{"conversationCode":"031-111","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":111,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-111","startDateTime":"1972-10-18T00:19:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-18T00:20:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Oct-1972","startTime":"8:19 PM","endDate":"17-Oct-1972","endTime":"8:20 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On October 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 8:19 pm to 8:20 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-111 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 31-111\n\nDate: October 17, 1972\nTime: 8:19 pm - 8:20 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nStephen B. Bull talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 368-14]\n\n        Congressional adjournment\n           -William E. Timmons\n           -Schedule\n\n                 -Congressional recess","filename":["031-111.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"031-110","nextCode":"031-112","transcript":[{"start":2.61,"end":5.58,"text":"Mr. President, I have Mr. Steve Ball calling you."},{"start":6.08,"end":9.1,"text":"President's on the line."},{"start":9.24,"end":10.55,"text":"Thank you, President Steve Ball."},{"start":11.27,"end":16.6,"text":"Mr. Simmons just advised me that you will not be receiving the traditional..."},{"start":16.62,"end":18.34,"text":"They're not going to return in the night, Dennis."},{"start":18.36,"end":20.82,"text":"Congress is rescheduled until tomorrow."},{"start":21.03,"end":26.27,"text":"The Senate is still working tonight, so you won't get the 99."},{"start":26.3,"end":26.88,"text":"Okay, fine."},{"start":27.28,"end":27.56,"text":"Absolutely."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull spoke to clarify the status of the current Congressional legislative session. Bull informed the President that the Senate would remain in session overnight, necessitating a change in the expected schedule for receiving final legislation. Consequently, the President acknowledged the delay in the adjournment process.","topics":["Congressional adjournment","Legislative schedule","U.S. Senate","William E. Timmons"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:56:13.523Z"},"topicSlugs":["congressional-adjournment","legislative-schedule","u-s-senate","william-e-timmons"],"audioDurationSec":34,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-111.mp3","bytes":823796,"durationSec":34.25,"bitrate":192400,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:40.109Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-111.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-111","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-111","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}