Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 442 › Conversation 442-011
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House Tapes
Monday, June 4, 1973 · 12:35 PM–12:51 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 10 min
AI Summary
President Nixon spent this session reviewing specific segments of previously recorded White House conversations, including discussions involving John W. Dean, III and Henry A. Kissinger. During the same period, Nixon engaged in an brief telephone conversation with Richard G. Kleindienst concerning a meeting and potential testimony. The President utilized this time to selectively audit past internal records and coordinate administrative matters during the ongoing investigation.
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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 442-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 442-011
Date: June 4, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:35 and 12:51 pm
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Location: Executive Office Building
The President played 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.
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 12:35 pm.
Order
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 12:51 pm.
The President played a portion of a recording of a meeting with Dean.
[See Conversation 866-004]
The President stopped the recording at an unknown time before 12:51 pm.
The President talked with an unknown person at an unknown time after 12:35 pm.
[Conversation No. 442-011A]
[Begin telephone conversation]
Richard G. Kleindienst
-Meeting
-Testimony [?]
[End telephone conversation]
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 12:35 pm.
Request
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 12:51 pm.
The President played a portion of a recording of a meeting with Dean.
[See Conversation 866-004]
The President stopped the recording at an unknown time before 12:51 pm.
The President played a portion of a recording of a meeting with Henry A. Kissinger.
[See Conversation 866-016]
The President stopped the recording at an unknown time before 12:51 pm.
The President played a portion of a recording of a meeting with Dean.
[See Conversation 866-017]
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.
- 442-009 12:35 PM · 29 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.
- 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.
- 442-012 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 442-011, 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/442-011 (accessed October 1, 2026).