{"conversationCode":"043-083","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":83,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-083","startDateTime":"1973-02-14T22:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-14T22:07:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Feb-1973","startTime":"5:06 PM","endDate":"14-Feb-1973","endTime":"5:07 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On February 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 5:06 pm to 5:07 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-083 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. 43-83\n\nDate: February 14, 1973\nTime: 5:06 pm - 5:07 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n[See Conversation No. 412-8B]\n\n       Cabinet meeting\n            -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew\n                  -Schedule\n            -George P. Shultz","filename":["043-083.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"043-082","nextCode":"043-084","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":1.06,"text":"No."},{"start":1.12,"end":2.94,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":4.14,"end":14.86,"text":"Do you check to see if Agnew is going to be back so that he could brief the cabinet on Friday?"},{"start":15.52,"end":20.92,"text":"And also check with Schultz's office to see whether he'll be there."},{"start":22.02,"end":23.73,"text":"Sir, do you want me to get back to you?"},{"start":24.14,"end":31.42,"text":"If both Agnew and Schultz can be there at 9.30, then set up a cabinet meeting Friday at 9.30."},{"start":31.44,"end":32.06,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":32.1,"end":35.5,"text":"If either or both cannot, do you want to not have the cabinet meeting?"},{"start":35.56,"end":36.34,"text":"No, you can have it."},{"start":37,"end":37.52,"text":"You can have it."},{"start":38.05,"end":41.37,"text":"If one or the other can be there, it's preferable to have two."},{"start":42.03,"end":42.95,"text":"But either one can be."},{"start":42.97,"end":44.09,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed Stephen B. Bull to coordinate a cabinet meeting scheduled for the following Friday. Bull was tasked with verifying the availability of Vice President Spiro Agnew and George Shultz to provide briefings at the session. Nixon emphasized his preference for both officials to attend but authorized the meeting to proceed if at least one of them was confirmed.","topics":["Cabinet meeting","Spiro Agnew","George Shultz","Scheduling","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:31:39.360Z"},"topicSlugs":["cabinet-meeting","spiro-agnew","george-shultz","scheduling","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":49,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-083.mp3","bytes":1190156,"durationSec":49.45,"bitrate":192529,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-083.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-083","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-083","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}