{"conversationCode":"834-015","tapeNumber":834,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-834-015","startDateTime":"1973-01-05T21:01:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-05T21:03:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Jan-1973","startTime":"4:01 PM","endDate":"5-Jan-1973","endTime":"4:03 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 4:01 pm to 4:03 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 834-015 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. 834-15\n\nDate: January 5, 1973\nTime: 4:01 pm - 4:03 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nStephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 4:01 pm.\n\n       Length of meeting with Yen Chia-Ken\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 4:03 pm.\n\f                                              -28-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["834-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"834-014","nextCode":"834-016","transcript":[{"start":0.15,"end":2.76,"text":"It will not be using the internet."},{"start":2.78,"end":4.19,"text":"It will not be using the internet."},{"start":4.27,"end":5.37,"text":"It is only about 20 minutes."},{"start":5.39,"end":5.59,"text":"15 minutes."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met briefly to discuss the scheduling and duration of an upcoming meeting with Yen Chia-kan, the Vice President of the Republic of China. The two consulted on the expected length of the engagement, ultimately determining it should last approximately 15 to 20 minutes. This interaction served to finalize administrative logistics for the high-level diplomatic visit.","topics":["Yen Chia-kan","Scheduling","Diplomacy","Republic of China","White House logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:51:43.121Z"},"topicSlugs":["yen-chia-kan","scheduling","diplomacy","republic-of-china","white-house-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"834-015.mp3","bytes":348162,"durationSec":14.39,"bitrate":193602,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:59.848Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:43.472Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/834-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/834-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/834/conversation-834-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}