{"conversationCode":"887-003","tapeNumber":887,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-887-003","startDateTime":"1973-03-22T13:01:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-22T13:44:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Mar-1973","startTime":"8:01 AM","endDate":"22-Mar-1973","endTime":"8:44 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On March 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:01 am and 8:44 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 887-003 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. 887-3\n\nDate: March 22, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:01 am and 8:44 am\n\f                                               -2-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n       President’s schedule\n             -Briefing for subcabinet officers\n             -Call to Corinne C. (“Lindy”) Boggs\n                    -Purpose\n             -Meetings\n                    -William P. Rogers\n                    -Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.\n                    -John D. Ehrlichman\n                    -Subcabinet officers\n                          -White House staff members\n             -Briefing for subcabinet officers\n                    -Preparations\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 8:44 am.","filename":["887-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"887-002","nextCode":"887-004","transcript":[{"start":7.67,"end":7.79,"text":"Right."},{"start":38.95,"end":43.49,"text":"Will, can you go over to John?"},{"start":43.51,"end":44.69,"text":"I heard about it."},{"start":45.93,"end":48.97,"text":"You're going to be over there at the beginning?"},{"start":49.19,"end":49.49,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":52.24,"end":53.42,"text":"That's what I was going to say."},{"start":53.44,"end":57.88,"text":"It's basically a sub-cabinet in the commission land, so it's more or less an open room."},{"start":57.92,"end":60.58,"text":"It's an open room now."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull reviewed the President's upcoming daily schedule, focusing primarily on a briefing for subcabinet officers. The discussion covered logistics for the briefing, including the room configuration, and addressed administrative tasks such as a scheduled call to Lindy Boggs and various meetings with staff and Cabinet members. Bull confirmed his attendance at the subcabinet briefing to assist with proceedings as the session commenced.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Subcabinet briefing","White House staff","Administrative logistics","Lindy Boggs"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:11:23.436Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","subcabinet-briefing","white-house-staff","administrative-logistics","lindy-boggs"],"audioDurationSec":77,"audioFiles":[{"file":"887-003.mp3","bytes":466944,"durationSec":76.52,"bitrate":48817,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.069Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:56.127Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/887-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/887-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/887/conversation-887-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}