Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 406 › Conversation 406-039

Nixon & Bull on Staff communication and Telephone protocols

Tuesday, January 30, 1973 · 9:01 PM–9:07 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 24 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Bull, Stephen B.Conversation406-039 on Tape 406StartTuesday, January 30, 1973 at 9:01 PMEndTuesday, January 30, 1973 at 9:07 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 406-039 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate an urgent communication via the White House operator. The brief exchange focused on facilitating an outgoing telephone call to an unnamed individual. No further substantive policy matters or major developments were recorded during this brief administrative interaction.

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NARA Description

On January 30, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:01 pm and 9:07 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 406-039 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 406-39

Date: January 30, 1973
Time: 9:07 pm - 9:09 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Bull between 9:07 pm and 9:09 pm.

[See Conversation No. 36-129]

Also recorded on January 31, 1973

  • 036-127 8:59 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 8:59 pm to 9:01 pm.
  • 406-037 8:59 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:59 pm to 9:01 pm.
  • 036-128 9:01 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:01 pm and 9:07 pm.
  • 406-038 9:01 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:01 pm and 9:07 pm.
  • 036-129 9:07 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 9:07 pm to 9:09 pm.
  • 036-130 9:10 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Coy H. Stennis talked on the telephone from 9:10 pm to 9:15 pm.
  • 406-040 9:10 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Mrs. John C. Stennis met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:10 pm to 9:15 pm.
  • 036-131 9:15 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:15 pm and 9:17 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 406-039, January 31, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/406-039 (accessed October 7, 2026).