{"conversationCode":"853-009","tapeNumber":853,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-853-009","startDateTime":"1973-02-08T14:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-08T15:31:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Feb-1973","startTime":"9:54 AM","endDate":"8-Feb-1973","endTime":"10:31 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 at an unknown time between 9:54 am and 10:31 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 853-009 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. 853-9\n\nDate: February 8, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:54 am and 10:31 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n       President’s schedule\n              -Meeting with Russell B. Long\n              -George P. Shultz\n                      -Telephone call\n\nManolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 9:54 am.\n\n       Tape recording for private files\n\n       President’s schedule\n              -Bull’s forthcoming conversation with Shultz\n              -Shultz’s arrival at Oval Office\n\nBull and Sanchez left at an unknown time before 10:31 am.","filename":["853-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"853-008","nextCode":"853-010","transcript":[{"start":11.52,"end":21.41,"text":"We haven't been back in a while."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull to coordinate his daily schedule and manage incoming appointments with key officials. The discussion focused on logistics regarding meetings with Senator Russell B. Long and Treasury Secretary George P. Shultz, including instructions for a scheduled telephone call. Additionally, Nixon utilized the time to record private notes and finalize the arrival arrangements for his upcoming visitors.","topics":["Presidential schedule","George P. Shultz","Russell B. Long","White House logistics","Private dictation"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T01:15:45.635Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","george-p-shultz","russell-b-long","white-house-logistics","private-dictation"],"audioDurationSec":53,"audioFiles":[{"file":"853-009.mp3","bytes":1267915,"durationSec":52.71,"bitrate":192448,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:59.850Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/853-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/853-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/853/conversation-853-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}