{"conversationCode":"544-009","tapeNumber":544,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-544-009","startDateTime":"1971-07-23T17:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-23T17:21:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Jul-1971","startTime":"1:03 PM","endDate":"23-Jul-1971","endTime":"1:21 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; [Unknown person(s)]; Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On July 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, unknown person(s), and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:03 pm and 1:21 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 544-009 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. 544-9\n\nDate: July 23, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:03 pm and 1:21 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nStephen B. Bull met with unknown people.\n\n     Room arrangements\n\nThe President entered at an unknown time before 1:21 pm.\n\n     Lights\n\nManolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 1:03 pm.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Old Executive Office Building\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 1:21 pm.\n\n     Request for copy of July 26, 1971 Milton Friedman article\n         -The President's forthcoming telephone call\n\nBull and the unknown people left at an unknown time before 1:21 pm.","filename":["544-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:21:45","tapeEnd":"03:25:31","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B.","[Unknown person(s)]","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"544-008","nextCode":"544-010","transcript":[{"start":15.17,"end":44.16,"text":"Captured."},{"start":44.65,"end":72.54,"text":"Yeah, okay."},{"start":72.56,"end":72.76,"text":"Excuse me."},{"start":72.78,"end":72.98,"text":"I'm sorry."},{"start":73,"end":73.2,"text":"I'm sorry."},{"start":73.22,"end":73.42,"text":"I'm sorry."},{"start":73.44,"end":73.64,"text":"I'm sorry."},{"start":89.5,"end":116.35,"text":"Mr. President, do you want these lights up full for the recessive and sedative services?"},{"start":116.37,"end":117.87,"text":"Yeah, because you see they have always been a fine print here at the catch."},{"start":139.05,"end":144.96,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":145.68,"end":152.11,"text":"We go over to the DOD."},{"start":152.13,"end":154.81,"text":"I'll be over there at about 1.5."},{"start":155.27,"end":157.84,"text":"Would you bring me this Milton Friedman article?"},{"start":157.86,"end":164.07,"text":"They want me to call him."},{"start":164.09,"end":164.29,"text":"July 26th."},{"start":164.31,"end":164.53,"text":"Let me see."},{"start":164.55,"end":164.87,"text":"Yes."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull and Manolo Sanchez in the Oval Office to coordinate logistics and preparatory materials for his upcoming schedule. During the brief discussion, the President addressed lighting arrangements for the room and requested a copy of a forthcoming Milton Friedman article. This request was intended to facilitate a planned telephone call between the President and the economist.","topics":["Oval Office logistics","Milton Friedman","Presidential schedule","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:27:15.815Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office-logistics","milton-friedman","presidential-schedule","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":167,"audioFiles":[{"file":"544-009.mp3","bytes":6672505,"durationSec":166.68,"bitrate":320252,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.010Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/544-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/544-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/544/conversation-544-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}