{"conversationCode":"442-050","tapeNumber":442,"conversationNumber":50,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-442-050","startDateTime":"1973-06-04T23:47:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-05T00:40:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Jun-1973","startTime":"7:47 PM","endDate":"4-Jun-1973","endTime":"8:40 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 7:47 pm and 8:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 442-050 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. 442-050\n\nDate: June 4, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 7:47 pm and 8:40 pm\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\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 125 (.pdf page 130). 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             -President’s review\n                     -March 19, 1973\n                            -Executive Office Building [EOB]\n                            -Richard A. Moore\n                                   -Verification\n                                           -March 19, 1973 and March 20, 1973\n                                           -Ronald L. Ziegler\n                     -March 20, 1973\n                            -Oval Office\n                                   -Moore and Dean\n                     -Telephone\n                            -Length\n\n[Resume transcribed portion]\n\n[End transcribed portion]\n\n       White House tapes\n             -President’s review\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n                       -March 21, 1973\n                              -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman\n                       -Duration\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 8:40 pm.","filename":["442-050.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"442-049","nextCode":"442-051","transcript":[{"start":0.55,"end":27.46,"text":"Steve?"},{"start":27.48,"end":27.6,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":27.62,"end":28.45,"text":"Steve, which one do you have on here now?"},{"start":28.46,"end":28.83,"text":"My blister's gone."},{"start":28.85,"end":29.27,"text":"Somebody took it out."},{"start":29.29,"end":29.79,"text":"Which one is on here now?"},{"start":29.81,"end":29.99,"text":"This is ."},{"start":33.31,"end":56.73,"text":"I don't want to question you first, but it's all up to you."},{"start":56.75,"end":56.95,"text":"I'm sorry."},{"start":59.73,"end":83.99,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":84.01,"end":84.21,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":88.81,"end":116.5,"text":"I've been looking at this now."},{"start":116.52,"end":117.12,"text":"It's not really going to work."},{"start":117.14,"end":118.36,"text":"I'm actually looking at the top, but it shouldn't make sense."},{"start":118.81,"end":142.86,"text":"Mm hmm."},{"start":151.16,"end":155.27,"text":"This is like 50 minutes approximately that you just"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen Bull met to review and assess specific White House tape recordings from mid-March 1973. The discussion focused on verifying the duration and content of key conversations involving figures such as Richard A. Moore, John Dean, H.R. Haldeman, and John Ehrlichman. Nixon expressed dissatisfaction with the state of the recordings, noting that the review process was not yielding the expected results.","topics":["White House tapes","Watergate scandal","Tape verification","Presidential records","Internal investigation"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:29:18.270Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-tapes","watergate-scandal","tape-verification","presidential-records","internal-investigation"],"audioDurationSec":162,"audioFiles":[{"file":"442-050.mp3","bytes":5173248,"durationSec":161.57,"bitrate":256143,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.739Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:41.364Z","transcriptGapSeconds":126,"transcriptGapShare":0.78,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/442-050.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/442-050","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/442/conversation-442-050","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}