Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 442 › Conversation 442-010

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on John W. Dean III

Monday, June 4, 1973 · 12:35 PM–12:51 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation442-010 on Tape 442StartMonday, June 4, 1973 at 12:35 PMEndMonday, June 4, 1973 at 12:51 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 442-010 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon reviewed a recording of a previous meeting with John W. Dean III while meeting with an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building. The conversation primarily involved evaluating the content and potential impact of the taped discussion with Dean. The President and the visitor discussed strategies for managing the information contained within these recordings and deliberated on how to approach its public or internal handling.

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Well, I told him all the time, right?

He wanted to tell you two times, so he turned around and said, I'm going to tell you this.

He stopped me and said, you know what, I'm going to say yes.

He said, it's great.

He didn't offer it.

He just said, why not?

You can turn the problem over and say it's not bad.

He also did say, this is something you can do.

We're going to turn it around.

So my idea is to keep it way back.

I'm not going to say, oh, great.

I'm going to say it again.

This is 2-3-0, and if you don't have something, 3-5-0-7-6-1-2-0-1-8-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-1-2-0-

Yeah.

I know that.

That's awesome.

That's great.

And your position now is that you're good.

He was, he called about wanting to use what he said about the editor.

He said, I didn't catch it.

You know, he was, I don't think it's correct.

And I have gotten to the point where he got an editor from the record company and then, I mean, we'll get it right there.

We'll get it right there.

But, yeah, we're not talking about this.

We're talking about, you know, when we were planning to do the trailer, I was like, I'm sure you're probably not going to get it.

Well, I've already seen it.

I've seen it.

You need to be ready for this one.

NARA Description

On June 4, 1973, 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. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 442-010 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 442-010

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 12:51 pm.

An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 12:35 pm.

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The unknown person left at an unknown time before 12:51 pm.

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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 442-010, 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/442-010 (accessed October 1, 2026).