{"conversationCode":"834-001","tapeNumber":834,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-834-001","startDateTime":"1973-01-05T15:11:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-05T15:18:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Jan-1973","startTime":"10:11 AM","endDate":"5-Jan-1973","endTime":"10:18 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On January 5, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:11 am and 10:18 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 834-001 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. 834-1\n\nDate: January 5, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:11 am and 10:18 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull; the recording began at an unknown time while the\nconversation was already in progress.\n\n       Edward E. David, Jr.’s resignation\n\n       The President's schedule\n            -S. Zalman Shazar\n            -Henry A. Kissinger\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 10:18 am.","filename":["834-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"833-022","nextCode":"834-002","transcript":[{"start":2.49,"end":4.11,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":24.04,"end":27.27,"text":"You know, there's all these meetings and just kind of a bill."},{"start":27.95,"end":36.31,"text":"And when I get rid of the CSR, which I'm glad to do, if I can handle that and see as far as I can."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met to discuss administrative changes, specifically focusing on the resignation of Science Advisor Edward E. David, Jr. The President also reviewed his upcoming schedule, which included meetings with Israeli President S. Zalman Shazar and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. Nixon expressed his desire to streamline his agenda and effectively manage the transition following David's departure.","topics":["Edward E. David Jr.","Resignation","Presidential scheduling","S. Zalman Shazar","Henry Kissinger","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:50:20.960Z"},"topicSlugs":["edward-e-david-jr","resignation","presidential-scheduling","s-zalman-shazar","henry-kissinger","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":42,"audioFiles":[{"file":"834-001.mp3","bytes":1007474,"durationSec":41.84,"bitrate":192633,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:59.848Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/834-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/834-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/834/conversation-834-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}