President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his personal aide, Stephen B. Bull. The brief communication served solely as a logistical request to initiate this administrative call. No further substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief exchange.
On January 30, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:41 pm and 9:42 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-136 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 36-136 Date: January 30, 1973 Time: Unknown between 9:41 pm and 9:42 pm Location: White House Telephone _The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 406-48] Request for a telephone call to Stephen B. Bull
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.