Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-207

Nixon phone call with Bull on John D. Ehrlichman

Tuesday, February 27, 1973 · 10:20 AM–10:21 AM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation043-207 on Tape 43StartTuesday, February 27, 1973 at 10:20 AMEndTuesday, February 27, 1973 at 10:21 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-207 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417195117 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and aide Stephen B. Bull coordinated the President's afternoon schedule to ensure adequate time for a private meeting with John D. Ehrlichman. The President requested that Ehrlichman be scheduled for 2:45 p.m. to allow for a full hour of consultation prior to subsequent appointments. This meeting was intended to address various administrative matters before the President proceeded to his next engagement.

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NARA Description

On February 27, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 10:20 am to 10:21 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-207 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 43-207

Date: February 27, 1973
Time: 10:20 am - 10:21 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See Conversation No. 415-18]

       The President’s schedule
            -John D. Ehrlichman
            -Patricia R. Hitt
            -Luigi Raimondi
            -Richard M. Helms
            -Ehrlichman

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yeah mr bull sir yes sir i'd like to see uh ehrlichman if you haven't got anything else at three o'clock what have you got there anything uh no sir open at three and i think he'd need to see you before the pat hit meeting anyway yeah well i have some number of things to go over with him so uh why don't we just say that uh check his schedule and see if he can make it at the

at, say, 3 o'clock.

All right, so will you remain in the EOB, or will you be retired?

Yeah, with him, and then I'll come over.

What's the 4 o'clock?

4 o'clock is that short appointment with Ramone.

Well, I'll take a little, but that'll take 15 minutes or so.

Then have Ehrlichman come here and tell him if he can make it about a quarter of 3, that that'll be a good time.

Quarter of three for Ehrlichman then, sir.

Right.

That'll give me an hour with him before we have to walk over there.

All right, sir.

Fine.

Then we'll do all the other things.

Okay.

All right.

Very good, sir.

Thank you.

Fine.

Also recorded on February 27, 1973

043-204 9:34 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:34 am.
043-205 9:43 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:43 am and 10:20 am.
043-206 10:20 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 10:20 am to 10:21 am.
043-221 10:20 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 10:20 am to 10:21 am.
415-011 10:20 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 10:20 am.
415-012 10:20 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:20 am to 10:21 am.
415-013 10:21 AM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 10:21 am.
415-014 11:00 AM · 50 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:00 am to 11:50 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 043-207, February 27, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417195117). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-207 (accessed November 15, 2026).