Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 40 › Conversation 040-092

Nixon phone call with Bull on Economic policy and Public relations

Wednesday, June 13, 1973 · 10:12 PM–10:13 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min

ParticipantsBull, Stephen B.; Nixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation040-092 on Tape 40StartWednesday, June 13, 1973 at 10:12 PMEndWednesday, June 13, 1973 at 10:13 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 040-092 ↗

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President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull coordinate a series of follow-up telephone calls to gauge reactions to the President's recent speech on the economy. Bull updates the President on the status of various callers, including political allies and public opinion figures. Nixon decides to personally speak with Governor Ronald Reagan and pollster Louis Harris to conclude his outreach efforts for the evening.

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Yeah.
Mr. Bulser?
Yeah.
Yes, Mr. President, you've taken about 20 calls now.
We've been stacking them up and trying to keep a flow going, sir.
Right.
Would you like to continue?
I have Lou Harris on, who's calling right now.
Calling me?
Yes, sir.
Responding favorably, and perhaps maybe that you'd like that to be the last call.
Who else you got besides that that I should mind taking?
You've taken quite a cross-section.
John Rhodes called earlier.
I can get John Rhodes back.
Well, have that taken by Timmons, sir?
He already took...
These calls have been taken by people in some way.
We've been returning back.
So if you'd like to take the Harris call, we can make that the last one, sir.
Or we can continue, whatever you choose.
Well, who else?
It depends on who they are.
I'm eating something right now, but...
Governor Reagan called a little while ago.
I'd call him.
All right, sir.
I'll get him back.
Right.
Al has quite a...
Has the breakdown.
I'm in a separate office from him, so I don't have them all.
All right.
Okay.
Take Reagan.
I'll take Lou Harris, okay?
All right, sir.
I'll get Harris and Reagan and then... Get Reagan first and then Harris.
All right.
Harris is on the phone now, sir.
That's fine.
Okay.
I'll put him in there now, sir.
Fine.
And then I'll have Reagan waiting.

NARA Description

On June 13, 1973, Stephen B. Bull and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 10:12 pm to 10:13 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-092 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 40-92
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Date: June 13, 1973
Time: 10:12 pm - 10:13 pm
Location: White House Telephone

Stephen B. Bull talked with the President.

      President’s speech on the economy
            -Reaction
                  -Louis P. Harris
                  -John J. Rhodes
                        -William E. Timmons
                  -Harris
                  -Ronald W. Reagan
                  -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
                  -Harris
                  -Reagan

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 040-092, June 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/040-092 (accessed October 12, 2026).