{"conversationCode":"039-059","tapeNumber":39,"conversationNumber":59,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-039-059","startDateTime":"1973-06-04T13:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-04T13:40:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Jun-1973","startTime":"9:38 AM","endDate":"4-Jun-1973","endTime":"9:40 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On June 4, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 9:38 am to 9:40 am. 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Bull.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 441-7]\n\n       Watergate\n             -White House tapes\n                    -Individual in charge\n                    -Timing of delivery\n                    -President’s forthcoming review\n                            -February 27, February 28, and March 1, 1973 meetings\n                                    -Bull’s logs\n                    -Secrecy\n\n       President’s schedule\n              -Economic meeting\n              -Previous conversation with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n              -Robert C. Seamans, Jr.\n\f                                             -48-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["039-059.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"039-058","nextCode":"039-060","transcript":[{"start":0.47,"end":1.65,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":1.99,"end":2.89,"text":"Yes, sir, Steve Ball."},{"start":2.91,"end":3.81,"text":"What's the situation?"},{"start":3.94,"end":5.58,"text":"I need that stuff to get to work."},{"start":6,"end":6.74,"text":"I'm chasing it down."},{"start":6.78,"end":17.52,"text":"The problem we have is that there's only one individual who handles it so that it can be a closed thing, and he's gathering the materials up himself."},{"start":17.59,"end":19.74,"text":"He was supposed to have it to me a half hour ago."},{"start":20.36,"end":21.02,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":21.04,"end":24.49,"text":"So just as soon as he comes to us... Well, he doesn't need to bring it all at once, you know."},{"start":24.55,"end":25.91,"text":"No, sir, he's just going to bring me three days."},{"start":26.93,"end":28.13,"text":"And I want the rest also, you know."},{"start":29.92,"end":30.46,"text":"Yes."},{"start":30.98,"end":32.06,"text":"I want the three days now."},{"start":32.74,"end":33.84,"text":"That's what he's saying right now."},{"start":34,"end":35.51,"text":"27th, 28th, and the 1st."},{"start":36.53,"end":37.27,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":37.33,"end":39.89,"text":"We don't even know whether there was anything on the 27th that we..."},{"start":39.91,"end":40.17,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":40.23,"end":42.23,"text":"I have logs right here in my office."},{"start":43.34,"end":44.8,"text":"Didn't show any other logs."},{"start":44.86,"end":45.04,"text":"Okay."},{"start":45.42,"end":48.52,"text":"I've got a 25-minute meeting on the 27th."},{"start":49.36,"end":49.95,"text":"Okay."},{"start":49.97,"end":50.87,"text":"27th, 28th."},{"start":51.77,"end":55.57,"text":"And you have about a 70-minute meeting on the 28th."},{"start":55.65,"end":55.85,"text":"Right."},{"start":56.76,"end":58.98,"text":"And then on the 1st, you have three meetings."},{"start":59.41,"end":60.64,"text":"One is 30 minutes."},{"start":60.7,"end":61.82,"text":"Another one is 10 minutes."},{"start":61.88,"end":63.76,"text":"Another one is 10 minutes."},{"start":65.29,"end":67.13,"text":"Try to get the goddamn stuff, Steve."},{"start":67.33,"end":72.32,"text":"I mean, tell him to bring one day over, you know, because it's going to take a lot of time to listen to this."},{"start":72.34,"end":72.6,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":73.12,"end":74.42,"text":"So would you do that, please?"},{"start":74.44,"end":74.62,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":74.66,"end":75.77,"text":"I've been on the phone tracking him."},{"start":77.15,"end":77.93,"text":"What, is he out of town?"},{"start":78.13,"end":78.43,"text":"No, sir."},{"start":78.47,"end":80.28,"text":"He's down in the..."},{"start":81.2,"end":82.1,"text":"where his safe is."},{"start":82.68,"end":84.46,"text":"There are only two individuals who are aware."},{"start":84.48,"end":85.03,"text":"That's great."},{"start":85.06,"end":85.91,"text":"I don't want anybody to know."},{"start":85.93,"end":87.19,"text":"That's fine."},{"start":87.29,"end":91.92,"text":"Call me as soon as you've got anything with regard to it so I can plan my day."},{"start":91.94,"end":92.25,"text":"Fine."},{"start":92.28,"end":93.12,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":93.14,"end":96.52,"text":"The economic meeting is 3 o'clock tomorrow rather than 3 o'clock today."},{"start":96.54,"end":97.88,"text":"3 o'clock tomorrow?"},{"start":97.98,"end":98.56,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":98.58,"end":99.72,"text":"You've got that open, haven't you?"},{"start":99.75,"end":101.71,"text":"I told Hague he didn't."},{"start":101.73,"end":105.01,"text":"I just told him he'd push it until tomorrow, but just look at your schedule."},{"start":105.09,"end":106.73,"text":"We have an opening tomorrow, sir."},{"start":107.24,"end":108.34,"text":"We have an opening tomorrow."},{"start":108.7,"end":110.39,"text":"So you just want to open today's schedule completely."},{"start":110.43,"end":112.06,"text":"And put Siemens tomorrow, too."},{"start":112.38,"end":112.8,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":112.84,"end":113.06,"text":"Fine."},{"start":113.26,"end":113.64,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":113.67,"end":114.97,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen Bull coordinate the retrieval of specific White House tape recordings from February 27, February 28, and March 1, 1973, for the President’s urgent review. Nixon emphasizes the need for strict secrecy, directing Bull to ensure the material is handled by as few people as possible. 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