Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 443 › Conversation 443-036

Nixon & Bull on Presidential administration and Executive office routine

Wednesday, June 6, 1973 · 6:00 PM–6:04 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 20 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation443-036 on Tape 443StartWednesday, June 6, 1973 at 6:00 PMEndWednesday, June 6, 1973 at 6:04 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 443-036 ↗

President Richard Nixon met with his personal aide, Stephen B. Bull, in the Old Executive Office Building to handle routine administrative tasks. The primary focus of the brief interaction was the signing of a specific item, identified in records as a pen. Following the completion of this clerical action, Bull departed the office.

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On June 6, 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 6:00 pm and 6:04 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 443-036 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 443-36

Date: June 6, 1973
Time: Unknown between 6:00 pm and 6:04 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

       An item for President’s signature
              -Pen [?]

Bull left at an unknown time before 6:04 pm.
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Conversation 443-036, June 6, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/443-036 (accessed September 28, 2026).