Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 46 › Conversation 046-160
Nixon phone call with Bull on Congressional relations
Tuesday, May 22, 1973 · 5:55 PM–5:57 PM ET · White House Telephone · 36 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon coordinated with Stephen B. Bull to organize a meeting with key Republican congressional leaders, including Gerald R. Ford and George H. W. Bush. Nixon instructed Bull to track the arrival of the attendees and ensure they were provided refreshments while awaiting his arrival at the Executive Office Building. Bull confirmed that a partial group had already arrived, prompting Nixon to direct that the present guests be escorted to the location immediately while he prepared to join them shortly.
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NARA Description
On May 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 5:55 pm to 5:57 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-160 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 46-160
Date: May 22, 1973
Time: 5:55 pm - 5:57 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.
President’s schedule
-Location
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Meeting with Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin and Gerald R. Ford,
Leslie C. Arends, and George H. W. Bush
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
-President’s arrivalAlso recorded on May 22, 1973
- 046-158 5:12 PM · 17 sec — Stephen B. Bull and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 5:12 pm to 5:13 pm.
- 440-022 5:12 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:12 pm to 5:13 pm.
- 440-023 5:13 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:13 pm and 5:22 pm.
- 440-024 5:13 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:13 pm and 5:22 pm.
- 440-025 5:13 PM · 18 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 5:13 pm and 5:22 pm.
- 440-026 5:13 PM · 31 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 5:13 pm and 5:22 pm.
- 046-159 5:44 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:44 pm and 5:55 pm.
- 440-027 6:05 PM · 56 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., George H. W. Bush, Bryce N. Harlow, Robert P. Griffin, Hugh Scott, Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends, William E. Timmons, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:05 pm to 7:10 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 046-160, 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/046-160 (accessed October 12, 2026).