{"conversationCode":"896-002","tapeNumber":896,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-896-002","startDateTime":"1973-04-14T18:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-14T19:13:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Apr-1973","startTime":"1:52 PM","endDate":"14-Apr-1973","endTime":"2:13 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On April 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:52 pm and 2:13 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 896-002 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 896-2\n\nDate: April 14, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:52 pm and 2:13 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n       President’s schedule\n              -John N. Mitchell\n                      -Availability\n                      -Meeting with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n                             -John D. Ehrlichman’s office\n                                    -Jeb Stuart Magruder\n                      -Haldeman\n                             -Meeting with President\n                             -Mitchell\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 2:13 pm.\n\f                                               -2-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["896-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"896-001","nextCode":"896-003","transcript":[{"start":8.25,"end":9.23,"text":"Oh, he was coming."},{"start":9.27,"end":10.61,"text":"Yeah, he was coming."},{"start":10.65,"end":13.86,"text":"I'm not seeing him."},{"start":14.02,"end":17.24,"text":"I'm not seeing him."},{"start":17.88,"end":20.4,"text":"Oh, I don't want to see him."},{"start":20.5,"end":23.02,"text":"I don't want to see him."},{"start":23.04,"end":26.67,"text":"I don't know where he is now."},{"start":26.85,"end":28.93,"text":"I don't know where he is now."},{"start":29.09,"end":29.67,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":31.99,"end":40.28,"text":"Why don't you line up and give me a better, a better show of how you do the, the, the, the, the, the,"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met to coordinate the President's schedule and manage the availability of key advisors. The conversation focused on the logistics of upcoming meetings involving John Mitchell, H.R. Haldeman, and John Ehrlichman, particularly regarding discussions with Jeb Stuart Magruder. Nixon explicitly clarified his desire to avoid a meeting with Mitchell, directing Bull to adjust the schedule accordingly.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","John Mitchell","H.R. Haldeman","John Ehrlichman","Jeb Stuart Magruder","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:28:21.838Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","john-mitchell","h-r-haldeman","john-ehrlichman","jeb-stuart-magruder","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":46,"audioFiles":[{"file":"896-002.mp3","bytes":1478656,"durationSec":46.08,"bitrate":256711,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.081Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:58.238Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/896-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/896-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/896/conversation-896-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}