{"conversationCode":"896-003","tapeNumber":896,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-896-003","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 896-003 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. 896-3\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 D. Ehrlichman and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n                      -Location\n                      -Jeb Stuart Magruder\n                      -Meeting with President\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 2:13 pm.","filename":["896-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"896-002","nextCode":"896-004","transcript":[{"start":0.33,"end":4.16,"text":"Sir, uh, John Irving is in the room upstairs now."},{"start":4.29,"end":6.98,"text":"All of us downstairs standing by."},{"start":7.06,"end":7.72,"text":"Okay, let's go."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate the logistics and scheduling of upcoming meetings with key administration officials. The discussion focused on facilitating appointments for John D. Ehrlichman and H.R. Haldeman, as well as addressing the status of Jeb Stuart Magruder. The participants moved to finalize these arrangements to ensure the necessary personnel were prepared and accessible for the President.","topics":["Presidential schedule","H.R. Haldeman","John D. Ehrlichman","Jeb Stuart Magruder","White House logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:28:28.004Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","h-r-haldeman","john-d-ehrlichman","jeb-stuart-magruder","white-house-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"896-003.mp3","bytes":681984,"durationSec":21.16,"bitrate":257838,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.081Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/896-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/896-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/896/conversation-896-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}