{"conversationCode":"884-019","tapeNumber":884,"conversationNumber":19,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-884-019","startDateTime":"1973-03-20T20:11:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-20T20:16:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Mar-1973","startTime":"3:11 PM","endDate":"20-Mar-1973","endTime":"3:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On March 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:11 pm and 3:16 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 884-019 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. 884-19\n\nDate: March 20, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:11 pm and 3:16 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n       President’s schedule\n             -Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr.'s call to President\n             -George P. Shultz\n             -John D. Ehrlichman\n             -Meeting\n                   -Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger's attendance\n                        -San Francisco\n                        -Ehrlichman\n                   -Anne L. Armstrong\n\f                                             -43-\n\n                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                            Conversation No. 884-19 (cont’d)\n\n              -[unintelligible name]\n              -Meeting with George H. W. Bush\n                    -Congressional Campaign Committee\n                    -Length\n\nBull left at 3:16 pm.","filename":["884-019.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"884-018","nextCode":"884-020","transcript":[{"start":18.07,"end":19.35,"text":"Um, Weinberger is in San Francisco today."},{"start":19.37,"end":21.19,"text":"Do you still want to have a council meeting with Weinberger?"},{"start":22.39,"end":22.77,"text":"He's not here."},{"start":22.79,"end":26.05,"text":"So, General, if you feel that you need him, he doesn't feel pro-recon either way."},{"start":26.07,"end":33.12,"text":"He would set up to come in order to run his actual association, whatever."},{"start":33.16,"end":39.66,"text":"Well, I think, just tell her, and I'll see you in the start."},{"start":39.7,"end":40.12,"text":"To see General?"},{"start":40.96,"end":41.12,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":47.55,"end":56.14,"text":"Tomorrow we have a tower coming in, we're going to have a 1250, we're going to see the pier over that."},{"start":56.18,"end":56.38,"text":"Here, here."},{"start":56.41,"end":65.32,"text":"On the 21st, Wednesday, they're going to let the new congressional campaign be in charge and recommended on Thursday that you see Bush in the campaign."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen Bull reviewed the President’s upcoming schedule, focusing on the availability of staff for key meetings and the logistics of official engagements. They discussed the scheduling of Cabinet members and advisors, specifically noting Caspar Weinberger’s absence in San Francisco and the timing of a future meeting with George H.W. Bush regarding the Congressional Campaign Committee. These administrative discussions served to coordinate upcoming staff interactions and prioritize essential appointments for the following days.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","White House staff","Caspar Weinberger","George H.W. Bush","Congressional Campaign Committee"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:07:47.349Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","white-house-staff","caspar-weinberger","george-h-w-bush","congressional-campaign-committee"],"audioDurationSec":83,"audioFiles":[{"file":"884-019.mp3","bytes":477184,"durationSec":82.52,"bitrate":46261,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.069Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:55.444Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/884-019.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/884-019","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/884/conversation-884-019","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}