Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-213
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Stephen B. Bull
Monday, February 5, 1973 · 1:38 PM–4:08 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a brief telephone request for the White House operator to connect him with Stephen B. Bull. The conversation serves solely as a logistical administrative step to facilitate direct communication with his aide. No substantive policy discussions occur during this brief interaction.
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NARA Description
On February 5, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:38 pm and 4:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-213 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 43-213
Date: February 5, 1973
Time: Unknown before 4:08 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to Stephen B. BullAlso recorded on February 5, 1973
- 848-013 12:45 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Robert J. Brown, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:45 pm and 12:56 pm.
- 848-014 12:56 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Richard A. Moore, Lt. Col. William L. Golden, White House operator, Teresa Olson, Kenneth Olson, Mary Weigal, Agnes Ullmer, Henry Ullmer, Irene Lemery, Loren Lemery, Clara Best, Joyce Nolde, Blair Nolde, Brent Nolde, Kimberly Nolde, Bryon Nolde, Bart Nolde, Henry Joseph Nolde, Joseph Nolde, Henry Nolde, Jr., and Irene Nolde met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 1:09 pm.
- 848-015 1:09 PM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:09 pm to 1:58 pm.
- 043-030 1:54 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:54 pm.
- 848-016 1:58 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:58 pm to 1:59 pm.
- 408-001 1:59 PM · 29 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 1:59 pm and 2:58 pm.
- 408-002 1:59 PM · 10 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 1:59 pm and 2:58 pm.
- 848-017 1:59 PM · 45 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:59 pm and 4:52 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 043-213, February 5, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-213 (accessed October 1, 2026).