{"conversationCode":"524-009","tapeNumber":524,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-524-009","startDateTime":"1971-06-17T14:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-17T14:39:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Jun-1971","startTime":"10:34 AM","endDate":"17-Jun-1971","endTime":"10:39 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On June 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:34 am and 10:39 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 524-009 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. 524-9\n\nDate: June 17, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:34 am and 10:39 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull and Manolo Sanchez.\n\n     President's schedule\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 10:39 am.\n\n     Gifts\n             -Availability\n             -Cost\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 10:39 am.","filename":["524-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:04:34","tapeEnd":"01:05:56","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B.","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"524-008","nextCode":"524-010","transcript":[{"start":40.65,"end":56.23,"text":"You have a, you bring me one of the less expensive compacts, or one of those back here."},{"start":56.25,"end":56.71,"text":"I don't like it."},{"start":56.73,"end":58.17,"text":"It's just one of those."},{"start":58.19,"end":58.91,"text":"It's just one of those."},{"start":60.01,"end":60.13,"text":"Right."},{"start":60.15,"end":63.02,"text":"These are the ones we get for these four dollars."},{"start":63.03,"end":63.55,"text":"Four dollars and 20 bucks."},{"start":63.58,"end":63.67,"text":"Okay."},{"start":63.7,"end":63.9,"text":"All right."},{"start":63.92,"end":66,"text":"I can't lose it."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with staff members Stephen B. Bull and Manolo Sanchez to review the selection and pricing of gift compacts. The participants evaluated the cost and quality of available inventory to determine which items were suitable for presidential use. Nixon ultimately instructed the staff to bring him a less expensive model from the available options.","topics":["Presidential gifts","Inventory management","White House operations","Procurement"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:58:25.606Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-gifts","inventory-management","white-house-operations","procurement"],"audioDurationSec":66,"audioFiles":[{"file":"524-009.mp3","bytes":2661146,"durationSec":66.39,"bitrate":320661,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.009Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/524-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/524-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/524/conversation-524-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}