Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 44 › Conversation 044-004

Nixon phone call with Bull on H.R. Haldeman

Thursday, March 22, 1973 · 1:14 PM–1:15 PM ET · White House Telephone · 17 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation044-004 on Tape 44StartThursday, March 22, 1973 at 1:14 PMEndThursday, March 22, 1973 at 1:15 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 044-004 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417195547 ↗

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NARA Description

On March 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:14 pm and 1:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 044-004

Date: March 22, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:14 pm and 1:15 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See also Conversation No. 422-30]

       President’s schedule
             -Meeting with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
                   -Timing

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Hello.
Yes, sir, Steve.
Bob Haldeman was coming over with two or three others at 1.30.
Yes, sir.
Tell him to delay it about 20 minutes.
I've got to make a couple of calls here.
I got a little behind.
Make it 10 minutes to 2, then.
Fine.

Also recorded on March 22, 1973

  • 887-028 1:12 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:12 pm and 3:48 pm.
  • 044-003 1:13 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:13 pm and 1:14 pm.
  • 422-023 1:13 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 1:13 pm.
  • 044-005 1:14 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:14 pm and 1:21 pm.
  • 422-024 1:14 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:14 pm to 1:15 pm.
  • 422-025 1:14 PM · 10 sec — unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:14 pm and 1:21 pm.
  • 422-026 1:14 PM · 12 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 1:14 pm and 1:21 pm.
  • 044-006 1:21 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:21 pm and 1:22 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 044-004, March 22, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417195547). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-004 (accessed November 15, 2026).