{"conversationCode":"514-009","tapeNumber":514,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-514-009","startDateTime":"1971-06-08T16:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-08T16:01:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Jun-1971","startTime":"12:00 PM","endDate":"8-Jun-1971","endTime":"12:01 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Volpe, John A.;","description":"On June 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and John A. Volpe met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:00 pm to 12:01 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 514-009 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. 514-9\n\nDate: June 8, 1971\nTime: 12:00 pm - 12:01 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull\n\n     President’s schedule\n          -John A. Volpe visit\n          -Peter W. Rodino, Jr. visit\n\nVolpe entered at 12:01 pm\n\n     President’s schedule\n\n     Introduction (applause)\n\nThe President, Bull, and Volpe left 12:01 pm","filename":["514-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:47:32","tapeEnd":"01:48:47","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B.","Volpe, John A."],"prevCode":"514-008","nextCode":"514-010","transcript":[{"start":4.13,"end":23.2,"text":"All right, so no intercession."},{"start":23.22,"end":23.64,"text":"Now, Secretary Volpe."},{"start":23.66,"end":23.98,"text":"Yeah, all right."},{"start":24,"end":24.74,"text":"This is supposed to be very personal."},{"start":24.76,"end":25.16,"text":"Very, very personal."},{"start":25.18,"end":26.62,"text":"That's the only thing I wanted to bring to your attention."},{"start":26.64,"end":26.86,"text":"Two things."},{"start":26.89,"end":27.73,"text":"Congressman Verdeo of Democrat New Jersey."},{"start":27.75,"end":28.23,"text":"This one, Mr. Secretary."},{"start":28.25,"end":29.15,"text":"He's right down to your right, Mr. President."},{"start":29.17,"end":30.77,"text":"In your remarks, we have a candidate, Tomas, who is supposed to be here tonight."},{"start":30.79,"end":31.09,"text":"Do you like it?"},{"start":31.11,"end":31.73,"text":"I'll be a walk-out to you, sir."},{"start":31.75,"end":31.85,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":31.87,"end":32.07,"text":"All right."},{"start":32.09,"end":32.35,"text":"I'll be here."},{"start":32.37,"end":32.65,"text":"Mr. Secretary."},{"start":35.94,"end":45.2,"text":"Well, should we walk out and treat our friend?"},{"start":45.22,"end":45.51,"text":"I'm listening."},{"start":45.52,"end":45.71,"text":"I'm used."},{"start":45.73,"end":46.15,"text":"I'm saying it's over."},{"start":46.17,"end":46.59,"text":"I'm saying it's over."},{"start":46.61,"end":47.03,"text":"I'm saying it's over."},{"start":47.05,"end":47.47,"text":"I'm saying it's over."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Secretary of Transportation John A. Volpe and aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate logistics for an upcoming event involving Congressman Peter W. Rodino, Jr. The discussion centered on the personal nature of the meeting and the potential attendance of a political candidate named Tomas. The participants briefly reviewed scheduling details before concluding the encounter to prepare for the subsequent public interaction.","topics":["John A. Volpe","Peter W. Rodino, Jr.","Presidential scheduling","Political logistics","White House protocol"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:44:37.011Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-a-volpe","peter-w-rodino-jr","presidential-scheduling","political-logistics","white-house-protocol"],"audioDurationSec":76,"audioFiles":[{"file":"514-009.mp3","bytes":3045669,"durationSec":76,"bitrate":320590,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.685Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/514-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/514-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/514/conversation-514-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}