{"conversationCode":"024-158","tapeNumber":24,"conversationNumber":158,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-024-158","startDateTime":"1972-05-19T15:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-19T15:17:00.000Z","startDate":"19-May-1972","startTime":"11:16 AM","endDate":"19-May-1972","endTime":"11:17 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Bull, Stephen B.; Moorer, Thomas H. (Adm.); Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On May 19, 1972, Stephen B. Bull, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 11:16 am to 11:17 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-158 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 24-158\n\nDate: May 19, 1972\nTime: 11:16 am - 11:17 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nStephen B. Bull talked with Thomas H. Moorer.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 726-1E]\n\nBull conferred with the President before the conversation began.\n\n[See Conversation No. 726-1]\n\n[End of conferral]\n\n     Moorer's location\n\n     Meeting with the President","filename":["024a.mp3","024c.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:59:03","tapeEnd":"03:59:21","participantsList":["Bull, Stephen B.","Moorer, Thomas H. (Adm.)","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"024-157","nextCode":"024-159","tapeTranscriptFile":"024a.mp3,024c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":7852.04,"end":7857.76,"text":"i think that what we can say in effect is that well after all schultz is now in and he he can be acting i don't think of that and uh do you agree yes yes because you really will have finished all you have to do with schultz so you've got 10 days now to do that right yes sir okay yeah that'll be no problem then that'll run from about the second you've got a figure i think you're you're looking"},{"start":7858.52,"end":7861.24,"text":"figuring travel time at a two and a half to three weeks."},{"start":7861.26,"end":7861.74,"text":"Three weeks."},{"start":7861.78,"end":7862.76,"text":"Looks like about three weeks."},{"start":7862.8,"end":7863.04,"text":"Right."},{"start":7863.48,"end":7863.9,"text":"Right."},{"start":7863.94,"end":7865.74,"text":"But with that plane, it'll be damn comfortable."},{"start":7865.76,"end":7866.44,"text":"That'd be great."},{"start":7867.24,"end":7867.66,"text":"Okay."},{"start":7867.68,"end":7868.96,"text":"I would like going around the world."},{"start":7869.02,"end":7870.04,"text":"You know, it makes sense."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":7852.044898,"end":7870.044898,"startMethod":"tape_time","endMethod":"tape_time"},"transcriptConfidence":"low","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Admiral Thomas Moorer discuss the logistical timeline for a forthcoming international trip, specifically focusing on travel duration and comfort. They conclude that the transit will require approximately three weeks to complete. The brief exchange confirms that Moorer's scheduling conflicts, specifically his commitments involving George Shultz, will be resolved in time to accommodate this mission.","topics":["International Travel","Military Logistics","Thomas Moorer","Scheduling","George Shultz"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:01:29.392Z"},"topicSlugs":["international-travel","military-logistics","thomas-moorer","scheduling","george-shultz"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"024a.mp3","bytes":117007070,"durationSec":7329.89,"bitrate":127704,"missing":false},{"file":"024c.mp3","bytes":29613776,"durationSec":1855.07,"bitrate":127709,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.840Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/024a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/024c.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-158","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/24/conversation-024-158","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}