{"conversationCode":"039-057","tapeNumber":39,"conversationNumber":57,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-039-057","startDateTime":"1973-06-04T13:11:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-04T13:12:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Jun-1973","startTime":"9:11 AM","endDate":"4-Jun-1973","endTime":"9:12 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","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.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":"Abuse of Governmental Power Release","aogpSegment":"Segment 0","lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 39-57\n\nDate: June 4, 1973\nTime: 9:11 am - 9:12 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n       Incoming telephone call\n\nThe President talked with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 441-4]\n\n       Watergate\n             -White House tapes\n                    -President’s review\n             -Ronald L. Ziegler’s log\n\f                                              -47-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["039-057.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"039-056","nextCode":"039-058","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":1.08,"text":"Yeah?"},{"start":1.44,"end":1.7,"text":"Mr. Bull?"},{"start":2.24,"end":2.56,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.74,"end":3.06,"text":"Hi, Steve."},{"start":3.48,"end":4.58,"text":"Have you got that thing worked out?"},{"start":5.1,"end":5.44,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":5.52,"end":10.35,"text":"I've asked for it, and it will probably be in five to ten minutes, and I'll bring it over and set it up."},{"start":11.29,"end":12.75,"text":"You can set it up over here, can you?"},{"start":12.97,"end":13.29,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":14.06,"end":14.16,"text":"Fine."},{"start":14.18,"end":20.16,"text":"Well, you get it right over, because I've got to listen to a lot of crap, and I just want to get over with it as fast as I can."},{"start":20.34,"end":20.58,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":20.89,"end":26.07,"text":"And bring it the same time, Ron Ziegler's log, you know?"},{"start":26.49,"end":29.12,"text":"A blog of the days that I'm supposed to listen to, you know what I mean?"},{"start":29.16,"end":29.52,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":29.58,"end":30.81,"text":"28, so far so good."},{"start":30.83,"end":33.92,"text":"Okay, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"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.","topics":["Watergate","White House tapes","Presidential review","Ronald L. Ziegler","Stephen B. Bull"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:47:50.825Z"},"topicSlugs":["watergate","white-house-tapes","presidential-review","ronald-l-ziegler","stephen-b-bull"],"audioDurationSec":39,"audioFiles":[{"file":"039-057.mp3","bytes":1243136,"durationSec":38.72,"bitrate":256846,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.071Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:42.805Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/039-057.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-057","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/39/conversation-039-057","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}