Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 46 › Conversation 046-140

Nixon phone call with Bull on Mary T. Brooks and Meeting cancellation

Tuesday, May 22, 1973 · 11:34 AM–11:35 AM ET · White House Telephone · 20 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation046-140 on Tape 46StartTuesday, May 22, 1973 at 11:34 AMEndTuesday, May 22, 1973 at 11:35 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 046-140 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull discussed the President's immediate scheduling needs during a brief telephone exchange. Nixon decided to cancel a meeting involving Mary T. Brooks due to concerns about being overcommitted. Bull was instructed to postpone the engagement until the following day.

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Mr. Bowe?
Yes, sir.
On that thing today, maybe we better pass that.
I think I'm going to get too tied up.
Can you do that?
All right, sir.
Fine.
Tell Mary, put her off till tomorrow.
Thank you.
We'll do it tomorrow then, sir.
Thank you.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On May 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 11:34 am to 11:35 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-140 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 46-140

Date: May 22, 1973
Time: 11:34 am - 11:35 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See also Conversation No. 438-29]

     President’s schedule
           -Mary T. Brooks

Also recorded on May 22, 1973

  • 046-139 11:28 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:28 am and 11:34 am.
  • 438-028 11:28 AM · 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 11:28 am and 11:34 am.
  • 438-029 11:34 AM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:34 am to 11:35 am.
  • 046-141 11:35 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:35 am and 11:36 am.
  • 438-030 11:35 AM · 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 11:35 am and 11:36 am.
  • 046-142 11:36 AM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 11:36 am to 11:37 am.
  • 438-031 11:36 AM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:36 am to 11:37 am.
  • 438-032 11:38 AM · 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Marjorie P. Acker, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:38 am and 12:27 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 046-140, May 22, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-140 (accessed October 12, 2026).