Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 39 › Conversation 039-067
Nixon phone call with Bull on Watergate and White House tapes
Monday, June 4, 1973 · 1:23 PM–1:25 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon directs Stephen B. Bull to prioritize organizing a chronology of his meetings and telephone conversations from March 1973 over the previously requested April 16th materials. Nixon tasks Bull with coordinating directly with H. R. Haldeman to secure the necessary records, suggesting that Haldeman or Ronald Ziegler should possess the relevant documentation. This directive highlights the administration's urgent efforts to compile a comprehensive record of the President's interactions with John W. Dean III amidst the ongoing Watergate investigations.
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NARA Description
On June 4, 1973, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 1:23 pm to 1:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-067 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 39-67
Date: June 4, 1973
Time: 1:23 pm - 1:25 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with the President.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 39-67 (cont’d)
Incoming telephone call
The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.
[See also Conversation No. 442-17]
Watergate
-White House tapes
-Meeting, April 16
-Bull’s review
-Telephone calls
-March 1973 meetings
-President’s request
-Chronology of President’s conversations with John W. Dean, III
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Forthcoming conversation with Bull
-President’s review of meetings with Dean
-February 27, February 28, and March 1, 1973 meetings
-Haldeman’s chronology
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-AccessAlso recorded on June 4, 1973
- 442-017 1:23 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:23 pm to 1:25 pm.
- 039-068 1:25 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 1:26 pm.
- 442-018 1:25 PM · 7 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 1:25 pm and 1:26 pm.
- 039-069 1:26 PM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 1:26 pm to 1:27 pm.
- 442-019 1:26 PM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:26 pm to 1:27 pm.
- 039-070 1:29 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:29 pm.
- 039-071 1:29 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 1:29 pm to 1:36 pm.
- 442-020 1:29 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:29 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 039-067, 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/039-067 (accessed October 1, 2026).