Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 442 › Conversation 442-040
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Watergate scandal
Monday, June 4, 1973 · 2:50 PM–5:00 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 22 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held an undocumented meeting with an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building. While the specific nature of the discussion remains unrecorded in available transcripts, the meeting occurred during the height of the Watergate scandal investigations. No definitive decisions or concrete action items were captured in the available records for this session.
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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 2:50 pm and 5:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 442-040 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 442-040
Date: June 4, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:50 pm and 5:00 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with an unknown person.
[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 47 (.pdf page 51). 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.]
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[End transcribed portion]Also recorded on June 4, 1973
- 442-032 2:50 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:50 pm and 5:00 pm.
- 442-033 2:50 PM · 1 min — 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.
- 442-034 2:50 PM · 57 sec — 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.
- 442-035 2:50 PM · 15 sec — 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.
- 442-036 2:50 PM · 4 min — 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.
- 442-037 2:50 PM · 13 sec — unknown person(s) and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:50 pm and 5:00 pm.
- 442-038 2:50 PM · 1 min — 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.
- 442-039 2:50 PM · 1 min — 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 442-040, 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/442-040 (accessed October 1, 2026).