{"conversationCode":"042-090","tapeNumber":42,"conversationNumber":90,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-042-090","startDateTime":"1971-05-05T17:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-05T19:00:00.000Z","startDate":"5-May-1971","startTime":"1:16 PM","endDate":"5-May-1971","endTime":"3:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On May 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 3:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 042-090 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 42-90\n\nDate: May 5, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:16 pm and 3:00 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n[See Conversation No. 252-34]\n\n     President's schedule\n           -Meetings\n           -Peter M. Flanigan\n           -Caspar W. Weinberger\n           -John N. Mitchell\n           -Lee R. Nunn\n           -John B. Connally","filename":["042-090.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:24:18","tapeEnd":"02:25:08","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"042-089","nextCode":"042-091","transcript":[{"start":0.37,"end":2.55,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2.59,"end":3.15,"text":"Yes, sir, Steve."},{"start":3.17,"end":9.52,"text":"I talked to Flanagan, and I wanted to see him and Weinberger at either 2.30 or 3."},{"start":10.4,"end":12.43,"text":"You check to see which time they've taken."},{"start":13.05,"end":14.77,"text":"I believe they've taken 3 o'clock, Mr. President."},{"start":14.79,"end":15.59,"text":"They're going to come at 3?"},{"start":15.61,"end":16.53,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":16.55,"end":18.27,"text":"And you'd like to see them over here in the Oval Office?"},{"start":18.29,"end":19.25,"text":"Yes, I'll be over there then."},{"start":19.42,"end":20.36,"text":"Fine, fine."},{"start":21,"end":25.14,"text":"And let's see, the..."},{"start":25.85,"end":28.11,"text":"3.30 would be the Attorney General."},{"start":28.15,"end":29,"text":"Attorney General, fine."},{"start":29.38,"end":37.07,"text":"And see if at 3, at 4.15, see if Lee Nunn could drop in."},{"start":38.11,"end":38.51,"text":"Lee Nunn."},{"start":38.87,"end":40.22,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":40.34,"end":45.34,"text":"And I want to spend 15 minutes with him and the Attorney General at 4.15 before the 4.30 meeting with Connolly."},{"start":45.75,"end":46.69,"text":"All right, sir, fine."},{"start":46.71,"end":47.59,"text":"Yeah, fair enough."},{"start":47.61,"end":48.65,"text":"Okay, fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon coordinated his afternoon schedule with aide Stephen B. Bull to finalize a series of high-level meetings. The discussion centered on confirming appointments with Peter M. Flanigan and Caspar W. Weinberger, followed by meetings with Attorney General John N. Mitchell and Lee R. Nunn. Nixon specifically directed the scheduling of a briefing with Mitchell and Nunn to precede a subsequent meeting with John B. Connally.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Peter M. Flanigan","Caspar W. Weinberger","John N. Mitchell","Lee R. Nunn","John B. Connally"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:22:27.192Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","peter-m-flanigan","caspar-w-weinberger","john-n-mitchell","lee-r-nunn","john-b-connally"],"audioDurationSec":50,"audioFiles":[{"file":"042-090.mp3","bytes":600251,"durationSec":49.81,"bitrate":96409,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/042-090.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/042-090","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/42/conversation-042-090","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}