{"conversationCode":"442-040","tapeNumber":442,"conversationNumber":40,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-442-040","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); [Unknown person(s)];","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.","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. 442-040\n\nDate: June 4, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:50 pm and 5:00 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person.\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…,” page 47 (.pdf page 51). The Nixon Presidential Materials Staff reviewed the\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\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]","filename":["442-040.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"442-039","nextCode":"442-041","transcript":[{"start":0.34,"end":13.9,"text":"OK. Sure."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"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.","topics":["Watergate scandal","Presidential records","Executive Office Building","Nixon administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:28:21.949Z"},"topicSlugs":["watergate-scandal","presidential-records","executive-office-building","nixon-administration"],"audioDurationSec":22,"audioFiles":[{"file":"442-040.mp3","bytes":716800,"durationSec":22.29,"bitrate":257224,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.740Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:41.363Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/442-040.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/442-040","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/442/conversation-442-040","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}