{"conversationCode":"035-088","tapeNumber":35,"conversationNumber":88,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-035-088","startDateTime":"1973-01-04T22:17:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-04T22:18:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Jan-1973","startTime":"5:17 PM","endDate":"4-Jan-1973","endTime":"5:18 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 5:17 pm to 5:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-088 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. 35-88\n\nDate: January 4, 1973\nTime: 5:17 pm - 5:18 pm\n\f                                               -83-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                              Conversation No. 35-88 (cont’d)\n\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n[See Conversation No. 393-14A]\n\n       The President's schedule\n            -Barber\n                  -Delay","filename":["035-088.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"035-087","nextCode":"035-089","transcript":[{"start":0.86,"end":1.52,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.54,"end":3.08,"text":"Mr. Bowles, sir."},{"start":3.1,"end":5.17,"text":"I'll be 15 minutes late for the haircut."},{"start":5.19,"end":7.66,"text":"Would you tell him that so that he can take somebody else?"},{"start":8.26,"end":8.88,"text":"All right, sir, fine."},{"start":8.9,"end":9.5,"text":"5.30, I'll be 5.45."},{"start":9.98,"end":13.96,"text":"I'll just tell him I need a quick crimp so that he can make his plan to leave by 6, okay?"},{"start":13.97,"end":14.6,"text":"All right, sir, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to request a scheduling adjustment regarding his upcoming barber appointment. He asked Bull to notify the barber that he would arrive 15 minutes late and would require only a quick service to accommodate the barber's evening departure plans. Bull confirmed he would convey these instructions immediately.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Stephen B. Bull","Logistics","Personal appointments"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:48:49.154Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","stephen-b-bull","logistics","personal-appointments"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"035-088.mp3","bytes":511545,"durationSec":21.17,"bitrate":193278,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.542Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:41.453Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/035-088.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-088","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/35/conversation-035-088","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}