Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 44 › Conversation 044-134

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Stephen B. Bull

Tuesday, April 10, 1973 · 3:45 PM–3:46 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation044-134 on Tape 44StartTuesday, April 10, 1973 at 3:45 PMEndTuesday, April 10, 1973 at 3:46 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 044-134 ↗

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a call to his aide, Stephen B. Bull. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to reach a member of the President's personal staff. No further discussion or substantive policy deliberations occurred during this brief communication.

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On April 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 3:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-134 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 044-134

Date: April 10, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:45 pm and 3:46 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

       Call to Stephen B. Bull
  • 426-038 3:34 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Joe D. Waggonner, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:34 pm to 3:45 pm.
  • 044-133 3:45 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 3:46 pm.
  • 426-039 3:45 PM · 19 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 3:45 pm and 3:46 pm.
  • 044-135 3:46 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard K. Cook talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:46 pm and 3:47 pm.
  • 426-040 3:46 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard K. Cook met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:46 pm to 3:48 pm.
  • 044-136 3:49 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 3:49 pm to 3:50 pm.
  • 426-041 3:49 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:49 pm to 3:50 pm.
  • 892-015 3:54 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:54 pm and 3:56 pm.

Conversation 044-134, April 10, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-134 (accessed October 5, 2026).