{"conversationCode":"887-011","tapeNumber":887,"conversationNumber":11,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-887-011","startDateTime":"1973-03-22T17:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-22T17:27:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Mar-1973","startTime":"12:27 PM","endDate":"22-Mar-1973","endTime":"12:27 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Farrell, Michael J.;","description":"On March 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Michael J. Farrell met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:27 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 887-011 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. 887-11\n\nDate: March 22, 1973\nTime: 12:27 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull and Michael J. Farrell.\n\n        President's schedule\n              -Meeting with Mrs. Bruce Bedford\n                     -President’s meetings with former presidents\n                           -Herbert C. Hoover, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F.\n                            Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson\n                                 -Franklin D. Roosevelt\n                     -Seating for photographs\n\nBull and Farrell left at 12:27 pm.","filename":["887-011.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B.","Farrell, Michael J."],"prevCode":"887-010","nextCode":"887-012","transcript":[{"start":11.78,"end":12.36,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."},{"start":12.42,"end":17.1,"text":"As far as we can recollect, you would have met five presidents, Hoover, and then Truman through Johnson."},{"start":17.12,"end":26.05,"text":"I don't know if you've met any other commissioners on the issue of the FBI."},{"start":26.11,"end":32.05,"text":"So probably just those five."},{"start":32.17,"end":36.33,"text":"Mrs. Binnifred is quite able to get around and get to the photo opportunity."},{"start":39.93,"end":44.26,"text":"President, you might want to consider having a sit at your desk."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull and Michael J. Farrell to verify the list of former presidents he had previously met for an upcoming photo opportunity with Mrs. Bruce Bedford. The participants confirmed that Nixon had encountered five former presidents, ranging from Herbert Hoover through Lyndon B. Johnson. They also discussed logistical arrangements for the meeting, including the specific seating configuration at the President's desk for the session.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Photo opportunity","Mrs. Bruce Bedford","Former presidents","Protocol"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:12:09.877Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","photo-opportunity","mrs-bruce-bedford","former-presidents","protocol"],"audioDurationSec":51,"audioFiles":[{"file":"887-011.mp3","bytes":266240,"durationSec":50.51,"bitrate":42171,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.069Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/887-011.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/887-011","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/887/conversation-887-011","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}