{"conversationCode":"909-007","tapeNumber":909,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-909-007","startDateTime":"1973-05-02T13:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-02T13:53:00.000Z","startDate":"2-May-1973","startTime":"9:50 AM","endDate":"2-May-1973","endTime":"9:53 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On May 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 9:53 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 909-007 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. 909-7\n\nDate: May 2, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:50 am and 9:53 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n       John B. Connally’s telephone call\n              -George H. W. Bush\n                    -Timing of announcement\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 9:53 am.\n\f                                              -18-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                            Conversation No. 909-30 (cont’d)","filename":["909-007.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"909-006","nextCode":"909-008","transcript":[{"start":5.86,"end":12.46,"text":"According to George Bush, President Biden's scheduled to make the announcement at 1 p.m."},{"start":12.48,"end":12.96,"text":"Okay, confirmation."},{"start":13.03,"end":15.39,"text":"Would you like to state your name or would you like to say your first name?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate the timing of a public announcement regarding George H.W. Bush. The conversation centered on relaying information from John B. Connally concerning when this announcement would be released. Nixon sought confirmation of the scheduled timing, reflecting the administration's focus on managing the optics of personnel-related disclosures.","topics":["George H.W. Bush","John B. Connally","Public announcements","Personnel management","White House coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:49:28.534Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-h-w-bush","john-b-connally","public-announcements","personnel-management","white-house-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":22,"audioFiles":[{"file":"909-007.mp3","bytes":696320,"durationSec":21.63,"bitrate":257578,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.082Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:01.166Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/909-007.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/909-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/909/conversation-909-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}