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Nixon & Bull on Time management

Monday, June 4, 1973 · 1:26 PM–1:27 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 40 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation442-019 on Tape 442StartMonday, June 4, 1973 at 1:26 PMEndMonday, June 4, 1973 at 1:27 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 442-019 ↗

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate the scheduling and preparation of upcoming presidential meetings. Nixon reviewed his calendar to ensure efficiency, specifically instructing Bull to arrange his meetings for the 16th. The brief exchange focused on verifying the number and nature of these appointments to prevent wasted time.

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See, so that I don't waste time, you might as well get the 16th over and I'll run you through that.
That isn't a very long meeting, is it?
Yeah, but you see there was, and maybe you can't even figure it out, but there's one that I met in very briefly in the morning and I agreed that no, there's two meetings.
Right over there.

On June 4, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:26 pm to 1:27 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 442-019 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 442-019

Date: June 4, 1973
Time: 1:26 pm - 1:27 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[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…,” pages 33-34 (.pdf pages 37-38). The Nixon Presidential Materials Staff
reviewed the 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.]

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

[See also Conversation 039-069]

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  • 039-067 1:23 PM · 1 min — White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 1:23 pm to 1:25 pm.
  • 442-017 1:23 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:23 pm to 1:25 pm.
  • 039-068 1:25 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 1:26 pm.
  • 442-018 1:25 PM · 7 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 1:25 pm and 1:26 pm.
  • 039-069 1:26 PM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 1:26 pm to 1:27 pm.
  • 039-070 1:29 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:29 pm.
  • 039-071 1:29 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 1:29 pm to 1:36 pm.
  • 442-020 1:29 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:29 pm.

Conversation 442-019, 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/442-019 (accessed October 1, 2026).