{"conversationCode":"534-009","tapeNumber":534,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-534-009","startDateTime":"1971-07-01T16:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-01T16:09:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Jul-1971","startTime":"12:06 PM","endDate":"1-Jul-1971","endTime":"12:09 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On July 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:06 pm and 12:09 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 534-009 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. 534-9\nDate: July 1, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:06 pm and 12:09 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Sammy Davis, Jr.\n               -Photograph of meeting by Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins\n          -James D. Hodgson-Elliot L. Richardson meeting\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 12:09 pm","filename":["534-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:20:44","tapeEnd":"03:21:16","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"534-008","nextCode":"534-010","transcript":[{"start":8.72,"end":24.43,"text":"30 minutes."},{"start":24.51,"end":30.06,"text":"What the hell is this all about?"},{"start":30.5,"end":30.76,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":39.87,"end":40.44,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to review logistical arrangements for upcoming appointments. They discussed scheduling details regarding a photo opportunity with Sammy Davis Jr. and a meeting between Cabinet members James D. Hodgson and Elliot L. Richardson. The brief encounter served to finalize these administrative items on the President’s daily calendar.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Sammy Davis Jr.","James D. Hodgson","Elliot L. Richardson","White House logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:14:23.440Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","sammy-davis-jr","james-d-hodgson","elliot-l-richardson","white-house-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":40,"audioFiles":[{"file":"534-009.mp3","bytes":1622518,"durationSec":40.43,"bitrate":321054,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.010Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/534-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/534-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/534/conversation-534-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}