{"conversationCode":"840-004","tapeNumber":840,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-840-004","startDateTime":"1973-02-03T14:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-03T15:29:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Feb-1973","startTime":"9:55 AM","endDate":"3-Feb-1973","endTime":"10:29 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Ziegler, Ronald L.; Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On February 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 10:29 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 840-004 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 840-4\n\nDate: February 3, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:55 am and 10:29 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n       Henry A. Kissinger's location\n             -Elliot L. Richardson\n             -Return to White House\n             -Meeting with the President\n                     -Timing\n\nRonald L. Ziegler entered at an unknown time after 9:55 am.\n\n       People's Republic of China [PRC] announcement\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 10:29 am.\n\n       Ziegler meeting with Kissinger\n              -PRC announcement\n\nZiegler left at 10:29 am.\n\f                                            -9-\n\n                 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                            Conversation No. 840-19 (cont’d)","filename":["840-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B.","Ziegler, Ronald L.","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"840-003","nextCode":"840-005","transcript":[{"start":0.66,"end":3.52,"text":"President Henry's over with, uh, Secretary, uh, Richardson."},{"start":4.02,"end":4.86,"text":"He's expected back."},{"start":4.88,"end":7.1,"text":"He was expected back by, by 10."},{"start":7.26,"end":9.18,"text":"Um, he's good."},{"start":9.76,"end":10.94,"text":"Well, anything else, Andy?"},{"start":12.59,"end":13.21,"text":"Anything else, Andy?"},{"start":13.27,"end":19.79,"text":"You left, uh... Well, I can see him sometimes supposed to do it."},{"start":19.89,"end":24.09,"text":"Supposed to say that, do we arrange it even wrong?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with Stephen B. Bull and Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler regarding the status and return of Henry Kissinger, who was meeting with Elliot Richardson. The participants coordinated the timing of Kissinger’s reappearance at the White House to facilitate a follow-up meeting with the President. Additionally, the group discussed upcoming communications strategy surrounding an official announcement regarding the People's Republic of China.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","Elliot Richardson","PRC","White House scheduling","Diplomatic relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:58:10.635Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","elliot-richardson","prc","white-house-scheduling","diplomatic-relations"],"audioDurationSec":52,"audioFiles":[{"file":"840-004.mp3","bytes":415744,"durationSec":52.37,"bitrate":63504,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:59.848Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:44.714Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/840-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/840-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/840/conversation-840-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}