Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 442 › Conversation 442-012

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on White House…

Monday, June 4, 1973 · 12:35 PM–12:51 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation442-012 on Tape 442StartMonday, June 4, 1973 at 12:35 PMEndMonday, June 4, 1973 at 12:51 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 442-012 ↗

President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing telephone communication. This brief interaction served administrative purposes to initiate a call from the President’s office in the Old Executive Office Building. No substantive policy matters or major political decisions were recorded during this connection.

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On June 4, 1973, 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. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 442-012 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 442-012

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

The President talked with the White House operator.

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was initially prepared for the
Watergate Special Prosecution Force (WSPF) and can be found in Record Group (RG) 460, Box
172, “Transcript Prepared by the Impeachment Inquiry Staff for the House Judiciary
Committee…,” page 30 (.pdf page 34). The Nixon Presidential Materials Staff reviewed the

       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

transcript and made changes as necessary. This transcript has been reviewed under the
provisions of the Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act of 1974 (PRMPA).
The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[See also Conversation No. 039-064]
  • 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.
  • 442-011 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.
  • 442-070 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.

Conversation 442-012, 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/442-012 (accessed October 1, 2026).