{"conversationCode":"043-049","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":49,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-049","startDateTime":"1973-02-08T01:36:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-08T01:36:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Feb-1973","startTime":"8:36 PM","endDate":"7-Feb-1973","endTime":"8:36 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On February 7, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone at 8:36 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-049 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.3","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part III","chronReleaseDate":"23-Jun-2009","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 43-49\n\nDate: February 7, 1973\nTime: 8:36 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n[This is the original beginning of conversation No. 043-049, which has been merged with\nconversation 043-048.]\n\n       Seating arrangements for breakfast meeting\n             -Anne L. Armstrong\n             -Peter J. Brennan\n\f                                               -27-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                          Conversation No. 43-50 (cont’d)","filename":["043-049.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"043-048","nextCode":"043-050","transcript":[{"start":0.67,"end":1.9,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":1.92,"end":7.71,"text":"Steve, on second thought, you better put the woman on my left, because that'll be misunderstood if she isn't."},{"start":7.75,"end":9.95,"text":"All right, I'll put... Armstrong."},{"start":10.31,"end":12.04,"text":"I'll put Brennan second from the left."},{"start":12.16,"end":12.94,"text":"Right, good."},{"start":13.46,"end":15.63,"text":"Mr. President, would you like to..."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with Stephen B. Bull to finalize the seating arrangements for an upcoming breakfast meeting. To avoid potential social misunderstandings, the President directed that Anne L. Armstrong be seated to his left. Peter J. Brennan was subsequently assigned to the second position on the left to complete the protocol for the event.","topics":["seating arrangements","Anne L. Armstrong","Peter J. Brennan","White House protocol","breakfast meeting"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:28:28.294Z"},"topicSlugs":["seating-arrangements","anne-l-armstrong","peter-j-brennan","white-house-protocol","breakfast-meeting"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-049.mp3","bytes":493607,"durationSec":20.44,"bitrate":193192,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:43.852Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-049.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-049","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-049","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}