{"conversationCode":"858-001","tapeNumber":858,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-858-001","startDateTime":"1973-02-16T13:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-17T04:59:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Feb-1973","startTime":"8:50 AM","endDate":"16-Feb-1973","endTime":"11:59 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On February 16, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:50 am and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 858-001 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. 858-001\n\nDate: February 16, 1973\nTime: Unknown before 8:50 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n       The President's call to William F. (“Billy”) Graham\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 8:50 am.","filename":["858-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"857-014","nextCode":"858-002","transcript":[{"start":0.29,"end":1.05,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.5,"end":1.84,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.86,"end":2.3,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":3.3,"end":3.72,"text":"Yeah."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to facilitate a telephone call to evangelist Billy Graham. The discussion focused on coordinating this outreach, serving as a brief administrative interaction to connect the President with his prominent religious advisor. No further policy developments or complex deliberations were recorded during this brief exchange.","topics":["Billy Graham","Presidential communication","White House administration","Stephen B. Bull"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T01:24:46.276Z"},"topicSlugs":["billy-graham","presidential-communication","white-house-administration","stephen-b-bull"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"858-001.mp3","bytes":466659,"durationSec":19.32,"bitrate":193233,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.696Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:49.154Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/858-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/858-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/858/conversation-858-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}