Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 39 › Conversation 039-069

Nixon phone call with Bull on Watergate and White House tapes

Monday, June 4, 1973 · 1:26 PM–1:27 PM ET · White House Telephone · 59 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation039-069 on Tape 39StartMonday, June 4, 1973 at 1:26 PMEndMonday, June 4, 1973 at 1:27 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 039-069 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to verify the duration and nature of his April 16, 1973, meetings with John W. Dean III. The two men confirmed that Nixon held a 40-minute morning session and a 30-minute afternoon session with Dean. Nixon decided to have the relevant recordings sent to him for personal review as part of his ongoing examination of the Watergate-related tapes.

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NARA Description

On June 4, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 1:26 pm to 1:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-069 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 39-69

Date: June 4, 1973
Time: 1:26 pm - 1:27 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See also Conversation No. 442-19]

       Watergate
             -White House tapes
                    -President’s review of meetings with John W. Dean, III
                           -Meetings, April 16
                                   -Duration
                                           -Morning meeting, afternoon meeting

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Steve, so that I don't waste time, I might as well get the 16th over and I'll run through that.
That isn't a very long meeting, is it?
I don't know how long it runs on the tape, sir.
Yeah, I don't know.
Maybe you can't even figure it out because I met him very briefly in the morning and then at noon.
You had a 40-minute meeting in the morning on April 16th and a 30-minute meeting around 4.15 on the 16th, sir.
Let's see, wait a minute, wait a minute.
40 minute meeting in the morning?
Yes, sir.
Okay, we'll send it over then.
That's good.
I'll get that over as soon as I can, sir.

Also recorded on June 4, 1973

  • 039-067 1:23 PM · 1 min — White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 1:23 pm to 1:25 pm.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 039-069, 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/039-069 (accessed November 1, 2026).