{"conversationCode":"035-053","tapeNumber":35,"conversationNumber":53,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-035-053","startDateTime":"1973-01-02T15:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-02T15:16:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Jan-1973","startTime":"10:15 AM","endDate":"2-Jan-1973","endTime":"10:16 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On January 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 10:15 am to 10:16 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-053 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 35-53\n\nDate: January 2, 1973\nTime: 10:15 am – 10:16 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Stephen B. Bull.\n\f                                               -53-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                              Conversation No. 35-53 (cont’d)\n\n       Alexander M. Haig, Jr’s schedule\n\n       Roberto Clemente’s funeral service\n            -Inauguration activities for Puerto Rico governor [Rafael Hernandez Colon]\n                  -Curtailment","filename":["035-053.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"035-052","nextCode":"035-054","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":1.58,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.6,"end":3.66,"text":"Did you find out about Al Haig?"},{"start":3.68,"end":4.64,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":4.66,"end":5.78,"text":"He'll be in tomorrow morning."},{"start":5.96,"end":11.33,"text":"But what is the situation on Clemente as to when they're going to have, if anything, any kind of a service?"},{"start":11.35,"end":12.61,"text":"Will you find out or have you?"},{"start":12.63,"end":13.52,"text":"I'll find that out, sir."},{"start":14.16,"end":17,"text":"The only thing I know, they have curtailed the inaugural activities."},{"start":17.42,"end":18.1,"text":"I knew about that."},{"start":18.14,"end":19.38,"text":"Yeah, yeah, yeah."},{"start":19.4,"end":19.68,"text":"Fine."},{"start":19.84,"end":21.27,"text":"I'll find that out and get back to you."},{"start":21.29,"end":21.55,"text":"Fine, fine."},{"start":21.57,"end":22.11,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull spoke to coordinate administrative details regarding Alexander Haig’s upcoming arrival and the funeral arrangements for baseball legend Roberto Clemente. Nixon inquired about the status of services for Clemente in Puerto Rico, noting that inaugural activities for the new governor had already been curtailed. Bull agreed to gather further information on the memorial service and report back to the President.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","Roberto Clemente","Funeral arrangements","Puerto Rico","Inauguration activities"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:45:31.921Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","roberto-clemente","funeral-arrangements","puerto-rico","inauguration-activities"],"audioDurationSec":29,"audioFiles":[{"file":"035-053.mp3","bytes":698377,"durationSec":28.96,"bitrate":192921,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.542Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:41.449Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/035-053.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-053","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/35/conversation-035-053","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}