Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 39 › Conversation 039-064

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

Monday, June 4, 1973 · 12:35 PM–12:51 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation039-064 on Tape 39StartMonday, June 4, 1973 at 12:35 PMEndMonday, June 4, 1973 at 12:51 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 039-064 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection. The primary purpose of the brief interaction was for the President to request a call be placed to Stephen B. Bull. No further substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief exchange.

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Take more, please.
Yes, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On June 4, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:35 pm and 12:51 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-064 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 39-64

Date: June 4, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:35 pm and 12:51 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 442-12]

       Request for telephone call to Stephen B. Bull
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Also recorded on June 4, 1973

  • 442-009 12:35 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:35 pm and 12:51 pm.
  • 442-010 12:35 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:35 pm and 12:51 pm.
  • 442-011 12:35 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:35 pm and 12:51 pm.
  • 442-012 12:35 PM · 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 12:35 pm and 12:51 pm.
  • 442-070 12:35 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:35 pm and 12:51 pm.
  • 039-065 12:51 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 12:51 pm to 12:52 pm.
  • 442-013 12:51 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:51 pm to 12:52 pm.
  • 442-014 12:55 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:55 pm to 1:00 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 039-064, 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/039-064 (accessed October 1, 2026).