{"conversationCode":"045-174","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":174,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-174","startDateTime":"1973-05-09T20:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-09T20:15:00.000Z","startDate":"9-May-1973","startTime":"4:14 PM","endDate":"9-May-1973","endTime":"4:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On May 9, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 4:14 pm to 4:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-174 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 45-174\n\nDate: May 9, 1973\nTime: 4:14 pm - 4:15 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 432-40]\n\n     President’s schedule\n           -Barber\n\f                                            -111-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["045-174.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"045-173","nextCode":"045-175","transcript":[{"start":0.47,"end":1.53,"text":"Yeah, Mr. Paul?"},{"start":1.9,"end":2.16,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.9,"end":4.16,"text":"What about the barber?"},{"start":6.15,"end":9.46,"text":"Could we get him, say, around 5 o'clock, please?"},{"start":9.72,"end":10.45,"text":"All right, sir, fine."},{"start":10.47,"end":11.93,"text":"5 o'clock today."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to coordinate a haircut appointment. The two men agreed to schedule the White House barber for 5:00 pm that afternoon. This brief exchange served solely to finalize the President's personal grooming arrangements for the day.","topics":["Presidential schedule","White House staff","Personal affairs"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:16:16.931Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","white-house-staff","personal-affairs"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-174.mp3","bytes":626688,"durationSec":19.49,"bitrate":257190,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.712Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.632Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-174.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-174","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-174","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}