{"conversationCode":"039-083","tapeNumber":39,"conversationNumber":83,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-039-083","startDateTime":"1973-06-05T02:21:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-05T02:22:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Jun-1973","startTime":"10:21 PM","endDate":"4-Jun-1973","endTime":"10:22 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On June 4, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 10:21 pm to 10:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-083 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 39-83\n\nDate: June 4, 1973\nTime: 10:21 pm - 10:22 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Incoming telephone call\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was initially prepared for the\nWatergate Special Prosecution Force (WSPF) and can be found in Record Group (RG) 460, Box\n175, page 1. The Nixon Presidential Materials Staff reviewed the transcript and made changes\nas necessary. This transcript has been reviewed under the provisions of the Presidential\nRecordings and Materials Preservation Act of 1974 (PRMPA). The National Archives does not\nguarantee its accuracy.]\n\n[Begin transcribed portion]\n\n[End of transcribed portion]","filename":["039-083.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"039-082","nextCode":"039-084","transcript":[{"start":0.34,"end":1.94,"text":"Just a moment."},{"start":1.96,"end":3.72,"text":"There you are."},{"start":4.06,"end":15.96,"text":"Sorry to bother you again, but the one thing, which of course is a sticky point, is with regard to the 21st, and if you could give some thought with regard to how you could preempt that sometime, I think it would be very good."},{"start":17.12,"end":20,"text":"I don't know how the hell you can, but..."},{"start":20.02,"end":21.74,"text":"I think you can somehow."},{"start":21.82,"end":23.27,"text":"Somehow just put it out, you know?"},{"start":24.93,"end":26.21,"text":"I had a couple ideas on that."},{"start":26.23,"end":29.19,"text":"I don't have the notes here that I wrote out today that..."},{"start":29.82,"end":31.36,"text":"Sounded pretty good when I wrote him out."},{"start":31.38,"end":33.23,"text":"I was going to look at him again tomorrow."},{"start":33.25,"end":33.43,"text":"Fine."},{"start":33.49,"end":38.94,"text":"Well, if we could preempt that one, we've got him right by the balls."},{"start":39.16,"end":40.09,"text":"Yep."},{"start":40.11,"end":41.09,"text":"Okay, bud."},{"start":42.05,"end":42.15,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman discuss the strategic need to preempt an upcoming event or disclosure scheduled for the 21st. The participants express mutual interest in controlling the narrative to gain a tactical advantage, with Haldeman noting he has developed potential plans that he intends to refine further. Their brief exchange emphasizes a desire to neutralize a perceived political threat.","topics":["Watergate","Political strategy","Public relations","Damage control","Executive communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:50:17.978Z"},"topicSlugs":["watergate","political-strategy","public-relations","damage-control","executive-communication"],"audioDurationSec":49,"audioFiles":[{"file":"039-083.mp3","bytes":1585152,"durationSec":49.4,"bitrate":256704,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.070Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/039-083.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-083","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/39/conversation-039-083","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}