{"conversationCode":"850-003","tapeNumber":850,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-850-003","startDateTime":"1973-02-06T13:32:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-06T14:08:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Feb-1973","startTime":"8:32 AM","endDate":"6-Feb-1973","endTime":"9:08 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On February 6, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:32 am and 9:08 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 850-003 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 850-003\n\nDate: February 6, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:32 am and 9:08 am\n\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n       President’s schedule\n              -President’s meeting with [Hussein, King of Jordan] Hussein ibn Talal\n                      -Briefing book\n                              -Length\n                                     -President’s meeting with Republican Congressional\n                                     leaders\n                              -Summary\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 9:08 am.","filename":["850-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"850-002","nextCode":"850-004","transcript":[{"start":0.35,"end":4.85,"text":"I didn't do the job I had to do, but it's still not eight pages."},{"start":9.4,"end":10.32,"text":"I didn't write the tabs."},{"start":11.34,"end":15.84,"text":"Okay, there's six pages of the crime report, sir."},{"start":15.86,"end":16.82,"text":"Eight to six pages."},{"start":17.36,"end":18.78,"text":"Give me a two-page, a two-page."},{"start":18.94,"end":21.66,"text":"I've been legislating with your meeting this morning, and I don't have time to look at it."},{"start":21.68,"end":23.47,"text":"So I'm sorry, two pages on the top."},{"start":23.51,"end":24.79,"text":"That's what I have to do."},{"start":24.87,"end":28.25,"text":"I can't, I'm not very good at some of it."},{"start":29.31,"end":30.14,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":30.38,"end":30.6,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to review preparations for an upcoming meeting with King Hussein of Jordan. Nixon expressed dissatisfaction with the length of the provided briefing materials and directed Bull to condense the reports into a more manageable two-page summary. This interaction highlights Nixon's specific requirements for executive briefing documents and his time-constrained approach to managing his daily schedule.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","King Hussein of Jordan","Briefing materials","White House administration","Executive communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T01:11:06.133Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","king-hussein-of-jordan","briefing-materials","white-house-administration","executive-communication"],"audioDurationSec":42,"audioFiles":[{"file":"850-003.mp3","bytes":1011495,"durationSec":42.03,"bitrate":192543,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:59.850Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:47.113Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/850-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/850-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/850/conversation-850-003","catalogNaId":417182347,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417182347","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}