{"conversationCode":"854-034","tapeNumber":854,"conversationNumber":34,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-854-034","startDateTime":"1973-02-13T18:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-13T18:05:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Feb-1973","startTime":"1:04 PM","endDate":"13-Feb-1973","endTime":"1:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Rumsfeld, Donald H.; Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On February 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Donald H. Rumsfeld, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:04 pm and 1:05 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 854-034 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. 854-34\n\nDate: February 13, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:04 pm and 1:05 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Donald H. Rumsfeld.\n\n       Rumsfeld’s schedule\n             -Departure for Europe\n             -Commercial flight\n                            -Time\n                            -National Airport\n\nStephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time before 1:05 pm.\n\n       Walk in Rose Garden\n              -Photographs\n\nThe President, Rumsfeld, and Bull left at 1:05 pm.\n\f                                            -47-\n\n                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["854-034.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Rumsfeld, Donald H.","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"854-033","nextCode":"854-035","transcript":[{"start":1.52,"end":1.92,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":1.94,"end":3.74,"text":"You got a commercial?"},{"start":4.2,"end":4.42,"text":"Yes."},{"start":5.2,"end":6.96,"text":"You have to be there on time."},{"start":6.98,"end":8.16,"text":"How much time you got on the flight?"},{"start":8.26,"end":15.3,"text":"Well, I'm supposed to get a 2 o'clock flight to Nashville, so I'm here for a check."},{"start":15.32,"end":16.29,"text":"Did you want that outside?"},{"start":16.37,"end":16.81,"text":"Yes."},{"start":16.89,"end":17.59,"text":"Are you ready to shoot?"},{"start":17.99,"end":19.17,"text":"We'll take a walk in the garden."},{"start":19.25,"end":20.15,"text":"Go down to the left-hand side."},{"start":20.63,"end":21.13,"text":"The left-hand side."},{"start":21.19,"end":26.35,"text":"There's a center to where it comes around to the rest of the right-hand side."},{"start":28.09,"end":29.61,"text":"So you walk down to the left-hand side."},{"start":29.63,"end":29.93,"text":"All right."},{"start":30.03,"end":30.71,"text":"Well, are you all set?"},{"start":31.57,"end":34.42,"text":"I'm going to read this one here."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Donald Rumsfeld to confirm his travel arrangements for a commercial flight to Europe, with specific attention paid to his departure schedule from National Airport. Following this logistical check, Stephen Bull joined the discussion to coordinate a photo opportunity for Rumsfeld in the Rose Garden. The meeting concluded with the participants preparing to head outside for the scheduled photographs before Rumsfeld's departure.","topics":["Donald Rumsfeld","Travel logistics","Rose Garden","Photography","Presidential schedule"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T01:19:48.927Z"},"topicSlugs":["donald-rumsfeld","travel-logistics","rose-garden","photography","presidential-schedule"],"audioDurationSec":39,"audioFiles":[{"file":"854-034.mp3","bytes":950068,"durationSec":39.47,"bitrate":192581,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.382Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:48.254Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/854-034.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/854-034","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/854/conversation-854-034","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}