{"conversationCode":"886-016","tapeNumber":886,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-886-016","startDateTime":"1973-03-21T18:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-21T18:06:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Mar-1973","startTime":"1:05 PM","endDate":"21-Mar-1973","endTime":"1:06 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On March 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 1:06 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 886-016 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. 886-16\n\nDate: March 21, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:05 pm and 1:06 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n       H. R. Haldeman\n             -Meeting with President\n                  -Location\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 1:06 pm.","filename":["886-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"886-015","nextCode":"886-017","transcript":[{"start":0.31,"end":1.33,"text":"Mr. Hall is in the barbershop."},{"start":1.47,"end":2.64,"text":"He'll be right up."},{"start":2.7,"end":3,"text":"Goodbye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Stephen B. Bull informs President Nixon that Mr. Hall is currently in the barbershop and will proceed to the Oval Office shortly for a scheduled meeting. This brief interaction serves to coordinate the arrival of an upcoming visitor and manage the President's immediate schedule. The exchange reflects routine administrative logistics regarding the flow of personnel into the Oval Office.","topics":["Oval Office","Scheduling","Staff coordination","White House logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:10:42.720Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office","scheduling","staff-coordination","white-house-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"886-016.mp3","bytes":47104,"durationSec":9.4,"bitrate":40088,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.068Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/886-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/886-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/886/conversation-886-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}