{"conversationCode":"016-078","tapeNumber":16,"conversationNumber":78,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-016-078","startDateTime":"1971-12-10T17:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-10T17:15:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Dec-1971","startTime":"12:14 PM","endDate":"10-Dec-1971","endTime":"12:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On December 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 12:14 pm to 12:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-078 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 16-78\n\nDate: December 10, 1971\nTime: 12:14 pm - 12:15 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n[See Conversation No. 635-12A]\n\n     Gifts for guests\n           -Cufflinks","filename":["016-078.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:00:38","tapeEnd":"03:00:50","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"016-077","nextCode":"016-079","transcript":[{"start":0.3,"end":0.98,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1,"end":1.67,"text":"Yes, sir, Steve."},{"start":1.69,"end":6.86,"text":"Why don't you give those people cut links and other bullpens."},{"start":7,"end":7.32,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":7.34,"end":8.15,"text":"We have them out anyway."},{"start":8.17,"end":8.89,"text":"We'll take care of them."},{"start":8.91,"end":9.09,"text":"All good."},{"start":9.11,"end":11.1,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to provide presidential gifts, specifically cufflinks and pens, to unidentified guests. This brief administrative instruction ensured that appropriate tokens of appreciation were distributed from the existing White House inventory. Bull acknowledged the request and confirmed that the staff would handle the arrangements.","topics":["Presidential gifts","White House logistics","Stephen B. Bull","Gift distribution","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:36:36.895Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-gifts","white-house-logistics","stephen-b-bull","gift-distribution","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"016-078.mp3","bytes":267075,"durationSec":11.06,"bitrate":193203,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.620Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/016-078.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-078","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/16/conversation-016-078","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}