{"conversationCode":"803-004","tapeNumber":803,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-803-004","startDateTime":"1972-10-18T15:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-18T15:12:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Oct-1972","startTime":"11:05 AM","endDate":"18-Oct-1972","endTime":"11:12 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On October 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:05 am and 11:12 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 803-004 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. 803-4\n\nDate: October 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:05 am and 11:12 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n        Schedule\n            -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n                -William P. Rogers, U. Alexis Johnson\n                -The President's request to meet with John D. Ehrlichman\n                -Forthcoming meeting with the President\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 11:12 am.","filename":["803-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"803-003","nextCode":"803-005","transcript":[{"start":0.37,"end":4.15,"text":"Mr. President, uh, L.A. is going to list some of those papers with the Secretary of State."},{"start":4.25,"end":7.05,"text":"He's got some information out there."},{"start":7.07,"end":8.09,"text":"You know, on Russia."},{"start":8.11,"end":9.47,"text":"You have the extension."},{"start":9.55,"end":13.95,"text":"You have Irvin and, uh, uh, Irvin's three years."},{"start":14.84,"end":19.78,"text":"Don't worry about Delisle, uh, doing domestic things and those things."},{"start":19.8,"end":20.44,"text":"He's got time."},{"start":20.48,"end":23.74,"text":"It's going to be a half hour, an hour, an hour."},{"start":23.76,"end":24.38,"text":"It's going to rain."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to review upcoming scheduling logistics and administrative briefings. The discussion focused on coordinating meetings involving Alexander Haig, Secretary of State William Rogers, and U. Alexis Johnson, alongside a specific request for a consultation with John Ehrlichman. They also touched upon the status of sensitive documents related to Russia and the management of ongoing domestic policy assignments.","topics":["White House scheduling","Alexander Haig","Foreign policy","John Ehrlichman","Administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:06:34.631Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-scheduling","alexander-haig","foreign-policy","john-ehrlichman","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":28,"audioFiles":[{"file":"803-004.mp3","bytes":668315,"durationSec":27.79,"bitrate":192413,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.477Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/803-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/803-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/803/conversation-803-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}