{"conversationCode":"859-023","tapeNumber":859,"conversationNumber":23,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-859-023","startDateTime":"1973-02-21T16:11:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-21T16:16:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Feb-1973","startTime":"11:11 AM","endDate":"21-Feb-1973","endTime":"11:16 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 11:11 am and 11:16 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 859-023 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. 859-23\n\nDate: February 21, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:11 am and 11:16 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n       H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and Ronald L. Ziegler\n               -Meeting with Spiro T. Agnew\n               -President's telephone call\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 11:16 am.","filename":["859-023.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"859-022","nextCode":"859-024","transcript":[{"start":0.45,"end":5.19,"text":"President, Mr. Ziegler over to the Vice President right now."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with Stephen B. Bull to coordinate a telephone call between the President and Vice President Spiro T. Agnew. Bull facilitated the outreach by directing H.R. Haldeman and Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler to assist in connecting the call. The brief exchange served to finalize the logistical arrangements for this executive communication.","topics":["Spiro T. Agnew","H.R. Haldeman","Ronald Ziegler","Presidential communication","Executive coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T01:27:16.911Z"},"topicSlugs":["spiro-t-agnew","h-r-haldeman","ronald-ziegler","presidential-communication","executive-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"859-023.mp3","bytes":357605,"durationSec":14.77,"bitrate":193648,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.696Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/859-023.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/859-023","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/859/conversation-859-023","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}