{"conversationCode":"834-007","tapeNumber":834,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-834-007","startDateTime":"1973-01-05T19:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-05T19:21:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Jan-1973","startTime":"2:20 PM","endDate":"5-Jan-1973","endTime":"2:21 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 from 2:20 pm to 2:21 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 834-007 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. 834-7\n\nDate: January 5, 1973\nTime: 2:20 pm - 2:21 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n       Cars for visitors\n\n       Photographs\n\f                                              -16-\n\n                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                               Conversation No. 834-7 (cont’d)\n\n              -Ronald L. Ziegler\n              -Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins\n\n       Ashtray for Edward E. David, Jr.\n            -Cost of pins\n\nBull left at 2:21 pm.","filename":["834-007.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"834-006","nextCode":"834-008","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull briefly discussed logistical arrangements for visitors, including car assignments and the process for taking photographs during official events. Nixon specifically requested that sets of photographs be made for Ronald Ziegler's and Edward E. David Jr.'s families, and that an ashtray be procured for Dr. David. The conversation also touched upon the cost of cufflinks and pins.","topics":["visitor logistics","photography","photograph distribution","gifts","Ziegler","David","Atkins"],"generatedAt":"2026-10-27T15:03:36.507Z"},"topicSlugs":["visitor-logistics","photography","photograph-distribution","gifts","ziegler","david","atkins"],"audioDurationSec":75,"audioFiles":[{"file":"834-007.mp3","bytes":1805790,"durationSec":75.11,"bitrate":192344,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:59.849Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:43.471Z","transcript":[{"start":6,"end":11,"speaker":"Bull","text":"Yes sir."},{"start":11,"end":20,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"The cars leave, take people [unintelligible]"},{"start":20,"end":26,"speaker":"Bull","text":"They are on call, sir. Some of them go over to the Executive Office Building; others will go back to the garage."},{"start":26,"end":33,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"Now that they have cars over there. Who makes the pictures when I do, when we have pictures taken here?"},{"start":33,"end":35,"speaker":"Bull","text":"White House photographers."},{"start":35,"end":38,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"Does Ollie?"},{"start":38,"end":40,"speaker":"Bull","text":"Ollie Atkins, yes sir."},{"start":40,"end":52,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"Could you see that a set is made of, for, Ziegler made for his family? And a set made of, uh, for,"},{"start":52,"end":54,"speaker":"Bull","text":"Doctor David."},{"start":54,"end":56,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"David's, uh, family."},{"start":56,"end":57,"speaker":"Bull","text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":57,"end":64,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"And find out what kind of an ashtray, find an ashtray and send it to, eh, for David."},{"start":64,"end":65,"speaker":"Bull","text":"Right."},{"start":65,"end":72,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"How much are those cufflinks and pins cost, by the way?"},{"start":72,"end":73,"speaker":"Bull","text":"I'm not sure, sir."}],"transcriptCreatedAt":"2026-10-27T14:57:54.350Z","transcriptModel":"google/gemini-3.8-flash","transcriptSource":"audio-llm","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/834-007.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/834-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/834/conversation-834-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}