{"conversationCode":"886-009","tapeNumber":886,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-886-009","startDateTime":"1973-03-21T16:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-21T16:57:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Mar-1973","startTime":"11:55 AM","endDate":"21-Mar-1973","endTime":"11:57 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On March 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 11:57 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 886-009 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. 886-9\n\nDate: March 21, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:55 and 11:57 a.m.\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n       President's meeting with Soviet gymnasts\n             -Arrangements\n                   -Press\n             -Photographs\n             -Format\n             -President's remarks\n                   -Stephen B. Bull\n\f                                              -20-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                               Conversation No. 886-9 (cont’d)\n\n             -Presentation\n                   -Book\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 11:57 am.","filename":["886-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"886-008","nextCode":"886-010","transcript":[{"start":22.04,"end":33.71,"text":"Also they have a quote presentation that we'll present to you that will be different from ours."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unknown individual to coordinate the logistics and protocol for an upcoming visit by the Soviet gymnastic team. The discussion focused on arrangements for press coverage, the sequence of events, and the presentation of a commemorative book. Stephen B. Bull was identified as a key point of contact for finalizing the scheduling and the President's remarks.","topics":["Soviet gymnasts","Public relations","Protocol","Stephen B. Bull","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:10:02.576Z"},"topicSlugs":["soviet-gymnasts","public-relations","protocol","stephen-b-bull","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":41,"audioFiles":[{"file":"886-009.mp3","bytes":245760,"durationSec":41.21,"bitrate":47704,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.069Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:55.845Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/886-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/886-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/886/conversation-886-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}