{"conversationCode":"035-086","tapeNumber":35,"conversationNumber":86,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-035-086","startDateTime":"1973-01-04T19:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-04T19:55:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Jan-1973","startTime":"2:54 PM","endDate":"4-Jan-1973","endTime":"2:55 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On January 4, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 2:54 pm to 2:55 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-086 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 35-86\n\nDate: January 4, 1973\nTime: 2:54 pm - 2:55 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n[See Conversation No. 393-10]\n\n       The President's schedule\n            -Barber\n            -Meeting with John D. Ehrlichman and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["035-086.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"035-085","nextCode":"035-087","transcript":[{"start":2.34,"end":2.84,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":2.86,"end":3.2,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":3.65,"end":4.04,"text":"Steve Ball."},{"start":7.37,"end":11.37,"text":"Could you get the barber at 5.30, please?"},{"start":11.78,"end":12.13,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":12.8,"end":13.26,"text":"Fine, Steve."},{"start":13.3,"end":13.64,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":13.8,"end":17.06,"text":"Mr. President, anything further on Ehrlichman and Haldeman?"},{"start":17.86,"end":18.98,"text":"I think they're coming at 3."},{"start":19.84,"end":20.25,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":20.29,"end":20.53,"text":"Fine."},{"start":20.61,"end":20.95,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":20.97,"end":21.49,"text":"3 is all right."},{"start":21.79,"end":21.99,"text":"All right."},{"start":22.01,"end":22.53,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted Stephen B. Bull to coordinate administrative scheduling details for his late afternoon. Nixon requested a 5:30 p.m. appointment with the barber and confirmed that a meeting with John D. Ehrlichman and H.R. Haldeman was set for 3:00 p.m. These arrangements ensured the President's personal schedule and high-level staff consultations remained organized for the remainder of the day.","topics":["Presidential schedule","White House staff","H. R. Haldeman","John D. Ehrlichman","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:48:38.501Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","white-house-staff","h-r-haldeman","john-d-ehrlichman","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":29,"audioFiles":[{"file":"035-086.mp3","bytes":709657,"durationSec":29.44,"bitrate":192841,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.542Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/035-086.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-086","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/35/conversation-035-086","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}