{"conversationCode":"855-002","tapeNumber":855,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-855-002","startDateTime":"1973-02-14T13:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-14T14:20:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Feb-1973","startTime":"8:57 AM","endDate":"14-Feb-1973","endTime":"9:20 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On February 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:57 am and 9:20 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 855-002 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. 855-2\n\nDate: February 14, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:57 am and 9:20 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n       President’s schedule\n              -Meeting with departing staff members\n\f                                               -3-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                               Conversation No. 855-2 (cont’d)\n\n              -Assistant secretaries compared with White House staff\n                     -Cabinet members\n                     -Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service\n                             -Curtis Thompson [?]\n                                      -Friend of President\n                                      -Peter J. Brennan’s response[?]\n\n       Charles W. Colson\n              -Arrival\n              -Meeting with President\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 9:20 am.","filename":["855-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"855-001","nextCode":"855-003","transcript":[{"start":1.64,"end":2.18,"text":"No, no, no."},{"start":2.26,"end":4.84,"text":"What I meant is that"},{"start":29.64,"end":43.78,"text":"we haven't received any recommendations on it"},{"start":60.45,"end":68.4,"text":"I want to say that we tend to always do this to our own people, and that's not fair to some people who, you know, are out there."},{"start":68.42,"end":70.16,"text":"One, for example, is Curtis Thompson."},{"start":71.74,"end":75.34,"text":"He's leading the mediation service."},{"start":77.44,"end":78.06,"text":"He's an old friend."},{"start":79.97,"end":81.47,"text":"He would come higher than us."},{"start":81.49,"end":84.33,"text":"I'll find out the people."},{"start":84.35,"end":84.81,"text":"Well, they're friends."},{"start":84.83,"end":86.15,"text":"Chuck Wilson is here until 11 o'clock this morning."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met to coordinate the President's schedule, specifically regarding farewell meetings with departing staff members. The discussion touched upon the professional standing of White House personnel compared to assistant secretaries and cabinet members. Nixon also expressed personal interest in the status of his friend Curtis Thompson, who was associated with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, and confirmed an upcoming meeting with Charles Colson.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Staffing appointments","Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service","Personnel management","Charles Colson"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T01:20:22.186Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","staffing-appointments","federal-mediation-and-conciliation-service","personnel-management","charles-w-colson"],"audioDurationSec":100,"audioFiles":[{"file":"855-002.mp3","bytes":2406434,"durationSec":100.15,"bitrate":192232,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:59.849Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:48.468Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/855-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/855-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/855/conversation-855-002","catalogNaId":417182421,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417182421","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}