{"conversationCode":"880-005","tapeNumber":880,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-880-005","startDateTime":"1973-03-15T17:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-15T17:11:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Mar-1973","startTime":"12:05 PM","endDate":"15-Mar-1973","endTime":"12:11 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On March 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:05 pm and 12:11 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 880-005 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. 880-5\n\nDate: March 15, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:05 pm and 12:11 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n       H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman's schedule\n             -Memorial service for George T. Bell\n                  -John D. Ehrlichman [?]\n\n       Bell\n              -Christian Science religion\n              -Illness\n                     -Cancer\n              -Mrs. Bell\n              -President's telephone call to Bell\n              -Christian Science\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 12:11 pm.","filename":["880-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"880-004","nextCode":"880-006","transcript":[{"start":21.89,"end":32.53,"text":"I don't think there's anyone who really knows who he is."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met to coordinate administrative details regarding the memorial service for George T. Bell, an associate of H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman. The discussion centered on Bell’s background in Christian Science and his recent passing following a battle with cancer. Nixon also discussed his intention to place a personal condolence call to Mrs. Bell.","topics":["George T. Bell","Memorial service","H.R. Haldeman","John D. Ehrlichman","Christian Science","Condolences"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:00:49.818Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-t-bell","memorial-service","h-r-haldeman","john-d-ehrlichman","christian-science","condolences"],"audioDurationSec":63,"audioFiles":[{"file":"880-005.mp3","bytes":436224,"durationSec":62.6,"bitrate":55747,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.068Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/880-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/880-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/880/conversation-880-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}