{"conversationCode":"509-008","tapeNumber":509,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-509-008","startDateTime":"1971-06-03T16:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-03T16:13:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Jun-1971","startTime":"12:13 PM","endDate":"3-Jun-1971","endTime":"12:13 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On June 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:13 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 509-008 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 509-8\n\nDate: June 3, 1971\nTime: 12:13 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull\n\n     President’s schedule\n          -Upcoming meeting with boys’ choirs\n                -Polish choir\n                      -Robert P. Griffin, Lucien N. Nedzi\n                      -Polish-Americans\n\n     Pronunciation of “Poznan”\n\nBull left at 12:13 pm\n                                              13\n\n                           NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF\n\n                                     Tape Subject Log\n                                       (rev. 10/08)","filename":["509-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:14:40","tapeEnd":"01:16:02","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"509-007","nextCode":"509-009","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":3.86,"text":"Okay."},{"start":4.4,"end":8.43,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":8.53,"end":22.27,"text":"Congressman Griffin, I mean, Senator Griffin, Congressman Menendez, you know, was the man who had the instrumental in bringing this plant, Menendez, to the United States, along with some other folks, Americans, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull reviewed the logistics for an upcoming appearance by a Polish boys' choir at the White House. They discussed the involvement of Senator Robert P. Griffin and Congressman Lucien N. Nedzi in coordinating the visit for the Polish-American community. The brief meeting also included a specific clarification regarding the correct pronunciation of the Polish city, Poznan.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Polish-American relations","Robert P. Griffin","Lucien N. Nedzi","Cultural diplomacy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:37:28.605Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","polish-american-relations","robert-p-griffin","lucien-n-nedzi","cultural-diplomacy"],"audioDurationSec":51,"audioFiles":[{"file":"509-008.mp3","bytes":2063480,"durationSec":51.44,"bitrate":320889,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.683Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/509-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/509-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/509/conversation-509-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}