{"conversationCode":"869-003","tapeNumber":869,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-869-003","startDateTime":"1973-03-06T13:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-06T13:20:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Mar-1973","startTime":"8:06 AM","endDate":"6-Mar-1973","endTime":"8:20 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On March 6, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:06 am and 8:20 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 869-003 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. 869-3\n\nDate: March 6, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:06 am and 8:20 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n       Messages received\n\n       Diplomats' views\n            -Attendance at meetings\n                  -Wives [?]\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 8:20 am.","filename":["869-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"869-002","nextCode":"869-004","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull discussed incoming messages and the views of diplomats regarding attendance at meetings, specifically mentioning the potential involvement of wives. The conversation was brief, with Bull departing before 8:20 am, and no major decisions or action items are apparent from the limited transcript.","topics":["diplomatic communications","meeting attendance","staff discussions","Presidential directives"],"generatedAt":"2026-10-27T15:03:50.423Z"},"topicSlugs":["diplomatic-communications","meeting-attendance","staff-discussions","presidential-directives"],"audioDurationSec":35,"audioFiles":[{"file":"869-003.mp3","bytes":307200,"durationSec":35.44,"bitrate":69345,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.697Z","transcript":[{"start":0,"end":6,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"[unintelligible] I heard"},{"start":6,"end":14,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"wires. But I got wires from several [unintelligible] who said they were wise"},{"start":14,"end":23,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"The wives go to the meetings and [unintelligible]"},{"start":23,"end":33,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"[unintelligible]"}],"transcriptCreatedAt":"2026-10-27T14:57:59.439Z","transcriptModel":"google/gemini-3.8-flash","transcriptSource":"audio-llm","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/869-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/869-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/869/conversation-869-003","catalogNaId":417182791,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417182791","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}