{"conversationCode":"442-044","tapeNumber":442,"conversationNumber":44,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-442-044","startDateTime":"1973-06-04T21:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-04T22:04:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Jun-1973","startTime":"5:06 PM","endDate":"4-Jun-1973","endTime":"6:04 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 5:06 pm and 6:04 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 442-044 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. 442-044\n\nDate: June 4, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 5:06 pm and 6:04 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\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 55 (.pdf pages 59). 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       White House tapes\n             -Review\n                     -Bull's support\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 6:04 pm.","filename":["442-044.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"442-043","nextCode":"442-045","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":13.45,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to discuss the ongoing review and processing of White House tape recordings. The conversation specifically addressed the nature of Bull’s support and involvement in the tape review process. No specific operational decisions were recorded in the available transcript fragment, though the meeting underscores the administrative management of the tapes during the scrutiny of the Watergate investigation.","topics":["White House tapes","Stephen B. Bull","Tape review","Watergate investigation","Presidential records"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:28:44.376Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-tapes","stephen-b-bull","tape-review","watergate-investigation","presidential-records"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"442-044.mp3","bytes":681984,"durationSec":21.23,"bitrate":257029,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.739Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:41.363Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/442-044.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/442-044","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/442/conversation-442-044","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}