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 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417194775 ↗

A 12-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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NARA Description

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.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

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

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Steve Ball, please.
Thank you.
Thank you.

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  • 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 043-030, February 5, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417194775). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-030 (accessed November 15, 2026).