Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 45 › Conversation 045-090

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

Tuesday, May 1, 1973 · 1:30 PM–2:51 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation045-090 on Tape 45StartTuesday, May 1, 1973 at 1:30 PMEndTuesday, May 1, 1973 at 2:51 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 045-090 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a direct communication with his personal aide, Stephen B. Bull. This brief exchange served as a logistical request to initiate a telephone call between the two men. No substantive policy matters or further developments were discussed during this connection.

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T-ball, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On May 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:30 pm and 2:51 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-090 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 45-90

Date: May 1, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:30 pm and 2:51 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator and requested a call to Stephen B. Bull.

[See also Conversation No. 433-23]

       Request for telephone call
            -Stephen B. Bull

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  • 433-088 1:26 PM · 8 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 1:26 pm and 1:28 pm.
  • 045-088 1:28 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and William J. Baroody, Jr. talked on the telephone from 1:28 pm to 1:29 pm.
  • 433-020 1:28 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and William J. Baroody, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:28 pm to 1:29 pm.
  • 045-089 1:30 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 1:30 pm to 1:31 pm.
  • 433-021 1:30 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:30 pm to 1:31 pm.
  • 433-022 1:31 PM · 19 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 1:31 pm and 2:51 pm.
  • 433-023 1:31 PM · 10 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 1:31 pm and 2:51 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 045-090, 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/045-090 (accessed October 5, 2026).