Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 39 › Conversation 039-057
Nixon phone call with Bull on Watergate and White House tapes
Monday, June 4, 1973 · 9:11 AM–9:12 AM ET · White House Telephone · 39 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon directs Stephen B. Bull to promptly deliver and set up equipment required for the President to review White House tapes related to the Watergate scandal. Nixon expresses urgency, requesting that Bull also provide Ronald L. Ziegler’s activity log to assist in navigating the recordings. This exchange reflects the President’s systematic effort to audit the tapes and manage the information contained within them.
- Watergate
- White House tapes
- Presidential review
- Ronald L. Ziegler
- Stephen B. Bull
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NARA Description
On June 4, 1973, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 9:11 am to 9:12 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-057 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 39-57
Date: June 4, 1973
Time: 9:11 am - 9:12 am
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with the President.
Incoming telephone call
The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.
[See also Conversation No. 441-4]
Watergate
-White House tapes
-President’s review
-Ronald L. Ziegler’s log
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUMAlso recorded on June 4, 1973
- 039-055 8:53 AM · 1 min — Alexander M. Haig, Jr., White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:53 am and 9:04 am.
- 441-002 8:53 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:53 am to 9:05 am.
- 039-056 9:05 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:05 am and 9:11 am.
- 441-003 9:05 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:05 am and 9:11 am.
- 441-004 9:11 AM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:11 am to 9:12 am.
- 039-058 9:12 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:12 am and 9:38 am.
- 441-005 9:12 AM · 2 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 9:12 am and 9:38 am.
- 441-006 9:12 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:12 am and 9:38 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 039-057, June 4, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-057 (accessed October 1, 2026).