Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 442 › Conversation 442-046

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Watergate era

Monday, June 4, 1973 · 5:06 PM–6:04 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation442-046 on Tape 442StartMonday, June 4, 1973 at 5:06 PMEndMonday, June 4, 1973 at 6:04 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 442-046 ↗

President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building to conduct private business. Due to the lack of available transcriptions or historical records regarding the substance of the discussion, the specific topics and outcomes remain undocumented. This recording serves as an archival artifact of the President's daily schedule during the period of the Watergate investigation.

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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 5:06 pm and 6:04 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 442-046 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 442-046

Date: June 4, 1973
Time: Unknown between 5:06 pm and 6:04 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with an unknown man.

[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 57-58 (.pdf pages 61-62). 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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The unknown man left at an unknown time before 6:04 pm.
  • 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.
  • 039-078 5:00 PM · 6 min — White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 5:00 pm to 5:06 pm.
  • 442-043 5:00 PM · 5 min — Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:00 pm to 5:06 pm.
  • 442-044 5:06 PM · 21 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 5:06 pm and 6:04 pm.
  • 442-045 5:06 PM · 2 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 5:06 pm and 6:04 pm.
  • 442-047 5:06 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:06 pm and 6:04 pm.
  • 442-048 5:06 PM · 2 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 5:06 pm and 6:04 pm.
  • 442-049 6:04 PM · 1 hr 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:04 pm to 7:47 pm.

Conversation 442-046, 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/442-046 (accessed October 1, 2026).