Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 442 › Conversation 442-042
Nixon & Bull on White House tapes and Tape recording management
Monday, June 4, 1973 · 2:50 PM–5:00 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 4 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and aide Stephen B. Bull met to coordinate the review, editing, and preparation of White House tape recordings. The discussion focused on managing the logistics of selecting and transcribing specific conversations from March and April 1973 for official review. Nixon instructed Bull to finalize the processing of these tapes so the President could personally listen to the recordings.
- White House tapes
- Tape recording management
- Watergate investigation
- Stephen B. Bull
- Archival preparation
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NARA 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 442-042 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 442-042
Date: June 4, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:50 pm and 5:00 pm
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
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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White House tapes
-Telephone
-Fidelity
-Meeting
-Extracts
-Selections
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White House tapes
-Telephone
-April conversations
-Change of tape
-Method
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
White House tapes
-Telephone
-April
-Exceptions
-Ronald L. Ziegler [?]
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White House tapes
-Extracts
-Preparation
-Selections
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White House tapes
-Meeting with Ziegler
-Bull
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White House tapes
-Review
-Preparation
-Ziegler [?]
-Bull
-President
Bull left at an unknown time before 5:00 pm.
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542Also 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 442-042, 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/442-042 (accessed October 1, 2026).