Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-116

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

Tuesday, February 20, 1973 · 3:01 PM–3:12 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation043-116 on Tape 43StartTuesday, February 20, 1973 at 3:01 PMEndTuesday, February 20, 1973 at 3:12 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-116 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417194943 ↗

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On February 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:01 pm and 3:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-116 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 43-116

Date: February 20, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:01 pm and 3:12 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No 411-2]

       Request for a call to Stephen B. Bull

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Stay broke, please.
Thank you.
  • 043-115 3:01 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:01 pm and 3:12 pm.
  • 411-001 3:01 PM · 15 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 3:01 pm and 3:12 pm.
  • 411-002 3:01 PM · 9 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 3:01 pm and 3:12 pm.
  • 043-117 3:12 PM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 3:12 pm to 3:13 pm.
  • 411-003 3:12 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:12 pm to 3:13 pm.
  • 043-118 3:14 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 3:14 pm to 3:17 pm.
  • 411-004 3:14 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:14 pm to 3:17 pm.
  • 411-005 3:17 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:17 pm.

Conversation 043-116, February 20, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417194943). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-116 (accessed November 15, 2026).