Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 39 › Conversation 039-060

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Stephen B. Bull

Monday, June 4, 1973 · 10:16 AM–11:19 AM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation039-060 on Tape 39StartMonday, June 4, 1973 at 10:16 AMEndMonday, June 4, 1973 at 11:19 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 039-060 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his aide, Stephen B. Bull. This brief exchange served exclusively as a procedural request to initiate communication with a member of the President's staff. No substantive policy discussions or further developments occurred during this brief operator-assisted call.

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Please.
Please.
I beg your pardon?
Steve.
Oh, yes.

NARA Description

On June 4, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:16 am and 11:19 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-060 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 39-60

Date: June 4, 1973
Time: Unknown between 10:16 am and 11:19 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 442-2]

       Request for telephone call to Stephen B. Bull

Also recorded on June 4, 1973

  • 039-059 9:38 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 9:38 am to 9:40 am.
  • 441-007 9:38 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:38 am to 9:40 am.
  • 441-008 9:40 AM · 1 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 9:40 am and 10:05 am.
  • 441-009 10:05 AM · 41 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 11:19 am.
  • 442-001 10:16 AM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:16 am and 11:19 am.
  • 442-002 10:16 AM · 10 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 10:16 am and 11:19 am.
  • 039-061 11:19 AM · 11 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 11:19 am.
  • 442-003 11:19 AM · 10 sec — unknown person(s) and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:19 am and 11:24 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 039-060, 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/039-060 (accessed October 1, 2026).