{"conversationCode":"442-039","tapeNumber":442,"conversationNumber":39,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-442-039","startDateTime":"1973-06-04T18:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-04T21:00:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Jun-1973","startTime":"2:50 PM","endDate":"4-Jun-1973","endTime":"5:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On June 4, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:50 pm and 5:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 442-039 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 442-039\n\nDate: June 4, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:50 pm and 5:00 pm\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was initially prepared for the\nWatergate Special Prosecution Force (WSPF) and can be found in Record Group (RG) 460, Box\n172, “Transcript Prepared by the Impeachment Inquiry Staff for the House Judiciary\nCommittee…,” pages 47 (.pdf pages 51). The Nixon Presidential Materials Staff reviewed the\ntranscript and made changes as necessary. This transcript has been reviewed under the\nprovisions of the Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act of 1974 (PRMPA).\nThe National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]\n\n[Begin transcribed portion]\n\n[End transcribed portion]\n\n       President’s schedule\n              -Henry A. Kissinger\n                      -Message for President\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 5:00 pm.","filename":["442-039.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"442-038","nextCode":"442-040","transcript":[{"start":0.32,"end":18.89,"text":"So what do you got on that?"},{"start":18.91,"end":20.55,"text":"Oh, you haven't finished it?"},{"start":20.57,"end":20.73,"text":"No, sir."},{"start":20.75,"end":21.45,"text":"I've had to go back and retouch it."},{"start":21.47,"end":25.34,"text":"This office does not get very good at that part."},{"start":25.36,"end":28.72,"text":"That was good."},{"start":40.77,"end":59.79,"text":"Good news, we're going to be able to be here until 8 o'clock."},{"start":59.81,"end":60.45,"text":"Save us every minute and a half."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and his aide Stephen B. Bull met to coordinate administrative logistics and scheduling, including the President's upcoming meeting with Henry Kissinger. The discussion involved the management of the President's daily agenda and the status of specific clerical or office tasks that remained incomplete. Bull confirmed the President's availability to remain in the office until 8:00 pm to facilitate the completion of these pending duties.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Henry Kissinger","White House operations","Administrative tasks"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:28:16.419Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","henry-kissinger","white-house-operations","administrative-tasks"],"audioDurationSec":68,"audioFiles":[{"file":"442-039.mp3","bytes":2193408,"durationSec":68.4,"bitrate":256538,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.739Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:41.362Z","transcriptGapSeconds":38,"transcriptGapShare":0.55,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/442-039.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/442-039","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/442/conversation-442-039","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}