{"conversationCode":"898-003","tapeNumber":898,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-898-003","startDateTime":"1973-04-17T14:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-17T14:30:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Apr-1973","startTime":"9:25 AM","endDate":"17-Apr-1973","endTime":"9:30 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On April 17, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:25 am and 9:30 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 898-003 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. 898-3\n\nDate: April 17, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:25 am and 9:30 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B.Bull.\n\n       President’s schedule\n              -Leonard Garment\n\n       Weather\n\f                                               -2-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                             Conversation No. 898-3 (cont’d)\n\n              -Golf [?]\n\n       Francis A. (“Frank”) Sinatra\n              -Paul W. Keyes\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 9:30 am.","filename":["898-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"898-002","nextCode":"898-004","transcript":[{"start":17.6,"end":19.56,"text":"It's nice of you to get to me, sir."},{"start":19.58,"end":20.42,"text":"Oh, of course you are."},{"start":20.44,"end":21.36,"text":"This is very good."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to discuss logistics regarding the President's upcoming schedule. During the brief exchange, the two reviewed arrangements involving Leonard Garment, potential golf plans, and correspondence related to Frank Sinatra and Paul W. Keyes. No major policy decisions were reached, as the discussion focused primarily on administrative updates and personal scheduling matters.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Leonard Garment","Frank Sinatra","White House administration","Paul W. Keyes"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:30:47.435Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","leonard-garment","frank-sinatra","white-house-administration","paul-w-keyes"],"audioDurationSec":27,"audioFiles":[{"file":"898-003.mp3","bytes":868352,"durationSec":27.03,"bitrate":257035,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.081Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:58.650Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/898-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/898-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/898/conversation-898-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}