{"conversationCode":"307-003","tapeNumber":307,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-307-003","startDateTime":"1971-12-08T17:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-08T19:15:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Dec-1971","startTime":"12:34 PM","endDate":"8-Dec-1971","endTime":"2:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On December 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:34 pm and 2:15 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 307-003 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 307-3\n\nDate: December 8, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:34 pm and 2:15 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Meeting\n               -Location\n                      -Table\n               -Henry A. Kissinger\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 2:15 pm.","filename":["307-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:03:04","tapeEnd":"00:04:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"307-002","nextCode":"307-004","transcript":[{"start":14.61,"end":37.58,"text":"No."},{"start":37.59,"end":38.22,"text":"Why don't we have it out there?"},{"start":38.23,"end":39.96,"text":"Again, we're going to do the first ten minutes for less, depending on the sensitivity."},{"start":39.98,"end":40.3,"text":"Well, we'll see."},{"start":40.32,"end":40.82,"text":"They'd rather do it here."},{"start":40.84,"end":42,"text":"Let's get the rest of you moving out there, Mr. President."},{"start":42.02,"end":42.14,"text":"Right."},{"start":42.16,"end":42.88,"text":"I don't want to be around the table."},{"start":44.66,"end":62.19,"text":"Yeah, he doesn't know anything about it, so..."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate logistical arrangements for an upcoming meeting with Henry Kissinger. The discussion focused on selecting an appropriate venue, with the President expressing a specific preference to avoid meeting around a table. Bull confirmed that the necessary preparations were underway to facilitate the meeting based on the President's instructions.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Henry Kissinger","White House logistics","Meeting arrangements"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:17:55.846Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","henry-kissinger","white-house-logistics","meeting-arrangements"],"audioDurationSec":66,"audioFiles":[{"file":"307-003.mp3","bytes":2650697,"durationSec":66.14,"bitrate":320633,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/307-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/307-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/307/conversation-307-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}