{"conversationCode":"872-010","tapeNumber":872,"conversationNumber":10,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-872-010","startDateTime":"1973-03-08T17:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-08T17:53:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Mar-1973","startTime":"12:46 PM","endDate":"8-Mar-1973","endTime":"12:53 PM","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 12:46 pm and 12:53 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 872-010 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. 872-10\n\nDate: March 8, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:46 pm and 12:53 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n       President's speech on crime, drugs\n             -Final draft\n             -John D. Ehrlichman\n             -Cabinet\n\n       Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope\n             -Telephone call-Meeting with President\n\f                                                -16-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                            Conversation No. 872-23 (cont’d)\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 12:53 pm.","filename":["872-010.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"872-009","nextCode":"872-011","transcript":[{"start":1.35,"end":5.35,"text":"That's the final graph."},{"start":5.39,"end":20.73,"text":"This is some material that you're going to be able to use in the next section."},{"start":20.87,"end":21.15,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull reviewed the final draft of a forthcoming presidential speech addressing crime and drug policy. The pair discussed the integration of contributions from John D. Ehrlichman and members of the Cabinet into the text. Additionally, they coordinated a potential telephone call and a subsequent meeting between the President and comedian Bob Hope.","topics":["Crime policy","Drug control","Presidential speechwriting","John D. Ehrlichman","Bob Hope","White House scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T22:50:56.909Z"},"topicSlugs":["crime-policy","drug-control","presidential-speechwriting","john-d-ehrlichman","bob-hope","white-house-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":47,"audioFiles":[{"file":"872-010.mp3","bytes":301056,"durationSec":46.56,"bitrate":51727,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.697Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:52.253Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/872-010.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/872-010","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/872/conversation-872-010","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}