{"conversationCode":"886-006","tapeNumber":886,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-886-006","startDateTime":"1973-03-21T13:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-21T14:15:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Mar-1973","startTime":"8:27 AM","endDate":"21-Mar-1973","endTime":"9:15 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On March 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:27 am and 9:15 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 886-006 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. 886-6\n\nDate: March 21, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:27 am and 9:15 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n       George P. Shultz\n            -Travelling party\n                  -Treasury Department staff\n                  -Helmut (“Hal”) Sonnenfeldt\n\n       President's schedule\n             -Meeting with John D. Ehrlichman\n             -Ehrlichman's meeting with Shultz\n             -President's trip to Florida\n                    -Meeting with Shultz\n                          -Transportation arrangements\n             -President's meeting with Ehrlichman\n                    -Discussion of meeting with Shultz\n             -President's trip to Florida\n                    -Weather\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 9:15 am.\n\f                                               -6-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["886-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"886-005","nextCode":"886-007","transcript":[{"start":0.61,"end":18.13,"text":"Consideration might be to have them fly to Florida."},{"start":26.12,"end":27.94,"text":"I don't know what I was saying, sir."},{"start":28.16,"end":32.91,"text":"Because there are other people on this plane, we could buy a helicopter for Secretary Schulz to go and report to you."},{"start":32.92,"end":39.49,"text":"And then you'd go on back and you'd be back here by 10 o'clock in the morning."},{"start":55.7,"end":61.53,"text":"Well, I thought I'd want to talk to her a little bit, but I see that she's got to be with him."},{"start":61.65,"end":65.89,"text":"I'll probably do it in the morning."},{"start":66.13,"end":73.54,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met to coordinate scheduling logistics for an upcoming trip to Florida, specifically regarding the movements of Secretary George Shultz and his staff. The discussion centered on transportation arrangements, including the use of helicopters to facilitate meetings between Nixon, Shultz, and John D. Ehrlichman. The primary outcome was the planning of these high-level consultations within the constraints of the President's travel itinerary.","topics":["Scheduling","George P. Shultz","John D. Ehrlichman","Logistics","Florida Trip"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:09:44.767Z"},"topicSlugs":["scheduling","george-p-shultz","john-d-ehrlichman","logistics","florida-trip"],"audioDurationSec":97,"audioFiles":[{"file":"886-006.mp3","bytes":589824,"durationSec":96.97,"bitrate":48658,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.068Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:55.844Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/886-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/886-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/886/conversation-886-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}