{"conversationCode":"044-004","tapeNumber":44,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-044-004","startDateTime":"1973-03-22T18:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-22T18:15:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Mar-1973","startTime":"1:14 PM","endDate":"22-Mar-1973","endTime":"1:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On March 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:14 pm and 1:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-004 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 044-004\n\nDate: March 22, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:14 pm and 1:15 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nThe President talked with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 422-30]\n\n       President’s schedule\n             -Meeting with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n                   -Timing","filename":["044-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"044-003","nextCode":"044-005","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.37,"text":"Hello."},{"start":0.99,"end":1.55,"text":"Yes, sir, Steve."},{"start":1.57,"end":6.13,"text":"Bob Haldeman was coming over with two or three others at 1.30."},{"start":6.17,"end":6.63,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":6.93,"end":9.48,"text":"Tell him to delay it about 20 minutes."},{"start":9.54,"end":11.4,"text":"I've got to make a couple of calls here."},{"start":11.42,"end":12.18,"text":"I got a little behind."},{"start":13.06,"end":14.63,"text":"Make it 10 minutes to 2, then."},{"start":14.65,"end":15.07,"text":"Fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to postpone a scheduled meeting with H.R. Haldeman and other associates by approximately twenty minutes. The President requested the delay to allow himself sufficient time to complete several pending telephone calls. Consequently, the meeting time was officially rescheduled for 1:50 p.m.","topics":["Presidential schedule","H.R. Haldeman","White House operations","Stephen B. Bull"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:44:33.762Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","stephen-b-bull"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"044-004.mp3","bytes":673792,"durationSec":16.76,"bitrate":321657,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.242Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/044-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/44/conversation-044-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}