Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-108

Nixon phone call with Bull on Clark MacGregor and Bryce Harlow

Thursday, February 15, 1973 · 6:33 PM–6:34 PM ET · White House Telephone · 22 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation043-108 on Tape 43StartThursday, February 15, 1973 at 6:33 PMEndThursday, February 15, 1973 at 6:34 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-108 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directed Stephen Bull to extend invitations to Clark MacGregor and Bryce Harlow for an upcoming Cabinet meeting. The President specifically requested that these former administration officials be invited to attend if their schedules allowed. Bull acknowledged the instruction and committed to carrying out the request.

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Would you invite Clark McGregor and Bryce Harlow to come in and say that I, from a cabinet meeting, will have people that have been former members of the administration in the cabinet, and I'd like them to attend if they're free.
Right, sir.
Fine.
Fine.

NARA Description

On February 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 6:33 pm to 6:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-108 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 43-108

Date: February 15, 1973
Time: 6:33 pm - 6:34 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See Conversation No. 410-42]
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                             Conversation No. 43-108 (cont’d)

       Invitation to Cabinet meeting
             -Clark MacGregor
             -Bryce N. Harlow

Also recorded on February 15, 1973

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  • 043-105 6:28 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 6:28 pm.
  • 043-106 6:28 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 6:28 pm to 6:29 pm.
  • 043-107 6:29 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:29 pm and 6:33 pm.
  • 043-109 6:34 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Lelsie T. ("Bob") Hope, and Delores (Reade) Hope talked on the telephone from 6:34 pm to 6:45 pm.
  • 043-110 6:47 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 6:47 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 043-108, February 15, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-108 (accessed October 1, 2026).