Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 442 › Conversation 442-009

Nixon alone in his EOB office on Watergate scandal and John W. Dean III

Monday, June 4, 1973 · 12:35 PM–12:51 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 29 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation442-009 on Tape 442StartMonday, June 4, 1973 at 12:35 PMEndMonday, June 4, 1973 at 12:51 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 442-009 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon reviewed a portion of a previously recorded conversation involving White House Counsel John W. Dean, III. The session functioned as a review of specific evidence potentially related to the ongoing Watergate investigation. Nixon listened to segments of the tape before concluding the playback, emphasizing his intent to isolate the implications of Dean’s recorded statements.

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You know what we want to do, right?
We want to take this guy to this place, turn him around, drag him out, and he's going to be the only one who's going to come out.
He's going to be the only one who's going to come out.
He's going to be the only one who's going to come out.

NARA Description

On June 4, 1973, 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. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 442-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 442-009

Date: June 4, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:35 pm and 12:51 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President listened to a portion of a recording of a meeting with John W. Dean, III.

[See Conversation No. 866-004]

The President stopped the recording at an unknown time before 12:51 pm.

Also recorded on June 4, 1973

  • 039-064 12:35 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone 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 442-009, 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/442-009 (accessed October 1, 2026).