Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 039-059
Date: Monday, June 4, 1973 at 9:38 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-059

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[0:00] Hello?
[0:01] Yes, sir, Steve Ball.
[0:02] What's the situation?
[0:03] I need that stuff to get to work.
[0:06] I'm chasing it down.
[0:06] 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.
[0:17] He was supposed to have it to me a half hour ago.
[0:20] Yeah.
[0:21] So just as soon as he comes to us... Well, he doesn't need to bring it all at once, you know.
[0:24] No, sir, he's just going to bring me three days.
[0:26] And I want the rest also, you know.
[0:29] Yes.
[0:30] I want the three days now.
[0:32] That's what he's saying right now.
[0:34] 27th, 28th, and the 1st.
[0:36] Yeah.
[0:37] We don't even know whether there was anything on the 27th that we...
[0:39] Yes, sir.
[0:40] I have logs right here in my office.
[0:43] Didn't show any other logs.
[0:44] Okay.
[0:45] I've got a 25-minute meeting on the 27th.
[0:49] Okay.
[0:49] 27th, 28th.
[0:51] And you have about a 70-minute meeting on the 28th.
[0:55] Right.
[0:56] And then on the 1st, you have three meetings.
[0:59] One is 30 minutes.
[1:00] Another one is 10 minutes.
[1:01] Another one is 10 minutes.
[1:05] Try to get the goddamn stuff, Steve.
[1:07] 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.
[1:12] Yes, sir.
[1:13] So would you do that, please?
[1:14] Yes, sir.
[1:14] I've been on the phone tracking him.
[1:17] What, is he out of town?
[1:18] No, sir.
[1:18] He's down in the...
[1:21] where his safe is.
[1:22] There are only two individuals who are aware.
[1:24] That's great.
[1:25] I don't want anybody to know.
[1:25] That's fine.
[1:27] Call me as soon as you've got anything with regard to it so I can plan my day.
[1:31] Fine.
[1:32] All right, sir.
[1:33] The economic meeting is 3 o'clock tomorrow rather than 3 o'clock today.
[1:36] 3 o'clock tomorrow?
[1:37] Yeah.
[1:38] You've got that open, haven't you?
[1:39] I told Hague he didn't.
[1:41] I just told him he'd push it until tomorrow, but just look at your schedule.
[1:45] We have an opening tomorrow, sir.
[1:47] We have an opening tomorrow.
[1:48] So you just want to open today's schedule completely.
[1:50] And put Siemens tomorrow, too.
[1:52] All right, sir.
[1:52] Fine.
[1:53] Thank you.
[1:53] Thank you.