Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-078

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

Wednesday, February 14, 1973 · 2:38 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation043-078 on Tape 43StartWednesday, February 14, 1973 at 2:38 PMEndWednesday, February 14, 1973 at 2:38 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-078 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417194867 ↗

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 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:38 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-078 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 43-78

Date: February 14, 1973
Time: 2:38 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked to the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 412-2]

       Request for a call to Stephen B. Bull

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Steve Bull, please.
Yes, sir.

Also recorded on February 14, 1973

  • 856-001 2:20 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) [television technicians] met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 2:31 pm.
  • 412-001 2:31 PM · 19 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 2:31 pm and 2:38 pm.
  • 412-002 2:31 PM · 17 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 2:31 pm and 2:38 pm.
  • 043-079 2:38 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 2:38 pm to 2:39 pm.
  • 412-003 2:38 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:38 pm to 2:39 pm.
  • 043-080 2:39 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:39 pm and 2:59 pm.
  • 412-004 2:39 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 2:39 pm and 2:59 pm.
  • 043-081 2:59 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:59 pm and 3:04 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 043-078, February 14, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417194867). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-078 (accessed November 15, 2026).