{"conversationCode":"688-020","tapeNumber":688,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-688-020","startDateTime":"1972-03-18T20:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-18T21:25:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Mar-1972","startTime":"3:40 PM","endDate":"18-Mar-1972","endTime":"4:25 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On March 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:40 pm and 4:25 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 688-020 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. 688-20\n\nDate: March 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:40 pm and 4:25 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     Book\n            -Size\n            -Illustrations\n            -Ronald S. Berman\n            -French language\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Executive Office Building [EOB]\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 4:25 pm.","filename":["688-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:47:48","tapeEnd":"05:32:29","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"688-019","nextCode":"689-001","transcript":[{"start":0.9,"end":1.08,"text":"Beautiful."},{"start":1.1,"end":3.31,"text":"I can call it a day."},{"start":3.47,"end":5.17,"text":"You'll see it soon."},{"start":5.39,"end":6.48,"text":"You'll see it very soon."},{"start":31.86,"end":32.14,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met to review the physical specifications and illustrative content of a forthcoming book project involving Ronald S. Berman. The discussion touched upon the book's size and the potential inclusion of French language components. Additionally, the two briefly coordinated the President's upcoming schedule regarding appointments at the Executive Office Building.","topics":["Ronald S. Berman","Book publishing","White House scheduling","Executive Office Building","Presidential appointments"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:40:51.112Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-s-berman","book-publishing","white-house-scheduling","executive-office-building","presidential-appointments"],"audioDurationSec":47,"audioFiles":[{"file":"688-020.mp3","bytes":1870154,"durationSec":46.63,"bitrate":320876,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.979Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/688-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/688-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/688/conversation-688-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}