{"conversationCode":"833-009","tapeNumber":833,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-833-009","startDateTime":"1973-01-04T13:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-04T14:03:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Jan-1973","startTime":"8:55 AM","endDate":"4-Jan-1973","endTime":"9:03 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On January 4, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:55 am and 9:03 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 833-009 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.3","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part III","chronReleaseDate":"23-Jun-2009","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 833-9\n\nDate: January 4, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:55 am and 9:03 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n       The President's meeting with press\n            -Women\n                  -Wire services\n                  -Social events\n            -Ronald L. Ziegler\n                  -List\n                  -Congress members, Senators\n                        -Wives\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 9:03 am.","filename":["833-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"833-008","nextCode":"833-010","transcript":[{"start":6.75,"end":20.71,"text":"With regard to the press that are coming to this thing tomorrow night, let me explain."},{"start":20.89,"end":25.06,"text":"We're not going to have the usual women at the Olympics, except for the wires that she sent."},{"start":25.28,"end":28.38,"text":"Any more social events."},{"start":29.48,"end":31.84,"text":"I've already told Secretary to give the names of people and so forth."},{"start":31.86,"end":46.93,"text":"We will pick up some people that come representing some of the speakers of some of the new Congress members."},{"start":48.73,"end":49.39,"text":"They can bring their wives."},{"start":49.53,"end":53.06,"text":"They can come and report or something."},{"start":53.08,"end":55.42,"text":"They can bring their wives if they like."},{"start":55.44,"end":56.48,"text":"Tell Secretary about that."},{"start":56.5,"end":58.64,"text":"And then make up the list."},{"start":58.68,"end":58.88,"text":"So that's ."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull to provide specific instructions regarding the guest list for an upcoming social event at the White House. The President directed that the usual attendees from the press, specifically women reporters, be excluded except for wire service representatives. Nixon further instructed Bull to coordinate with Ronald Ziegler to ensure new members of Congress and their wives were included on the guest list.","topics":["White House social events","Press relations","Guest list management","Congress members","Stephen B. Bull"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:49:00.953Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-social-events","press-relations","guest-list-management","congress-members","stephen-b-bull"],"audioDurationSec":69,"audioFiles":[{"file":"833-009.mp3","bytes":1669518,"durationSec":69.41,"bitrate":192414,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:59.849Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/833-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/833-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/833/conversation-833-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}