Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 442 › Conversation 442-070
Nixon alone in his EOB office on Watergate scandal and John W. Dean III
Monday, June 4, 1973 · 12:35 PM–12:51 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 30 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon reviewed a portion of a previously recorded meeting he held with White House Counsel John W. Dean, III on February 28, 1973. This review process served as a preparation for upcoming inquiries into the Watergate scandal. The President listened to the playback of the earlier conversation, which had previously been documented for the Watergate Special Prosecution Force.
- Watergate scandal
- John W. Dean III
- White House tapes
- Watergate Special Prosecution Force
- Presidential recordings
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NARA Description
On June 4, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:35 pm and 12:51 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 442-070 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 442-070
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Date: June 4, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:35 pm and 12:51 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President listened to a portion of a recording of a meeting with Henry A. Kissinger.
[See Conversation No. 866-004]
The President stopped the recording at an unknown time before 12:51 pm.Also recorded on June 4, 1973
- 039-064 12:35 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:35 pm and 12:51 pm.
- 442-009 12:35 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:35 pm and 12:51 pm.
- 442-010 12:35 PM · 2 min — 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 12:35 pm and 12:51 pm.
- 442-011 12:35 PM · 10 min — 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 12:35 pm and 12:51 pm.
- 442-012 12:35 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:35 pm and 12:51 pm.
- 039-065 12:51 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 12:51 pm to 12:52 pm.
- 442-013 12:51 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:51 pm to 12:52 pm.
- 442-014 12:55 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:55 pm to 1:00 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 442-070, 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/442-070 (accessed September 28, 2026).