Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 40 › Conversation 040-004

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

Monday, June 11, 1973 · 1:16 PM–1:20 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation040-004 on Tape 40StartMonday, June 11, 1973 at 1:16 PMEndMonday, June 11, 1973 at 1:20 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 040-004 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to be connected with Stephen B. Bull. The brief administrative exchange serves to facilitate direct communication with his aide. No further policy or substantive matters are discussed in this recording.

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place, Steve Ball.

NARA Description

On June 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 1:20 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 40-4

Date: June 11, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:16 pm and 1:20 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 444-1]

     Request for telephone call
          -Stephen B. Bull

Also recorded on June 11, 1973

  • 935-012 12:36 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:36 pm and 12:40 pm.
  • 935-013 12:36 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:36 pm and 12:40 pm.
  • 935-014 12:40 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 12:50 pm.
  • 935-015 12:50 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:50 pm to 1:12 pm.
  • 444-001 1:16 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 1:16 pm and 1:20 pm.
  • 040-005 1:20 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 1:20 pm to 1:21 pm.
  • 444-002 1:20 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:20 pm to 1:21 pm.
  • 040-006 2:13 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:13 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 040-004, June 11, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-004 (accessed September 28, 2026).