{"conversationCode":"037-057","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":57,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-057","startDateTime":"1973-03-05T20:33:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-05T20:34:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Mar-1973","startTime":"3:33 PM","endDate":"5-Mar-1973","endTime":"3:34 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On March 5, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 3:33 pm to 3:34 pm. 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Bull.\n\n[See Conversation No. 417-9]\n\n       President's schedule\n              -Visit to State Department\n                      -Plaque unveiling\n                      -Remarks by President\n                              -Foreign Service\n                                     -Lost lives\n                              -Background material\n                      -Luncheon\n              -Carlos Sanz deSantamaria\n                      -Alliance for Progress\n                      -Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["037-057.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"037-056","nextCode":"037-058","transcript":[{"start":0.77,"end":2.15,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.19,"end":5.06,"text":"I have approved the plaque thing, and so we don't have the people."},{"start":5.08,"end":6.92,"text":"We don't have to bother looking at television."},{"start":7.48,"end":9,"text":"The plaque thing is better than the other."},{"start":9.5,"end":9.8,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":9.82,"end":13.17,"text":"And he's going to have people around, and, you know, there will be people in the hall."},{"start":13.19,"end":16.19,"text":"There will be so there's no problem."},{"start":16.33,"end":16.67,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":16.69,"end":19.44,"text":"We'll have some remarks for you to make at that."},{"start":19.46,"end":26,"text":"Well, I have to get some research from state as to what they have two plaques there, 1966 and..."},{"start":26.39,"end":32.78,"text":"And this is the newer plaque that goes to about the last 10 years since 1966 to 73, right?"},{"start":32.94,"end":34.2,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":34.22,"end":34.88,"text":"So we'll take that."},{"start":35.1,"end":48.01,"text":"But the thrust of your remarks would be aimed at the dedication of some of the people who have served in the foreign service."},{"start":48.05,"end":55.42,"text":"I mean, how many tribute to them lost their lives just as we pay tribute to those who served in the armed services."},{"start":56.71,"end":57.72,"text":"But anyway, they'll know how."},{"start":57.76,"end":66.69,"text":"They can just talk to the department people and work up some background material on it and so forth."},{"start":66.75,"end":71.61,"text":"And I can speak briefly."},{"start":71.65,"end":79.66,"text":"And he has that luncheon tentatively from 1 o'clock, which if it's with you, then we'll get ahead on that."},{"start":79.78,"end":86.45,"text":"One thing that should be put on is, I don't know whether you've got it, is Santa Maria."},{"start":87.36,"end":91.99,"text":"who is the head of the Alliance for Progress."},{"start":93.11,"end":98.12,"text":"He has asked to come in, I understand, and I want to be sure he does come in at some time."},{"start":99.44,"end":101,"text":"That would be a half-hour meeting."},{"start":102.21,"end":102.93,"text":"Santa Maria."},{"start":103.25,"end":103.89,"text":"All right, fine."},{"start":104.87,"end":106.25,"text":"Kissinger's office will know about it."},{"start":108.66,"end":109.52,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull coordinate the details of an upcoming visit to the State Department, specifically focusing on a plaque unveiling ceremony honoring Foreign Service members who lost their lives. Nixon requests background research from the Department to inform his remarks and confirms the inclusion of a luncheon in the schedule. Additionally, the President instructs Bull to arrange a half-hour meeting with Carlos Sanz deSantamaria, the head of the Alliance for Progress, in coordination with Henry Kissinger's office.","topics":["State Department","Foreign Service","Plaque unveiling","Presidential schedule","Carlos Sanz deSantamaria","Alliance for Progress"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:13:43.503Z"},"topicSlugs":["state-department","foreign-service","plaque-unveiling","presidential-scheduling","carlos-sanz-desantamaria","alliance-for-progress"],"audioDurationSec":116,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-057.mp3","bytes":827392,"durationSec":116.27,"bitrate":56930,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.084Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-057.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-057","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/037/conversation-037-057","catalogNaId":417195255,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417195255","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). 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