{"conversationCode":"442-057","tapeNumber":442,"conversationNumber":57,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-442-057","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); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"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 7:47 pm and 8:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 442-057 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. 442-057\n\nDate: June 4, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 7:47 pm and 8:40 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with an unknown person.\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 133 (.pdf page 138). 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\nThe unknown person left at an unknown time before 8:40 pm.","filename":["442-057.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"442-056","nextCode":"442-058","transcript":[{"start":0.47,"end":0.82,"text":"Over."},{"start":1.56,"end":1.89,"text":"Little bottle."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss matters that remain obscured due to the lack of a substantial recorded transcript. The brief exchange includes cryptic references to a \"little bottle,\" though the context of the conversation and any resulting administrative actions or decisions are currently indeterminate based on the available documentation.","topics":["White House Tapes","Presidential Records","Executive Office Building","Historical Documentation"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:29:57.386Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-tapes","presidential-records","executive-office-building","historical-documentation"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"442-057.mp3","bytes":241664,"durationSec":7.44,"bitrate":259853,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.739Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:41.365Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/442-057.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/442-057","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/442/conversation-442-057","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}