{"conversationCode":"855-008","tapeNumber":855,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-855-008","startDateTime":"1973-02-14T15:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-14T15:13:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Feb-1973","startTime":"10:08 AM","endDate":"14-Feb-1973","endTime":"10:13 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 10:08 am and 10:13 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 855-008 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. 855-8\n\nDate: February 14, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:08 am and 10:13 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\f                                                -6-\n\n                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n       President's meeting with Charles W. Colson\n              -Colson's arrival\n              -William E. Timmons\n\n       Congressional relations\n             -Reception for President's Vietnam supporters\n                     -Colson\n                             -Labor\n                             -Ethnics\n                             -Other events\n\n       President's meeting with Timmons\n\nBull left at 10:13 am.","filename":["855-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"855-007","nextCode":"855-009","transcript":[{"start":23.2,"end":26.28,"text":"This should take care of the undone supporters."},{"start":26.3,"end":29.64,"text":"Colson feels that the labor and ethnics and those others have all been taken care of."},{"start":29.68,"end":32.42,"text":"And he feels we don't need to do anything more with them on the undone."},{"start":33.3,"end":35.15,"text":"The congressional supporters will handle it."},{"start":35.16,"end":37.73,"text":"Just to confirm this, we've done quite a lot with this."},{"start":37.75,"end":40.87,"text":"I don't know why I'm not getting that."},{"start":41.49,"end":43.53,"text":"I don't know why I'm not getting that."},{"start":43.55,"end":50.51,"text":"I don't know why I'm not getting that."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull to coordinate upcoming meetings with Charles W. Colson and William E. Timmons regarding congressional relations. They discussed strategies for engaging Vietnam supporters, specifically focusing on labor and ethnic groups. Bull confirmed that Colson believes current outreach efforts are sufficient and that congressional allies will handle remaining matters.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","William E. Timmons","Congressional relations","Vietnam War","Political outreach","Labor relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T01:20:54.081Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","william-e-timmons","congressional-relations","vietnam-war","political-outreach","labor-relations"],"audioDurationSec":59,"audioFiles":[{"file":"855-008.mp3","bytes":1422771,"durationSec":59.16,"bitrate":192396,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.696Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:48.468Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/855-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/855-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/855/conversation-855-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}