{"conversationCode":"859-014","tapeNumber":859,"conversationNumber":14,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-859-014","startDateTime":"1973-02-21T15:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-21T15:16:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Feb-1973","startTime":"10:08 AM","endDate":"21-Feb-1973","endTime":"10:16 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On February 21, 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 10:16 am. 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Kissinger\n                      -Briefing\n              -Keogh\n              -William L. Duncan and Robert H. (“Bob”) Taylor\n                      -Meeting with President\n              -President’s meeting with Bob Clark and Edgar Allen Poe\n                      -Ronald L. Ziegler\n                      -Timing\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 10:16 am.","filename":["859-014.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"859-013","nextCode":"859-015","transcript":[{"start":4.85,"end":8.06,"text":"All right, so I've got two levels of pressure."},{"start":8.32,"end":9.74,"text":"I'll try to work it."},{"start":9.84,"end":10.84,"text":"I think you have 11 o'clock."},{"start":10.86,"end":12.34,"text":"I should tell Robert."},{"start":12.94,"end":15.16,"text":"No, sir, we're bringing in Keogh at 11.45."},{"start":15.3,"end":20.24,"text":"Do you want to have anyone with you, sir?"},{"start":20.28,"end":27.95,"text":"I think Kissinger's preparing for his Sunday."},{"start":27.97,"end":28.07,"text":"Keogh?"},{"start":36.09,"end":39.05,"text":"I don't do the telemetry today."},{"start":39.89,"end":42.13,"text":"All right."},{"start":42.47,"end":44.21,"text":"Well, this one is convenient."},{"start":46.93,"end":51.23,"text":"Ziegler's going to try to get those two press people, Clark and Poe, this morning."},{"start":51.95,"end":53.09,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":53.45,"end":53.91,"text":"Anytime."},{"start":54.23,"end":57.95,"text":"I'd like to particularly quote them today."},{"start":58.05,"end":58.73,"text":"Oh, sure."},{"start":59.65,"end":60.95,"text":"That's fine."},{"start":61.95,"end":62.48,"text":"Stay around."},{"start":63.76,"end":64.28,"text":"Four o'clock."},{"start":65.51,"end":66.29,"text":"We'll try to do it."},{"start":66.31,"end":67.41,"text":"It's going to be 11 to 1230 here."},{"start":67.43,"end":67.81,"text":"Let's see."},{"start":67.83,"end":67.81,"text":"440."},{"start":67.85,"end":70.46,"text":"I'm not like that."},{"start":70.5,"end":71.1,"text":"That's fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate his daily schedule and manage upcoming appointments. The discussion focused on organizing meetings with James Keogh, Henry Kissinger, and members of the press, specifically Robert Clark and Edgar Allen Poe. Nixon emphasized the importance of his interaction with the press, directing staff to finalize the timing of these interviews.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","White House press relations","Stephen B. 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