Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 164 › Conversation 164-061

Nixon phone call with Bull on Camp David and Personal grooming

Monday, April 30, 1973 · 6:50 PM–6:51 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation164-061 on Tape 164StartMonday, April 30, 1973 at 6:50 PMEndMonday, April 30, 1973 at 6:51 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 164-061 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted Stephen B. Bull to coordinate his personal schedule at Camp David. He instructed Bull to arrange a 15-minute haircut with the barber for 7:00 pm. This brief exchange served solely to manage the President's immediate administrative and grooming requirements.

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Yeah.
Mr. Bowles.
Yes, sir, it's Steve Bowles.
Have the barber at 7 o'clock tell him I just can have just a 15-minute touch-up.
All right, sir.
Thank you.
Thank you, sir.
All right.

NARA Description

On April 30, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone at Camp David from 6:50 pm to 6:51 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 164-061 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 164-61

Date: April 30, 1973
Time: 6:50 pm - 6:51 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

     President’s schedule
           -Barber

Also recorded on April 30, 1973

  • 164-052 4:20 PM · 44 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 4:20 pm.
  • 164-054 5:49 PM · 32 sec — Camp David operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at Camp David at 5:49 pm.
  • 164-055 5:50 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at Camp David from 5:50 pm to 5:51 pm.
  • 164-056 5:52 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone at Camp David from 5:52 pm to 5:53 pm.
  • 164-057 5:54 PM · 24 sec — Ronald L. Ziegler and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at Camp David from 5:54 pm to 5:55 pm.
  • 164-058 6:04 PM · 13 sec — Rose Mary Woods and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at Camp David from 6:04 pm to 6:05 pm.
  • 164-059 6:11 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 6:11 pm.
  • 164-060 6:11 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:11 pm and 6:50 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 164-061, April 30, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/164-061 (accessed October 12, 2026).