{"conversationCode":"878-013","tapeNumber":878,"conversationNumber":13,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-878-013","startDateTime":"1973-03-13T17:29:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-13T17:42:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Mar-1973","startTime":"12:29 PM","endDate":"13-Mar-1973","endTime":"12:42 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On March 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 12:42 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 878-013 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. 878-13\n\nDate: March 13, 1973\nTime: Unknown before 12:29 pm and 12:42 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n*****************************************************************\n[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n\n       Sets of golf clubs\n             -Donald McI. Kendall\n                    -Offer of set\n             -Florida\n             -California\n             -Washington, DC\n\f                                                -21-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n             -Burning Tree County Club\n                  -Number of sets\n             -Kendall\n                  -Offer of set\n                        -Hole in one\n\n[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n*****************************************************************\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 12:42 pm.","filename":["878-013.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"878-012","nextCode":"878-014","transcript":[{"start":0.56,"end":3.23,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":4,"end":4.39,"text":"Final?"},{"start":5.67,"end":6.43,"text":"Yeah, final."},{"start":6.45,"end":6.75,"text":"I agree."},{"start":7.13,"end":8.23,"text":"I agree."},{"start":8.29,"end":9.05,"text":"I agree."},{"start":29.87,"end":32.29,"text":"The one upstairs is not a complete set."},{"start":32.37,"end":37.79,"text":"The one you thought might be in boxes"},{"start":53.13,"end":56.85,"text":"There is one that is a complete set upstairs this time."},{"start":56.87,"end":62.55,"text":"Alright, take the complete set that is upstairs and it can go to the burning tree."},{"start":62.58,"end":65.3,"text":"Is that fine?"},{"start":65.32,"end":65.94,"text":"That's right."},{"start":65.96,"end":73.25,"text":"The complete set can go to the burning tree."},{"start":73.31,"end":75.63,"text":"The problem is we ought to keep it here."},{"start":75.65,"end":76.79,"text":"I need one set here."},{"start":77.61,"end":85,"text":"If I play any place else in the area, I put two sets of brown trees so I can make some more topics."},{"start":85.02,"end":89.88,"text":"And Don Kendall will repeat his offer to make clubs available for the community."},{"start":90.02,"end":93.5,"text":"And if his aim is that he ever gets a full one, why not?"},{"start":93.58,"end":94.9,"text":"Because he's definitely closer."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull discussed the logistics of organizing, distributing, and storing the President's personal golf club sets across various locations, including the White House and Burning Tree Country Club. They specifically addressed the need to maintain a complete set of clubs for use at the White House while coordinating with Donald Kendall regarding offers to provide additional equipment. The conversation concluded with instructions to transfer a complete set of clubs to Burning Tree.","topics":["Golf","White House logistics","Donald Kendall","Personal property","Burning Tree Country Club"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T22:58:49.081Z"},"topicSlugs":["golf","white-house-logistics","donald-kendall","personal-property","burning-tree-country-club"],"audioDurationSec":102,"audioFiles":[{"file":"878-013.mp3","bytes":659456,"durationSec":102,"bitrate":51722,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.069Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:53.478Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/878-013.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/878-013","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/878/conversation-878-013","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}