{"conversationCode":"897-006","tapeNumber":897,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-897-006","startDateTime":"1973-04-16T15:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-16T15:50:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Apr-1973","startTime":"10:40 AM","endDate":"16-Apr-1973","endTime":"10:50 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On April 16, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:40 am and 10:50 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 897-006 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 897-6\n\nDate: April 16, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:40 am and 10:50 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n       President’s schedule\n              -Arthur F. Burns and George P. Shultz\n              -Troika\n                      -Postponement of meeting\n              -Quadriad meeting\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 10:50 am.","filename":["897-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"897-005","nextCode":"897-007","transcript":[{"start":0.84,"end":2.44,"text":"Don't schedule it quite to the day."},{"start":2.66,"end":5.24,"text":"I mean, you've got Burns today, right?"},{"start":5.68,"end":7.83,"text":"And that's all."},{"start":8.17,"end":8.91,"text":"I'm going to be busy."},{"start":9.05,"end":9.91,"text":"And Burns and Schultz."},{"start":10.39,"end":19.33,"text":"You tell Burns and Schultz that that meeting is going to be, the president's tied up in some matters on the national security area involving me."},{"start":19.67,"end":21.19,"text":"And that's going to be, tell Schultz."},{"start":21.49,"end":23,"text":"And Burns' vote is going to be 30 minutes."},{"start":23.41,"end":23.82,"text":"I'm sorry."},{"start":24.28,"end":25.16,"text":"I'm sorry."},{"start":25.18,"end":25.84,"text":"That was."},{"start":31.99,"end":35.11,"text":"I've got a very heavy problem today, and I'm working"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to postpone a scheduled meeting with Arthur F. Burns and George P. Shultz. The President cited urgent national security matters as the reason for his unavailability and limited the upcoming session with them to 30 minutes. This directive reflects the President's attempt to manage his schedule amidst the increasing pressures of the escalating Watergate scandal.","topics":["Arthur F. Burns","George P. Shultz","Presidential scheduling","National security","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:29:23.296Z"},"topicSlugs":["arthur-f-burns","george-p-shultz","presidential-scheduling","national-security","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":56,"audioFiles":[{"file":"897-006.mp3","bytes":1798144,"durationSec":56.09,"bitrate":256450,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.081Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/897-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/897-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/897/conversation-897-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}