wednesday, June 13, 1973 · 5:39 PM–5:40 PM ET · White House Telephone · 26 sec

ParticipantsBull, Stephen B.; Nixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation040-081 on Tape 40StartWednesday, June 13, 1973 at 5:39 PMEndWednesday, June 13, 1973 at 5:40 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 040-081 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with his aide Stephen B. Bull regarding an upcoming meeting with bipartisan congressional leaders, including Speaker Carl Albert. Due to scheduling delays, Nixon instructed Bull to inform William E. Timmons that the President would deliver a brief statement and depart early rather than remaining for a lengthy Q&A session involving George P. Shultz. This decision effectively curtailed the President's planned engagement with the congressional leadership.

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Mr. Bull.
Yes, Mr. President.
Speaker Albert is just arriving now.
Now would be an appropriate time to come over.
Tell Timmons that I've decided I'll just make a statement and leave because it's so late.
I'm not going to stay through the meeting until he can answer the questions.
Very good, sir.
I'll tell him right now.

NARA Description

On June 13, 1973, Stephen B. Bull and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 5:39 pm to 5:40 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-081 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 40-81

Date: June 13, 1973
Time: 5:39 pm - 5:40 pm
Location: White House Telephone

Stephen B. Bull talked with the President.

[See also Conversation 445-28]

      President’s schedule
            -Bipartisan Congressional leaders
                  -Carl B. Albert
                  -Message for William E. Timmons
                        -Statement by President
                        -George P. Shultz
                              -Questions
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Also recorded on June 13, 1973

  • 126-001 4:32 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including [David] Kenneth Rush, George P. Shultz, Dr. James R. Schlesinger, Elliot L. Richardson, J. Philip Campbell, Frederick B. Dent, Richard F. Schubert, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, James T. Lynn, John W. Barnum, Roy L. Ash, Anne L. Armstrong, George H. W. Bush, Herbert Stein, John T. Dunlop, Rogers C. B. Morton, General Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Peter M. Flanigan, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., William E. Timmons, Ronald L. Ziegler, General Brent G. Scowcroft, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Virginia H. Knauer, David R. Gergen, David N. Parker, Frederic V. Malek, and Arthur J. Sohmer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 4:32 pm and 5:42 pm.
  • 040-080 5:22 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 5:22 pm to 5:23 pm.
  • 445-027 5:22 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:22 pm to 5:23 pm.
  • 445-028 5:39 PM · 25 sec — Stephen B. Bull and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:39 pm to 5:40 pm.
  • 445-029 5:40 PM · 51 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Nellie L. Yates, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:40 pm and 6:54 pm.
  • 445-030 5:40 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:40 pm and 6:54 pm.
  • 445-031 5:40 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:40 pm and 6:54 pm.
  • 126-002 5:42 PM · 1 hr 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, George P. Shultz, Herbert Stein, John T. Dunlop, and bipartisan Congressional leaders, including Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield, Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, John G. Tower, Russell B. Long, Wallace F. Bennett, William Proxmire, Jacob K. Javits, Milton R. Young, Carl B. Albert, Thomas P. ("Tip") O'Neill, Jr., Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends, Wright Patman, William B. Widnall, Herman T. Schneebeli, Roy L. Ash, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., William E. Timmons, Thomas C. Korologos, Max L. Friedersdorf, John J. McFall, and members of the press, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 5:42 pm to 6:52 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 040-081, June 13, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-081 (accessed October 9, 2026).