{"conversationCode":"850-002","tapeNumber":850,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-850-002","startDateTime":"1973-02-06T13:32:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-06T14:08:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Feb-1973","startTime":"8:32 AM","endDate":"6-Feb-1973","endTime":"9:08 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]; Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On February 6, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:32 am and 9:08 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 850-002 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. 850-002\n\nDate: February 6, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:32 am and 9:08 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown person.\n\n       Item from Rose Mary Woods [?]\n\nThe unknown person left and Stephen B. Bill entered at an unknown time after 8:32 am.\n\n       The President’s schedule\n\n       Fate Suber\n              -Health\n              -Visit to Camp David\n                      -Family\n                      -Arrangements\n                             -Military Aide\n                             -Dogwood or Birch Lodge\n              -Health\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 9:08 am.","filename":["850-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"850-001","nextCode":"850-003","transcript":[{"start":2.98,"end":26.31,"text":"What other thing I want you to take care of for me?"},{"start":28.17,"end":38.5,"text":"There's a fellow named Suter or something like that over there, one of the mothers who's had a heart attack and been sick for about a year."},{"start":38.52,"end":42.8,"text":"He came back in and he had to send him back to the office job."},{"start":42.84,"end":49.02,"text":"And I think he's perhaps a little bit, he's very mentally depressed and so forth."},{"start":49.04,"end":54.34,"text":"But I want you to make arrangements with the military that on Friday, he and his wife,"},{"start":57.6,"end":61.86,"text":"I know he's very sick."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unknown individual and Stephen B. Bull to coordinate compassionate assistance for a White House staffer named Fate Suber. Nixon expressed concern over Suber’s ongoing health struggles and mental state following a heart attack. The President directed Bull to finalize arrangements for Suber and his wife to spend time at Camp David, specifically tasking him with coordinating military support and lodge accommodations.","topics":["Fate Suber","Camp David","White House staff","Employee welfare","Stephen B. Bull"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T01:11:00.560Z"},"topicSlugs":["fate-suber","camp-david","white-house-staff","employee-welfare","stephen-b-bull"],"audioDurationSec":81,"audioFiles":[{"file":"850-002.mp3","bytes":1949405,"durationSec":81.11,"bitrate":192280,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:59.850Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/850-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/850-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/850/conversation-850-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}