{"conversationCode":"898-025","tapeNumber":898,"conversationNumber":25,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-898-025","startDateTime":"1973-04-17T20:49:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-17T20:50:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Apr-1973","startTime":"3:49 PM","endDate":"17-Apr-1973","endTime":"3:50 PM","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 3:49 pm and 3:50 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 898-025 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. 898-25\n\nDate: April 17, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:49 pm and 3:50 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during\nchronological review 2007-2013]\n\n       President’s schedule\n              -Meeting with John D. Ehrlichman and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n              -Copy [?]\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 3:50 pm.\n\n                                                             Conversation No. 898-23/899-1\n\nDate: April 17, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:50 pm and 4:41 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman.\n\n       Watergate\n             -Press statement\n\f                                              -45-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                              Conversation No. 898-23 (cont’d)\n\n                      -William E. Timmons\n\nEhrlichman talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 3:50 pm and 4:35\npm.\n\n[Conversation No. 898-23A]\n\n[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was initially prepared for the\nWatergate Special Prosecution Force (WSPF) and can be found in Record Group (RG) 460, Box\n174, “Transcript of a Recording of a Meeting among the President, John Ehrlichman, Ronald\nZiegler, and H. R. Haldeman, in the Oval Office on April 17, 1973, from 3:50 to 4:35 p.m.,”\npages 1-18. The Nixon Presidential Materials Staff reviewed the transcript and made changes as\nnecessary. This transcript has been reviewed under the provisions of the Presidential Recordings\nand Materials Preservation Act of 1974 (PRMPA). The National Archives does not guarantee its\naccuracy.]\n\n[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was also prepared Richard Nixon’s\nSpecial White House Counsel for Watergate Matters and submitted to the Committee on the\nJudiciary of the House of Representatives. This transcript can be found in Submission of\nRecorded Presidential Conversations (SRPC), pages 1115-1132 (1-18). Please refer to the RG\n460 transcript.]\n\n[Begin transcribed portion]\n\n[Begin telephone conversation]\n\n[See Conversation No. 38-87]\n\n[End telephone conversation]\n\nEhrlichman talked with an unknown woman [receptionist?] at an unknown time between 3:50\npm and 4:35 pm.\n\n[Conversation No. 898-23B]\n\n[Begin telephone conversation]\n\f                                             -46-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                              Conversation No. 898-23 (cont’d)\n\n[See Conversation No. 38-88]\n\nEhrlichman conferred with the President and Haldeman at an unknown time between 3:50 pm\nand 4:35 pm.\n\n       Timmons’s location\n\n[End telephone conversation]\n\nEhrlichman talked with Timmons at an unknown time between 3:50 pm and 4:35 pm.\n\n[Conversation No. 898C]\n\n[Begin telephone conversation]\n\n[See Conversation No. 38-88]\n\nEhrlichman conferred with the President and Haldeman at an unknown time between 3:50 pm\nand 4:39 pm.\n\nRonald L. Ziegler entered at an unknown time after 3:50 pm.\n\nZiegler left at an unknown time before 4:39 pm.\n\nAn unknown person entered at an unknown time after 3:50 pm.\n\nUnknown person left at an unknown time before 4:35 pm.\n\n[End transcribed portion]\n\n[An unknown portion of this conversation was not recorded at this time while the tape was\nchanged. The remainder of this conversation continues on audiotape Oval 899 as Conversation\nNo. 899-1.]","filename":["898-025.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"898-024","nextCode":"898-026","transcript":[{"start":1.2,"end":1.39,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate logistical details regarding his upcoming schedule. The primary focus of the brief interaction was the arrangement of a follow-up meeting with John D. Ehrlichman and H.R. Haldeman. The discussion served as an administrative check-in to confirm the President's immediate calendar priorities.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","H.R. Haldeman","John D. Ehrlichman","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:32:54.453Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","h-r-haldeman","john-d-ehrlichman","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"898-025.mp3","bytes":411648,"durationSec":12.73,"bitrate":258627,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.080Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:58.656Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/898-025.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/898-025","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/898/conversation-898-025","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). 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