{"conversationCode":"834-009","tapeNumber":834,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-834-009","startDateTime":"1973-01-05T19:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-05T19:31:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Jan-1973","startTime":"2:30 PM","endDate":"5-Jan-1973","endTime":"2:31 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 2:30 pm to 2:31 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 834-009 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. 834-9\n\nDate: January 5, 1973\nTime: Between 2:30 pm and 2:31 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\f                                               -18-\n\n                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                              Conversation No. 834-9 (cont’d)\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n       Meeting with Kim Chong-pil\n            -Interpreter\n            -Length of meeting\n\nBull left at 2:31 pm.","filename":["834-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"834-008","nextCode":"834-010","transcript":[{"start":11.87,"end":16.81,"text":"How do you announce to the next individual about 10 minutes before they go out to get that movie?"},{"start":16.83,"end":18.57,"text":"Well, what you do is you announce the episode."},{"start":19.55,"end":20.95,"text":"They all know it's short, so."},{"start":20.97,"end":21.15,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":22.29,"end":23.38,"text":"But you've got to be sure."},{"start":23.95,"end":29.2,"text":"You see, think of it as an interpreter giving 20 minutes rather than 15 if you have an interpreter."},{"start":29.22,"end":30.26,"text":"Is that correct?"},{"start":30.28,"end":30.34,"text":"Yes."},{"start":30.44,"end":33.7,"text":"In all things, 50-minute intervals, they don't do anything scheduled in a half-hour or more."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull briefly met to coordinate the logistics for an upcoming meeting with South Korean Prime Minister Kim Chong-pil. They specifically discussed the necessity of utilizing an interpreter and the impact this requirement would have on the meeting's scheduled duration. The President emphasized the need for precise timing to ensure the agenda remained on schedule despite the additional time required for translation.","topics":["Kim Chong-pil","Scheduling","Diplomatic protocol","Interpretation","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:51:08.508Z"},"topicSlugs":["kim-chong-pil","scheduling","diplomatic-protocol","interpretation","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":41,"audioFiles":[{"file":"834-009.mp3","bytes":997686,"durationSec":41.45,"bitrate":192541,"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","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/834-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/834-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/834/conversation-834-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}