Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 46 › Conversation 046-013
Nixon phone call with Bull on Rural Electrification Administration
Friday, May 11, 1973 · 3:00 PM–3:01 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon directed Stephen B. Bull to move the signing ceremony for the Rural Electrification and Telephone Program to 3:30 p.m. in the Executive Office Building to accommodate his departure for Camp David. Emphasizing privacy, Nixon strictly forbade any press coverage or on-the-record status for his travel to Camp David, citing his frustration with being followed by press vehicles. He explicitly ordered Bull to ensure that all future presidential drives remain off the record.
- Rural Electrification Administration
- Presidential scheduling
- Camp David
- Press relations
- Executive Office Building
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NARA Description
On May 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 3:00 pm to 3:01 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 46-13
Date: May 11, 1973
Time: 3:00 pm - 3:01 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.
[See also Conversation No. 434-25]
President’s schedule
-Signing ceremony [Rural Electrification and Telephone Program]
-Timing
-Drive to Camp David
-Rural Electrification Administration [REA] representative
-Earl L. Butz and J. Philip Campbell
-Location
-Privacy
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
-Drive
-On-the-record
-Unmarked car
-Press coverageAlso recorded on May 11, 1973
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- 434-023 2:56 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:56 pm to 2:57 pm.
- 046-012 2:57 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:57 pm and 3:00 pm.
- 434-024 2:57 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 2:57 pm and 3:00 pm.
- 434-025 3:00 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:00 pm to 3:01 pm.
- 046-014 3:01 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:01 pm and 3:07 pm.
- 434-026 3:01 PM · 11 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 3:01 pm and 3:07 pm.
- 434-027 3:01 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 3:01 pm and 3:07 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 046-013, 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/046-013 (accessed October 5, 2026).