{"conversationCode":"276-008","tapeNumber":276,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-276-008","startDateTime":"1971-09-10T20:17:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-10T20:30:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Sep-1971","startTime":"4:17 PM","endDate":"10-Sep-1971","endTime":"4:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On September 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:17 pm and 4:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 276-008 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 276-8\n\nDate: September 10, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 4:17 pm and 4:30 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Donald H. Rumsfeld\n          -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n          -Paul W. McCracken\n          -Rumsfeld\n\f          -Henry A. Kissinger\n               -Meeting with the President\n               -Rumsfeld\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 4:30 pm.\n                                                            Conv. No. 276-18/278-33 (cont.)","filename":["276-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:48:17","tapeEnd":"00:48:44","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"276-007","nextCode":"276-009","transcript":[{"start":3.58,"end":9.64,"text":"Did you want to see McCracken after Rumstone?"},{"start":10.54,"end":13.48,"text":"I don't want to shoot him."},{"start":13.88,"end":17.52,"text":"I'll just say that I can't cross through any areas."},{"start":18.07,"end":20.23,"text":"But they're also going for two minutes."},{"start":20.31,"end":21.53,"text":"Henry, listen, listen."},{"start":21.55,"end":24.19,"text":"Why don't you get him in first?"},{"start":24.25,"end":27.21,"text":"Because Rumstone will take some more time."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen Bull coordinate the President's upcoming schedule to manage the sequence of various high-level briefings. The discussion focuses on sequencing meetings with Donald Rumsfeld, H. R. Haldeman, Paul McCracken, and Henry Kissinger. Nixon prioritizes these interactions and provides direction to Bull on how to effectively structure these appointments within the available time constraints.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Donald Rumsfeld","Henry Kissinger","Paul McCracken","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:50:57.097Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","donald-rumsfeld","henry-kissinger","paul-mccracken","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":27,"audioFiles":[{"file":"276-008.mp3","bytes":1105293,"durationSec":27.49,"bitrate":321699,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.008Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/276-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/276-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/276/conversation-276-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}