{"conversationCode":"773-007","tapeNumber":773,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-773-007","startDateTime":"1972-09-08T15:23:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-09-08T15:30:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Sep-1972","startTime":"11:23 AM","endDate":"8-Sep-1972","endTime":"11:30 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary; Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On September 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:23 am to 11:30 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 773-007 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 773-7\n\nDate: September 8, 1972\nTime: 11:23 am - 11:30 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Rose Mary Woods.\n\n                                          (rev. Oct-06)\n\n             Weather\n\n             The President's schedule\n                 -Howard H. Baker, Jr. and John G. Tower\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 4m 30s     ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n             Secret Service protection for Edward M. Kennedy\n                 -George P. Shultz\n                 -The President’s instructions\n                 -Extent of protection\n                 -Threatening mail\n                      -George C. Wallace\n                 -Woods's analysis\n                      -Amount of attention\n                          -George S. McGovern\n                          -1976 election\n                          -Funeral\n\nStephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:23 am.\n\n             The President's schedule\n                 -Senators\n                 -Mark I. Goode\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 11:30 am.\n\nWoods left at 11:30 am.\n\n                                        (rev. Oct-06)","filename":["773-007.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Woods, Rose Mary","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"773-006","nextCode":"773-008","transcript":[{"start":2.05,"end":6.27,"text":"You gave it away?"},{"start":7.31,"end":7.47,"text":"Yes."},{"start":37.06,"end":45.44,"text":"He wants to be a big shot."},{"start":45.46,"end":45.94,"text":"He doesn't want"},{"start":65.69,"end":73.36,"text":"So he doesn't want to go around with McGovern, for instance, and have to write in McGovern's detail."},{"start":73.42,"end":78.54,"text":"He wants to be the big shot."},{"start":78.56,"end":79.68,"text":"He's just working for ."},{"start":79.72,"end":92.02,"text":"And he will attract more attention than McGovern. ."},{"start":95.46,"end":95.94,"text":"Yeah, okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Rose Mary Woods discussed the political implications of providing Secret Service protection to Senator Edward M. Kennedy. The conversation centered on the visibility of such security details, with Woods analyzing how Kennedy’s status might draw more public attention than Democratic opponent George McGovern. Stephen B. Bull joined briefly to coordinate the President's upcoming schedule with various senators.","topics":["Secret Service","Edward M. Kennedy","George McGovern","Presidential campaign","Political strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T23:18:36.347Z"},"topicSlugs":["secret-service","edward-m-kennedy","george-mcgovern","presidential-campaign","political-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":115,"audioFiles":[{"file":"773-007.mp3","bytes":2768560,"durationSec":115.28,"bitrate":192127,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.945Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/773-007.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/773-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/773/conversation-773-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}