{"conversationCode":"318-035","tapeNumber":318,"conversationNumber":35,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-318-035","startDateTime":"1972-02-02T20:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-02T20:31:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Feb-1972","startTime":"3:30 PM","endDate":"2-Feb-1972","endTime":"3:31 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On February 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:30 pm to 3:31 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 318-035 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 318-35\n\nDate: February 2, 1972\nTime: 3:30 pm - 3:31 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n[See Conversation No. 20-34]","filename":["318-035.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:54:12","tapeEnd":"02:54:59","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"318-034","nextCode":"318-036","transcript":[{"start":0.12,"end":12.82,"text":"Steve, could you see if we get fired about five minutes a day?"},{"start":12.84,"end":13.62,"text":"If not, I wouldn't want to talk to you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to briefly discuss administrative staffing or scheduling matters. The President inquired about the possibility of arranging daily five-minute appointments for Bull, emphasizing the necessity of their regular communication. The brief exchange served as a directive for Bull to coordinate his availability to meet with the President on a consistent, daily basis.","topics":["scheduling","White House staff","administrative operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:49:10.416Z"},"topicSlugs":["scheduling","white-house-staff","administrative-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"318-035.mp3","bytes":551513,"durationSec":13.65,"bitrate":323140,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.568Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/318-035.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/318-035","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/318/conversation-318-035","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}