{"conversationCode":"855-016","tapeNumber":855,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-855-016","startDateTime":"1973-02-14T17:19:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-14T17:23:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Feb-1973","startTime":"12:19 PM","endDate":"14-Feb-1973","endTime":"12:23 PM","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 12:19 pm and 12:23 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 855-016 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. 855-16\n\nDate: February 14, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:19 pm and 12:23 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n       President' schedule\n              -Meetings\n              -Meeting with Edward L. Morgan\n              -Meeting with Adm. Thomas H. Moorer\n                      -Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft’s attendance\n                             -Announcement\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 12:23 pm.","filename":["855-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"855-015","nextCode":"855-017","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met briefly with Stephen B. Bull in the Oval Office to discuss his upcoming schedule. The primary focus was on a meeting with Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, whom Nixon wanted to see alone, excluding General Brent Scowcroft. Nixon also indicated a desire to make an announcement related to this meeting.","topics":["President's schedule","Stephen B. Bull","Admiral Thomas H. Moorer","General Brent Scowcroft","Meeting arrangements","Announcement"],"generatedAt":"2026-10-27T15:03:44.515Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","stephen-b-bull","admiral-thomas-h-moorer","general-brent-scowcroft","meeting-arrangements","announcement"],"audioDurationSec":56,"audioFiles":[{"file":"855-016.mp3","bytes":1342526,"durationSec":55.8,"bitrate":192476,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.696Z","transcript":[{"start":0,"end":3,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"I think, uh,"},{"start":3,"end":7,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"you've got those people here yet?"},{"start":5,"end":7,"speaker":"Bull","text":"Yes, sir, just [unintelligible]"},{"start":23,"end":28,"speaker":"Bull","text":"Now sleep [unintelligible]"},{"start":36,"end":39,"speaker":"Bull","text":"The first one will be Ed Morgan."},{"start":39,"end":47,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"I want to see Moorer alone. Scowcroft doesn't need to sit on that. I just want Moorer and so forth. We wanted We wanted to announce that."},{"start":47,"end":48,"speaker":"Bull","text":"Yes."}],"transcriptCreatedAt":"2026-10-27T14:57:55.667Z","transcriptModel":"google/gemini-3.8-flash","transcriptSource":"audio-llm","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/855-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/855-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/855/conversation-855-016","catalogNaId":417182449,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417182449","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}