{"conversationCode":"800-004","tapeNumber":800,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-800-004","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 800-004 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. 800-4\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 schedule\n            -Forthcoming telephone call to Richard M. Scaife\n            -Possible meeting with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n                -Haldeman’s schedule\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 5:34 pm.","filename":["800-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"800-003","nextCode":"800-005","transcript":[{"start":12.96,"end":15.04,"text":"He knows I'm going to see him when he got back."},{"start":15.74,"end":16.46,"text":"I don't believe it."},{"start":16.55,"end":17.29,"text":"I swear he was."},{"start":17.31,"end":18.61,"text":"All right, y'all, we'll see if he's playing."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull reviewed the President’s upcoming schedule and administrative coordination. The discussion focused on organizing a telephone call to Richard M. Scaife and determining the availability for a potential meeting with H.R. Haldeman. Bull provided input on Haldeman’s current whereabouts to facilitate these arrangements.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Richard M. Scaife","H.R. Haldeman","White House operations","Administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:02:52.259Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","richard-m-scaife","h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":29,"audioFiles":[{"file":"800-004.mp3","bytes":689004,"durationSec":28.65,"bitrate":192369,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.477Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/800-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/800-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/800/conversation-800-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}