Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 39 › Conversation 039-058
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Stephen B. Bull
Monday, June 4, 1973 · 9:12 AM–9:38 AM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Stephen B. Bull. This brief exchange served as a logistical request to initiate communication with a member of the President's staff. No substantive policy or political matters were discussed during this brief administrative interaction.
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NARA Description
On June 4, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:12 am and 9:38 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-058 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 39-58
Date: June 4, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:12 am and 9:38 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator. The recording includes a portion of the
conversation.
[See also Conversation No. 441-6]
Request for telephone call to Stephen B. Bull [?]Also 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.
- 039-057 9:11 AM · 39 sec — White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 9:11 am to 9:12 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.
- 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 039-058, 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/039-058 (accessed October 1, 2026).