{"conversationCode":"874-016","tapeNumber":874,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-874-016","startDateTime":"1973-03-09T17:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-09T18:04:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Mar-1973","startTime":"12:56 PM","endDate":"9-Mar-1973","endTime":"1:04 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]; Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On March 9, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 1:04 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 874-016 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. 874-16\n\nDate: March 9, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:56 pm and 1:04 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n       Schedule\n            -Stephen B. Bull\n\nBull entered and the unknown man left at an unknown time before 1:04 pm.\n\n       Meeting with William P. Rogers\n            -Time\n            -Henry A. Kissinger\n            -GOlf\n            -Cost of Living Council [COLC]\n                  -Delay\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 1:04 pm.\n\f                                             -19-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                          Conversation No. 874-16 (cont’d)","filename":["874-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"874-015","nextCode":"874-017","transcript":[{"start":18.43,"end":42.95,"text":"open anyway, so see if he can come in at, say, 2.15, see, 2.15, and he can, oh hell to a call, see if he can make it to Shackler Kitchen, and be sure he can come to, understand, sir, he can come at 2, and the latest at 2.30, and have him come, and he can go out and make all the arrangements."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull coordinated scheduling logistics for an upcoming meeting with Secretary of State William P. Rogers, with Henry Kissinger also under consideration. The discussion focused on finalizing a time slot between 2:00 and 2:30 PM, while briefly touching upon golf arrangements and potential delays concerning the Cost of Living Council. Bull was tasked with confirming the logistics to ensure the meeting proceeded as planned.","topics":["William P. Rogers","Henry Kissinger","Schedule management","Cost of Living Council","White House logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T22:54:18.541Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-p-rogers","henry-kissinger","schedule-management","cost-of-living-council","white-house-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":63,"audioFiles":[{"file":"874-016.mp3","bytes":464896,"durationSec":62.8,"bitrate":59222,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.697Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:52.631Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/874-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/874-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/874/conversation-874-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}