{"conversationCode":"922-003","tapeNumber":922,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-922-003","startDateTime":"1973-05-18T14:11:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-18T14:15:00.000Z","startDate":"18-May-1973","startTime":"10:11 AM","endDate":"18-May-1973","endTime":"10:15 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On May 18, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:11 am and 10:15 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 922-003 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. 922-3\n\nDate: May 18, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:11 am and 10:15 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nPresident met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n       President’s schedule\n              -Telephone\n              -Soviet summit\n              -Bull\n                      -Questions\n              -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.’s activities\n              -Robert H. Finch\n              -Ronald L. Ziegler\n                      -Press briefing\n                      -Finch\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 10:15 am.\n\f                                                -3-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["922-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"922-002","nextCode":"922-004","transcript":[{"start":31,"end":35.78,"text":"We can put the schedule perhaps later on today or even tomorrow and go for the next week's schedule."},{"start":35.96,"end":37.84,"text":"Right now, I don't know how he is."},{"start":38.7,"end":42.03,"text":"We're doing a hold back here, so we're saying, well, yes, sir."},{"start":42.05,"end":51.19,"text":"He's orienting himself towards the things that he might want to do."},{"start":53.03,"end":55.73,"text":"Just for your information, I think the bench is still in town."},{"start":55.75,"end":57.53,"text":"It may be in town."},{"start":57.65,"end":60.18,"text":"We're going to put it in action once again."},{"start":60.3,"end":60.46,"text":"Yes."},{"start":62.05,"end":75.21,"text":"Well, uh, see if Ziggler wants to see me before his press briefing."},{"start":75.23,"end":77.35,"text":"If not, I'll see to make sure that he does."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull reviewed the presidential schedule, specifically coordinating upcoming meetings and potential phone calls related to the Soviet summit. They discussed the current whereabouts and activities of staff members, including Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and Robert H. Finch. The President also requested a meeting with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler prior to his scheduled press briefing to ensure message alignment.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Soviet summit","Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","Ronald L. Ziegler","White House staff","Press briefings"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:18:35.140Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","soviet-summit","alexander-m-haig-jr","ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-staff","press-briefings"],"audioDurationSec":84,"audioFiles":[{"file":"922-003.mp3","bytes":2693120,"durationSec":84.01,"bitrate":256446,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.648Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:03.515Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/922-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/922-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/922/conversation-922-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}