Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-030

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

Monday, February 5, 1973 · 1:54 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation043-030 on Tape 43StartMonday, February 5, 1973 at 1:54 PMEndMonday, February 5, 1973 at 1:54 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-030 ↗

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his aide, Stephen B. Bull. This brief administrative interaction served exclusively to initiate the transfer for the President's subsequent business. No substantive policy matters or further developments were addressed during this specific communication.

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Steve Ball, please.
Thank you.
Thank you.

On February 5, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:54 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-030 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 43-30

Date: February 6, 1973
Time: 1:54 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 409-8]

       Request for a call to Stephen B. Bull
  • 848-014 12:56 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Richard A. Moore, Lt. Col. William L. Golden, White House operator, Teresa Olson, Kenneth Olson, Mary Weigal, Agnes Ullmer, Henry Ullmer, Irene Lemery, Loren Lemery, Clara Best, Joyce Nolde, Blair Nolde, Brent Nolde, Kimberly Nolde, Bryon Nolde, Bart Nolde, Henry Joseph Nolde, Joseph Nolde, Henry Nolde, Jr., and Irene Nolde met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 1:09 pm.
  • 848-015 1:09 PM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:09 pm to 1:58 pm.
  • 043-213 1:38 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:38 pm and 4:08 pm.
  • 848-016 1:58 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:58 pm to 1:59 pm.
  • 408-001 1:59 PM · 29 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 1:59 pm and 2:58 pm.
  • 408-002 1:59 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 1:59 pm and 2:58 pm.
  • 848-017 1:59 PM · 45 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:59 pm and 4:52 pm.
  • 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.

Conversation 043-030, 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/043-030 (accessed October 1, 2026).