{"conversationCode":"853-002","tapeNumber":853,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-853-002","startDateTime":"1973-02-08T14:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-08T14:52:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Feb-1973","startTime":"9:51 AM","endDate":"8-Feb-1973","endTime":"9:52 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On February 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:51 am to 9:52 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 853-002 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. 853-2\n\nDate: February 8, 1973\nTime: 9:51 am-9:52 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n       Charles W. Colson\n              -Location\n              -Copy of Henry Fairlie's book [Great Expectations]\n                     -Alice Roosevelt Longworth\n              -Vermont Royster’s column\n                     -Press on Vietnam settlement\n                             -Longworth\n              -Rose Mary Woods\n\nBull left at 9:52 am.\n\f                                                -2-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["853-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"853-001","nextCode":"853-003","transcript":[{"start":2.5,"end":4.18,"text":"get a hold of him."},{"start":4.26,"end":12.07,"text":"And ask him to send a copy of the Fairley book, you know, the one I recently read."},{"start":12.11,"end":20.33,"text":"I want one for Mrs. Long, and the Vermont Reister column, you know, the one that I referred to in the news media."},{"start":20.41,"end":25.91,"text":"He'll know the one that I referred to, the Vermont Reister column, giving the"},{"start":36.69,"end":39.49,"text":"wasn't particularly elated about the impeachment."},{"start":39.55,"end":45.4,"text":"I want to be sure she gets the right one, because we circulated to others, put both of them, and sent them over to some longer."},{"start":45.78,"end":51.08,"text":"All right, so now, do you want us to come up with a job that you want us to do?"},{"start":51.1,"end":52.72,"text":"Yeah, I was going to say, give up the rose."},{"start":52.74,"end":54.5,"text":"I was going to say, here, this is all this."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate the delivery of specific reading materials to Alice Roosevelt Longworth. The President requested that Charles W. Colson facilitate sending a copy of Henry Fairlie's book, *Great Expectations*, along with a Vermont Royster column regarding the Vietnam settlement. This administrative task aimed to ensure that Longworth received the correct press commentary as part of the President's ongoing media outreach efforts.","topics":["Alice Roosevelt Longworth","Charles W. Colson","Henry Fairlie","Vermont Royster","Vietnam settlement","Press relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T01:15:06.903Z"},"topicSlugs":["alice-roosevelt-longworth","charles-w-colson","henry-fairlie","vermont-royster","vietnam-settlement","press-relations"],"audioDurationSec":65,"audioFiles":[{"file":"853-002.mp3","bytes":1575077,"durationSec":65.49,"bitrate":192395,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:59.849Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:47.956Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/853-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/853-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/853/conversation-853-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}