{"conversationCode":"686-002","tapeNumber":686,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-686-002","startDateTime":"1972-03-17T12:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-17T12:58:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Mar-1972","startTime":"7:51 AM","endDate":"17-Mar-1972","endTime":"7:58 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On March 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:51 am and 7:58 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 686-002 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 686-2\n\nDate: March 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 7:51 and 7:58 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Forthcoming meeting with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n\nBull left, at an unknown time before 7:58 am.","filename":["686-002-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:04:11","tapeEnd":"00:04:42","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"686-001","nextCode":"686-003","tapeTranscriptFile":"686a.mp3","transcriptBoundary":{"start":261,"end":292,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull in the Oval Office to coordinate his daily schedule. The primary focus of the discussion was the preparation for an upcoming meeting with White House Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman. This brief session served to organize the President's priorities and manage the flow of administrative business for the morning.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","H.R. Haldeman","White House administration","Staff coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:37:38.970Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","h-r-haldeman","white-house-administration","staff-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":34,"audioFiles":[{"file":"686-002-splice.mp3","bytes":816946,"durationSec":34.01,"bitrate":192157,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-10-27T04:38:07.937Z","originalFilename":["686a.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["686a.mp3"],"cutStart":259.5,"cutEnd":293.5,"adjustedStart":259.5,"adjustedEnd":293.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"medium","splicedAt":"2026-10-27T04:38:07.937Z"},"transcript":[{"start":261.41,"end":261.55,"text":"Oh."}],"transcriptConfidence":"medium","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/686-002-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/686-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/686/conversation-686-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}