Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-023

Nixon phone call with Bull on time management

Monday, February 5, 1973 · 4:08 PM–4:09 PM ET · White House Telephone · 27 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation043-023 on Tape 43StartMonday, February 5, 1973 at 4:08 PMEndMonday, February 5, 1973 at 4:09 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-023 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull coordinated a brief scheduling adjustment for an upcoming meeting. The President instructed Bull to push back the start time of the next appointment in the Oval Office to 4:45 pm to accommodate a prior engagement. Bull acknowledged the change, confirming the revised time and location.

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Yeah.

Mr. Bull, sir.

Yes, sir.

I am going to, the next meeting, be back to the Oval Office, and we'll set it back 15 minutes to 445.

All right, sir.

Fine.

Because I've got to see somebody here between now and then.

I've got a couple of items over here finishing up.

Very good, sir.

445, Oval Office.

All right, sir.

Thank you.

NARA Description

On February 5, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 4:08 pm to 4:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-023 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 43-23

Date: February 5, 1973
Time: 4:08 pm - 4:09 pm
Location: White House Telephone
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See Conversation No. 408-5]

       The President's schedule

Also recorded on February 5, 1973

408-003 2:58 PM · 1 hr 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Earl L. Butz, James T. Lynn, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Stephen B. Bull, White House photographer, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:58 pm to 4:05 pm.
408-004 4:05 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:05 pm and 4:08 pm.
408-005 4:08 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:08 pm to 4:09 pm.
043-024 4:09 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:09 pm and 6:15 pm.
408-006 4:09 PM · 10 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 4:09 pm and 4:10 pm.
408-007 4:10 PM · 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:10 pm to 4:46 pm.
043-025 4:52 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:52 pm and 6:15 pm.
849-001 4:52 PM · 1 hr 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, Herbert Stein, Roy L. Ash, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:52 pm to 6:09 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 043-023, February 5, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-023 (accessed October 1, 2026).