Conversation 442-042

TapeTape 442StartMonday, June 4, 1973 at 2:50 PMEndMonday, June 4, 1973 at 5:00 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Bull, Stephen B.Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building

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 442-042 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 442-42

Date: June 4, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:50 pm and 5:00 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met 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 49-51 (.pdf pages 53-55). 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.]

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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM 


                                       Tape Subject Log
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                                                             Conversation No. 442-42 (cont’d)

           -Telephone
                 -Fidelity
                 -Meeting
                 -Extracts
                 -Selections

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          -Telephone
                -April conversations
                -Change of tape
                      -Method

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          -Telephone       

                -April
                      -Exceptions
                      -Ronald L. Ziegler [?]

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          -Extracts      

                -Preparation      

          -Selections      


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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM 


                                       Tape Subject Log 

                                      (rev. February-2011)

                                                             Conversation No. 442-42 (cont’d)

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          -Meeting with Ziegler        

               -Bull     


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          -Review       

               -Preparation       

                     -Ziegler [?]          

                     -Bull      

               -President

Bull left at an unknown time before 5:00 pm.

This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.

Regarding the telephone calls, I think I put them in a more relaxed way.
It's not so hard for us to have a machine grow.
It's necessary to do a lot.
It probably is.
But there are more we can do to save lives.
I can't quite edit that today.
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You've got to run also.
You've got two and eight minutes.
It takes a little bit of time to choose.
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... ... ... ... ... ...
Why don't you finish what you've been doing on March 14th.
Mark's book came through 4B.
Okay.
I'll do those two.
Do what?
I'll finish these two.
Yeah, finish the two of them.
That's right.
Finish the turn two of the tall poles.
get them so that I can listen to them.
I can listen to the whole damn thing in about an hour, but no.
Right.
That's what I have.
That's just March.
Yeah.
March, and we don't want any...
I don't need to hear from them at all.
I was going to get you to do that, but...
What you have there right now is the 16th regular decade.