{"conversationCode":"833-015","tapeNumber":833,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-833-015","startDateTime":"1973-01-04T16:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-04T16:55:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Jan-1973","startTime":"11:51 AM","endDate":"4-Jan-1973","endTime":"11:55 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 11:51 am and 11:55 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 833-015 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. 833-15\n\nDate: January 4, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:51 am and 11:55 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n       The President's meeting with Elliot L. Richardson\n            -Misunderstanding\n            -H. R. (“Bob”)Haldeman\n            -Length\n\n       Request for Henry A. Kissinger\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 11:55 am.","filename":["833-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"833-014","nextCode":"833-016","transcript":[{"start":5.51,"end":6.84,"text":"I'll take an hour with him, so."},{"start":9,"end":11.54,"text":"All meetings are a half hour, unless I say otherwise."},{"start":11.56,"end":14.44,"text":"I didn't know about the hour either, so I told you a half hour, sir."},{"start":14.46,"end":14.64,"text":"You did?"},{"start":14.7,"end":14.86,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":14.88,"end":17.07,"text":"I thought it was a half hour on."},{"start":17.09,"end":17.35,"text":"I said, fine."},{"start":17.37,"end":19.33,"text":"All right, sir, get ready for that."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull discussed a scheduling misunderstanding regarding an upcoming meeting with Secretary of Defense Elliot L. Richardson. Nixon clarified his preference for meeting durations, specifying that all appointments should be limited to thirty minutes unless he explicitly directs otherwise. Additionally, the President requested a meeting with Henry Kissinger to be arranged.","topics":["Scheduling","Elliot L. Richardson","Henry A. Kissinger","H. R. Haldeman","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:49:35.288Z"},"topicSlugs":["scheduling","elliot-l-richardson","henry-a-kissinger","h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":35,"audioFiles":[{"file":"833-015.mp3","bytes":847244,"durationSec":35.17,"bitrate":192701,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:59.849Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/833-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/833-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/833/conversation-833-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}