Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 44 › Conversation 044-044
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Stephen B. Bull
Wednesday, March 28, 1973 · 12:30 PM–12:34 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon placed a brief telephone call to the White House operator requesting to be connected with his aide, Stephen B. Bull. This exchange served solely as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication with a staff member. No further substantive policy matters or decisions were recorded during this brief administrative interaction.
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NARA Description
On March 28, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:30 pm and 12:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-044 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 044-044
Date: March 28, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:30 pm and 12:34 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 425-6]
Call to Stephen B. BullAlso recorded on March 28, 1973
- 044-043 12:28 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:28 pm and 12:30 pm.
- 425-005 12:28 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:28 pm to 12:30 pm.
- 425-006 12:28 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 12:28 pm and 12:34 pm.
- 425-007 12:28 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 12:28 pm and 12:34 pm.
- 044-045 12:30 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:30 pm and 12:34 pm.
- 044-046 12:34 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:34 pm and 12:35 pm.
- 425-008 12:34 PM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:34 pm to 12:35 pm.
- 044-047 12:35 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:35 pm and 12:36 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 044-044, March 28, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-044 (accessed October 12, 2026).