Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 44 › Conversation 044-051

Nixon phone call with Bull on Presidential staff

Wednesday, March 28, 1973 · 1:49 PM–1:50 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation044-051 on Tape 44StartWednesday, March 28, 1973 at 1:49 PMEndWednesday, March 28, 1973 at 1:50 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 044-051 ↗

President Nixon contacted his personal aide, Stephen B. Bull, to request a scheduling adjustment for a personal grooming appointment. Nixon directed Bull to delay his scheduled barber visit by fifteen minutes to 2:45 p.m. and explicitly instructed that the barber be told he was free to leave if the timing became inconvenient.

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Hello.
Yes, sir, Steve.
Would you move the barber back 15 minutes to 245, please?
Certainly, sir.
I'll be just a little late.
Tell him he can run.
Yes, sir.
Thank you.

On March 28, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:49 pm and 1:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-051 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 044-051

Date: March 28, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:49 pm and 1:50 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See also Conversation No. 425-13]

       Barber
  • 044-050 1:45 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:45 pm and 1:49 pm.
  • 425-011 1:45 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:45 pm and 1:49 pm.
  • 425-012 1:45 PM · 10 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 1:45 pm and 1:49 pm.
  • 425-013 1:49 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:49 pm to 1:50 pm.
  • 044-052 1:50 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 3:57 pm.
  • 425-014 1:50 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 2:52 pm.
  • 425-015 1:50 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 2:52 pm.
  • 425-016 1:50 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 2:52 pm.

Conversation 044-051, 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/044-051 (accessed October 1, 2026).