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 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to postpone a scheduled meeting with H.R. Haldeman and other associates by approximately twenty minutes. The President requested the delay to allow himself sufficient time to complete several pending telephone calls. Consequently, the meeting time was officially rescheduled for 1:50 p.m.

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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.

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

       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See also Conversation No. 422-30]

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

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. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-004 (accessed October 1, 2026).