{"conversationCode":"442-059","tapeNumber":442,"conversationNumber":59,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-442-059","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 442-059 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. 442-059\n\nDate: June 4, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 7:47 pm and 8:40 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\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 135 (.pdf page 140). 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\nBull left at an unknown time before 8:40 pm.\n\n[End transcribed portion]","filename":["442-059.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"442-058","nextCode":"442-060","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":16.57,"text":"Mr. President, uh, Dave Morris, I was with him at the branch, and, uh, Ziegler has that in hand."},{"start":16.59,"end":17.61,"text":"He doesn't see any section relating to the mission."},{"start":17.63,"end":19.47,"text":"Uh, earlier, he was in the office, and some of the grades were questions that were answered."},{"start":19.49,"end":22.38,"text":"He was referring to a letter given to the Eastland Committee of Europe, probably the Eastland Committee, and the grades confirmation was before."},{"start":24.79,"end":33.49,"text":"This is a statement that Dean was going to put out."},{"start":33.81,"end":36.59,"text":"But we'll check with him tomorrow, okay?"},{"start":37.9,"end":38.74,"text":"Is he still at home?"},{"start":38.88,"end":39.84,"text":"I didn't come over."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull discussed the handling of a statement intended for release by John Dean regarding the Senate Judiciary Committee, then chaired by Senator James Eastland. The discussion touched upon the review of specific mission-related documents and coordination with Press Secretary Ron Ziegler. They concluded by agreeing to follow up on the status of these materials and Dean's statement the following day.","topics":["John Dean","James Eastland","Ron Ziegler","Senate Judiciary Committee","Watergate investigation","Document handling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:30:08.917Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-dean","james-eastland","ron-ziegler","senate-judiciary-committee","watergate-investigation","document-handling"],"audioDurationSec":45,"audioFiles":[{"file":"442-059.mp3","bytes":1443840,"durationSec":45.01,"bitrate":256606,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.740Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:41.365Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/442-059.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/442-059","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/442/conversation-442-059","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}