President Nixon initiated a brief telephone call to his aide Stephen B. Bull in order to facilitate a connection to John D. Ehrlichman. The communication was cut short after a nine-second segment involving personal or sensitive material was withdrawn. No substantive policy matters were recorded before the call terminated.
On March 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 5:29 pm to 5:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-104 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 21-104 Date: March 17, 1972 Time: 5:29 pm - 5:30 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Stephen B. Bull. [See Conversation No. 324-2A] ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 9s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ****************************************************************************** The President’s call to John D. Ehrlichman The conversation was cut off at 5:30 pm.
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.