{"conversationCode":"861-017","tapeNumber":861,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-861-017","startDateTime":"1973-02-22T17:42:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-22T17:44:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Feb-1973","startTime":"12:42 PM","endDate":"22-Feb-1973","endTime":"12:44 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On February 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:42 pm and 12:44 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 861-017 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. 861-17\n\nDate: February 22, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:42 pm and 12:44 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n       H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n              -Meeting with Anne L. Armstrong\n\n       Meeting with William E. Timmons\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 12:44 pm.\n\f                                             -26-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["861-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"861-016","nextCode":"861-018","transcript":[{"start":0.93,"end":1.71,"text":"We're depending on you."},{"start":2.15,"end":5.72,"text":"But Mr. Baldwin, he's going to be with us in our summer vacation."},{"start":5.74,"end":7.38,"text":"I'll get him to 10 minutes to come."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to coordinate his daily schedule and manage upcoming appointments. The discussion focused on facilitating meetings involving key staff members, specifically H.R. Haldeman’s interaction with Anne L. Armstrong and a briefing with William E. Timmons. Bull was tasked with managing these logistical arrangements to ensure the President's scheduled commitments proceeded as planned.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","H.R. Haldeman","Anne L. Armstrong","William E. Timmons","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T05:00:24.289Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","h-r-haldeman","anne-l-armstrong","william-e-timmons","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"861-017.mp3","bytes":300553,"durationSec":12.39,"bitrate":194113,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.696Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:49.922Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/861-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/861-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/861/conversation-861-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}