{"conversationCode":"442-058","tapeNumber":442,"conversationNumber":58,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-442-058","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 442-058 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. 442-058\n\nDate: June 4, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 7:47 pm and 8:40 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 134 (.pdf page 139). 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\nBull left at an unknown time before 8:40 pm.","filename":["442-058.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"442-057","nextCode":"442-059","transcript":[{"start":0.34,"end":15.78,"text":"The same machine works here, right?"},{"start":15.8,"end":15.98,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":26.59,"end":35.92,"text":"It's going to be improved now."},{"start":38.13,"end":43.34,"text":"It's going to be improved now."},{"start":46.26,"end":50.16,"text":"Do you find more in Tigger?"},{"start":50.19,"end":50.38,"text":"Excuse me?"},{"start":50.41,"end":51.35,"text":"Do you find more in Tigger?"},{"start":51.37,"end":52.57,"text":"Tigger, you were called first."},{"start":52.59,"end":53.19,"text":"Do you want to send him again?"},{"start":53.21,"end":54.31,"text":"Do you want to send him again?"},{"start":54.33,"end":55.45,"text":"Well, he was checking the core with regard to his field."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with aide Stephen B. Bull in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss the operational status and planned technical upgrades of the White House taping system. The two briefly addressed the functionality of the recording equipment and exchanged comments regarding personnel tasks and ongoing administrative checks. This interaction confirms the President's active involvement in overseeing the maintenance and quality of his internal recording infrastructure.","topics":["White House taping system","Technical operations","Presidential recording equipment","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:30:03.019Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-taping-system","technical-operations","presidential-recording-equipment","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":60,"audioFiles":[{"file":"442-058.mp3","bytes":1931264,"durationSec":60.24,"bitrate":256475,"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/442-058.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/442-058","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/442/conversation-442-058","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}