Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 46 › Conversation 046-005

Nixon phone call with Bull on Vernon A. Walters and Alexander M. Haig Jr.

Friday, May 11, 1973 · 2:11 PM–2:12 PM ET · White House Telephone · 24 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation046-005 on Tape 46StartFriday, May 11, 1973 at 2:11 PMEndFriday, May 11, 1973 at 2:12 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 046-005 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed Stephen B. Bull to coordinate with Alexander Haig's office regarding the schedule of Lieutenant General Vernon A. Walters. Upon learning that Walters was already present at the White House, Nixon directed Bull to escort the General to his office for a meeting. This interaction facilitated an immediate private consultation between the President and Walters.

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Yes sir, Steve.

Will you check with Al Haig's office to see when General Walters will be here?

I just saw General Walters sitting there, sir.

Have him drop over to the...

I'll bring him over myself, sir.

Thank you.

NARA Description

On May 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 2:11 pm to 2:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 46-5

Date: May 11, 1973
Time: 2:11 pm - 2:12 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See also Conversation No. 434-13]

     Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters’s schedule
           -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
           -Meeting with President
                                               -3-

                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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434-013 2:11 PM · 21 sec — 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 2:11 pm and 2:15 pm.
046-006 2:15 PM · 28 sec — Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 2:15 pm to 2:16 pm.
434-014 2:15 PM · 27 sec — Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:15 pm to 2:16 pm.
434-015 2:16 PM · 26 sec — 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 2:16 pm and 2:24 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 046-005, May 11, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-005 (accessed October 5, 2026).