{"conversationCode":"040-005","tapeNumber":40,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-040-005","startDateTime":"1973-06-11T17:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-11T17:21:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Jun-1973","startTime":"1:20 PM","endDate":"11-Jun-1973","endTime":"1:21 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On June 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 1:20 pm to 1:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-005 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"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. 40-5\n\nDate: June 11, 1973\nTime: 1:20 pm - 1:21 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 444-2]\n\n     President’s schedule\n           -Barber\n                 -Time\n\f                                              -8-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["040-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"040-004","nextCode":"040-006","transcript":[{"start":0.18,"end":0.8,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.58,"end":1.89,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.87,"end":5.75,"text":"Get the barber, if you could, at 2.40."},{"start":5.81,"end":10.26,"text":"Tell him I just need a 10-minute quick trim, but... All right, sir."},{"start":10.28,"end":11.24,"text":"...for the 3 o'clock meeting."},{"start":11.3,"end":11.82,"text":"I don't want to..."},{"start":11.84,"end":14.5,"text":"So he'll know that I don't want a long drill, okay?"},{"start":14.54,"end":15,"text":"All right, fine."},{"start":15.06,"end":15.32,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":15.9,"end":18.73,"text":"I'll be over about 2.40, 20 minutes till 3."},{"start":19.03,"end":19.27,"text":"Fine."},{"start":19.31,"end":20.05,"text":"Take care of it, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to coordinate a brief haircut appointment before his 3:00 p.m. meeting. He specifically requested that Bull instruct the barber to limit the service to a ten-minute trim to ensure the President remained on schedule. This conversation served as a logistical update to manage the President's afternoon calendar.","topics":["Presidential schedule","White House staff","logistics","time management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:56:29.462Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","white-house-staff","logistics","time-management"],"audioDurationSec":28,"audioFiles":[{"file":"040-005.mp3","bytes":905216,"durationSec":28.16,"bitrate":257163,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.071Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:43.120Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/040-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/040/conversation-040-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}