{"conversationCode":"872-004","tapeNumber":872,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-872-004","startDateTime":"1973-03-08T16:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-08T16:55:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Mar-1973","startTime":"11:44 AM","endDate":"8-Mar-1973","endTime":"11:55 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On March 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:44 am and 11:55 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 872-004 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. 872-4\n\nDate: March 8, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:44 am and 11:55 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n       Some items for President\n           -Priority\n\n       Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope\n             -Telephone call\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 11:55 am.\n\f                                                -5-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                               Conversation No. 872-23 (cont’d)","filename":["872-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"872-003","nextCode":"872-005","transcript":[{"start":0.91,"end":2.59,"text":"None of this has priority."},{"start":3.17,"end":5.45,"text":"All right, I'll get the book."},{"start":5.53,"end":6.21,"text":"Let's see."},{"start":6.29,"end":10.06,"text":"Let's see."},{"start":18.12,"end":18.8,"text":"Let's see."},{"start":27.95,"end":30.53,"text":"Let's go."},{"start":32.55,"end":33.81,"text":"Oh, he did not call."},{"start":34.19,"end":41.72,"text":"Would you like me to pursue his turn?"},{"start":41.9,"end":46.8,"text":"I think that was the one."},{"start":47.04,"end":47.96,"text":"All right."},{"start":48.56,"end":49.92,"text":"It's all right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull to review administrative items and prioritize pending tasks. The discussion included an update on a telephone communication involving entertainer Bob Hope. No significant policy decisions were made, and Bull was instructed to handle the remaining correspondence.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Bob Hope","Administrative tasks","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T22:50:20.436Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","bob-hope","administrative-tasks","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":56,"audioFiles":[{"file":"872-004.mp3","bytes":378880,"durationSec":55.64,"bitrate":54475,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.697Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:52.250Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/872-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/872-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/872/conversation-872-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}