Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 45 › Conversation 045-073

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

Tuesday, May 1, 1973 · 12:58 PM–12:59 PM ET · White House Telephone · 18 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation045-073 on Tape 45StartTuesday, May 1, 1973 at 12:58 PMEndTuesday, May 1, 1973 at 12:59 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 045-073 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing telephone call. The brief exchange served as a procedural request to connect the President with Stephen B. Bull. No substantive policy discussions or complex administrative developments occurred during this connection.

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NARA Description

On May 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:58 pm and 12:59 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-073 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 45-73

Date: May 1, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:58 pm and 12:59 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 433-3]

     Request for telephone call
          -Stephen B. Bull

Also recorded on May 1, 1973

  • 045-074 12:58 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:58 pm and 12:59 pm.
  • 045-075 12:59 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 12:59 pm to 1:00 pm.
  • 433-002 12:59 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Dr. Walter R. Tkach met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:59 pm to 1:00 pm.
  • 045-076 1:00 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:00 pm and 1:04 pm.
  • 433-003 1:00 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:00 pm and 1:04 pm.
  • 433-004 1:00 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:00 pm and 1:04 pm.
  • 433-005 1:00 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:00 pm and 1:04 pm.
  • 433-006 1:00 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:00 pm and 1:04 pm.

All 181 conversations from May 1, 1973 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 045-073, 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/045-073 (accessed October 5, 2026).