{"conversationCode":"800-003","tapeNumber":800,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-800-003","startDateTime":"1972-10-16T21:26:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-16T21:34:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Oct-1972","startTime":"5:26 PM","endDate":"16-Oct-1972","endTime":"5:34 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On October 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:26 pm and 5:34 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 800-003 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 800-3\n\nDate: October 16, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 5:26 pm and 5:34 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n         The President's telephone calls\n             -John F. Collins, John T. Connor, Francis Scumaci, Fred Gualtieri\n             -Instructions\n                  -Timing of calls\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 5:34 pm.","filename":["800-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"800-002","nextCode":"800-004","transcript":[{"start":0.46,"end":4.02,"text":"So they typically use some kind of ."},{"start":4.74,"end":5.44,"text":"So I'm not ."},{"start":5.56,"end":20.32,"text":"Do you want to cut off time on some of these things because you don't want to make those calls between 6 o'clock and 7.30?"},{"start":20.36,"end":25.88,"text":"7.30 they can start between 6 and 7."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate a series of upcoming telephone calls to various individuals, including John F. Collins, John T. Connor, Francis Scumaci, and Fred Gualtieri. The discussion focused on establishing the proper scheduling and timing for these communications. Nixon specifically instructed Bull that these calls should be placed between 6:00 pm and 7:30 pm.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","White House operations","Telephone communications","Stephen B. Bull"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:02:46.566Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","white-house-operations","telephone-communications","stephen-b-bull"],"audioDurationSec":35,"audioFiles":[{"file":"800-003.mp3","bytes":837589,"durationSec":34.84,"bitrate":192328,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.477Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:35.655Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/800-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/800-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/800/conversation-800-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}