Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-045

Nixon phone call with Bull on White House staff and Breakfast meeting

Wednesday, February 7, 1973 · 8:26 PM–8:27 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation043-045 on Tape 43StartWednesday, February 7, 1973 at 8:26 PMEndWednesday, February 7, 1973 at 8:27 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-045 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directed Stephen Bull to expand the guest list for an upcoming breakfast meeting to include Charles Colson, Leonard Garment, Richard Moore, William Safire, and Raymond Price. The President emphasized that the primary goal was to increase attendance to fill the large room and facilitate better interaction between White House staff and Cabinet members. Specific seating arrangements were ordered, placing William Rogers and Peter Brennan beside the President to ensure they could address specific business.

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Hello, Steve.
Yes, sir.
Probably can't hear much with the music in the background.
I wanted to tell you in the morning, why don't you add a couple, three people that mean a great deal to them.
Colson might be added if he's not on the list already.
All right, sir.
And Garment.
Add Len Garment.
And I think we could add... Let's see.
Dick Moore.
And, uh...
and the sapphire you ought to put him on it more comes and ray price okay yes sir very good that gives a little group it'll make the table a little bit see that's such a big room we feel lost unless there are more people there all right and and mingle them with the cabinets so the cabinet people are not sitting by each other see white house staff right in between the two not on protocol basis but put rogers with me because i have something to talk to him about rogers on my right and brennan on my left
Okay?
Very good.
Smile, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On February 7, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 8:26 pm to 8:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-045 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 43-45

Date: February 7, 1973
Time: 8:26 pm - 8:27 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

       Attendance at breakfast meeting
            -Charles W. Colson
            -Leonard Garment
            -Richard A. Moore
            -William L. Safire
            -Raymond K. Price, Jr.
            -The President’s instructions
                  -Seating arrangement
                        -Cabinet officers
                               -William P. Rogers and Peter J. Brennan

Also recorded on February 8, 1973

  • 043-044 8:09 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:09 pm and 8:26 pm.
  • 043-046 8:26 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:26 pm and 8:27 pm.
  • 043-047 8:29 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 8:29 pm to 8:30 pm.
  • 043-048 8:30 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:30 pm and 8:36 pm.
  • 043-049 8:36 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone at 8:36 pm.
  • 043-050 8:37 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:37 pm.
  • 043-051 8:37 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone at 8:37 pm.
  • 043-215 8:37 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 8:37 pm on February 7, 1973 and 9:52 am on February 8, 1973.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 043-045, February 8, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-045 (accessed October 12, 2026).