Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 45 › Conversation 045-068

Nixon, Bull & Cox on Watergate and Presidential speech

Monday, April 30, 1973 · 11:36 PM–11:37 PM ET · White House Telephone · 41 sec

ParticipantsCox, Tricia Nixon; White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation045-068 on Tape 45StartMonday, April 30, 1973 at 11:36 PMEndMonday, April 30, 1973 at 11:37 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 045-068 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed Stephen B. Bull to continue patching through incoming telephone calls for the next half hour following his televised speech regarding the Watergate scandal. The President specifically requested that calls from Paul W. Keyes, Rose Mary Woods, and Charles G. “Bebe” Rebozo be prioritized. This exchange reflects the President's desire to gauge public and personal reaction immediately following his major address.

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Hello, Mr. Bowles calling the President.

Speaking of.

Thank you.

Hello?

Mr. President, Steve Ball.

Yeah.

We've put you through an ordeal of about 20 calls now, sir.

I'm wondering whether that... Let them go through.

It's okay.

Would you still like some more calls?

For a half hour, yeah.

That Paul Keyes and Rose and B.B.

are... Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Let them go through.

All right, sir.

We'll continue to call.

Thank you.

NARA Description

On April 30, 1973, Tricia Nixon Cox, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 11:36 pm to 11:37 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-068 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 45-68

Date: April 30, 1973
Time: 11:36 pm - 11:37 pm
Location: White House Telephone
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                             Conversation No. 45-68 (cont’d)

Tricia Nixon Cox talked with the White House operator. The President and unknown persons
can be heard in the background.

     Incoming telephone call from Stephen B. Bull

Tricia Nixon Cox conferred with the President at an unknown time between 11:36 pm and 11:37
pm.

[Begin conferral]

     Incoming telephone call from Bull

[End conferral]

The President talked with Bull at an unknown time between 11:36 pm and 11:37 pm.

     Watergate
          -President’s speech
                -Telephone calls to President
                      -Paul W. Keyes
                      -Rose Mary Woods
                      -Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo

Also recorded on May 1, 1973

045-064 11:23 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:23 pm and 11:24 pm.
045-065 11:24 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 11:24 pm to 11:28 pm.
045-066 11:28 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:28 pm and 11:30 pm.
045-067 11:30 PM · 14 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 11:30 pm.
045-069 11:41 PM · 1 min — White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, President Richard M. Nixon, and James D. ("Don") Hughes talked on the telephone from 11:41 pm to 11:42 pm.
045-070 11:47 PM · 3 min — Tricia Nixon Cox, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, Robert H. Abplanalp, and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:47 pm and 11:49 pm.
045-071 11:49 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:49 pm and 11:50 pm.
045-072 11:50 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:50 pm and 11:53 pm.

All 181 conversations from May 1, 1973 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 045-068, May 1, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-068 (accessed October 5, 2026).