Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 45 › Conversation 045-074
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 · 10 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to connect him with Stephen B. Bull. This brief exchange served as a logistical request to initiate a telephone call with a staff member. No substantive policy matters or major political developments occurred during this short administrative interaction.
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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 045-074 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 45-74
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. 433-5]
Request for telephone call
-Stephen B. BullAlso recorded on May 1, 1973
- 045-073 12:58 PM · 18 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 045-074, 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/045-074 (accessed October 5, 2026).