{"conversationCode":"371-008","tapeNumber":371,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-371-008","startDateTime":"1972-10-20T13:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-20T14:04:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Oct-1972","startTime":"9:50 AM","endDate":"20-Oct-1972","endTime":"10:04 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On October 20, 1972, 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 9:50 am and 10:04 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 371-008 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 371-8\n\nDate: October 20, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:50 am and 10:04 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n         The President's schedule\n             -Gen. William C. Westmoreland\n                 -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 10:04 am.","filename":["371-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"371-007","nextCode":"371-009","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":8.82,"text":"I don't need to deal with him, you know."},{"start":8.84,"end":11.29,"text":"I told Pete, you know, I didn't, I didn't, I didn't, you know, I didn't, I didn't, I didn't, I didn't, I didn't, I didn't,"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate his daily schedule and upcoming briefings. The discussion focused on logistical arrangements regarding meetings with General William C. Westmoreland and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. Nixon expressed a desire to minimize his direct involvement with certain individuals, signaling a shift in his engagement priorities during this period.","topics":["Presidential schedule","William C. Westmoreland","Alexander M. Haig Jr.","White House operations","Administrative planning"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:15:06.625Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","william-c-westmoreland","alexander-m-haig-jr","white-house-operations","administrative-planning"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"371-008.mp3","bytes":340426,"durationSec":14.11,"bitrate":193058,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.875Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/371-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/371-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/371/conversation-371-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}