{"conversationCode":"389-008","tapeNumber":389,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-389-008","startDateTime":"1972-11-04T14:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-04T14:12:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Nov-1972","startTime":"9:10 AM","endDate":"4-Nov-1972","endTime":"9:12 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On November 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:10 am to 9:12 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 389-008 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 389-8\n\nDate: November 4, 1972\nTime: 9:10 am - 9:12 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull and Alexander P. Butterfield.\n\n       The President’s schedule\n            -Forthcoming telephone calls\n                  -Bailey [?] Smith\n                  -Timing\n                  -Procedure\n                         -John D. Ehrlichman’s role\n                         -Bull’s pre-calls check with the President\n\nBull and Butterfield left at 9:12 am.","filename":["389-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B.","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"389-007","nextCode":"389-009","transcript":[{"start":12.72,"end":35.69,"text":"Right out there Oh"},{"start":57.19,"end":59.89,"text":"with you around 10 o'clock before we start the call."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull and Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate the logistics and protocol for upcoming telephone calls. The discussion focused on establishing the timing and procedural workflow for these calls, specifically clarifying John D. Ehrlichman’s role in the process. Nixon emphasized the requirement for Bull to perform a pre-call check with him to ensure proper preparation before the scheduled outreach.","topics":["Presidential schedule","White House protocol","Communication logistics","John D. Ehrlichman","Administrative procedure"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:52:45.148Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","white-house-protocol","communication-logistics","john-d-ehrlichman","administrative-procedure"],"audioDurationSec":70,"audioFiles":[{"file":"389-008.mp3","bytes":1680441,"durationSec":69.89,"bitrate":192343,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.438Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/389-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/389-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/389/conversation-389-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}