{"conversationCode":"045-101","tapeNumber":45,"conversationNumber":101,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-045-101","startDateTime":"1973-05-01T21:53:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-01T21:54:00.000Z","startDate":"1-May-1973","startTime":"5:53 PM","endDate":"1-May-1973","endTime":"5:54 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On May 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 5:53 pm to 5:54 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-101 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":"Abuse of Governmental Power Release","aogpSegment":"Segment 0","lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 45-101\n\nDate: May 1, 1973\nTime: 5:53 pm - 5:54 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 433-37]\n\n     Watergate\n          -Bull call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n                -President’s meeting with Cabinet\n                       -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]\n                       -Memorandum\n                             -William P. Rogers\n                -Invitation to Haldeman, Ehrlichman and families\n\f                                                 -68-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["045-101.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"045-100","nextCode":"045-102","transcript":[{"start":0.44,"end":1.18,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.46,"end":1.7,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":1.72,"end":3.44,"text":"It's Steve Ball."},{"start":3.46,"end":8.64,"text":"I'll call and tell him how I beat the cabinet out about those FBI guys."},{"start":9.27,"end":9.69,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":10.05,"end":11.47,"text":"You know, being outside the door."},{"start":11.87,"end":17.89,"text":"And that I rejected the idea of any kind of a damn memorandum is Roger's suggestion."},{"start":17.93,"end":19.56,"text":"There's no memorandum."},{"start":19.58,"end":25.04,"text":"And he used to tell John that I want him"},{"start":25.95,"end":32.61,"text":"He can relay it to John that he and John and their families are invited to use Camp David for the weekend if they want."},{"start":32.71,"end":34.13,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":34.43,"end":35.76,"text":"Thank you very much."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to communicate to H.R. Haldeman that he has successfully handled concerns regarding FBI involvement during a recent Cabinet meeting. Nixon specifies that he rejected the proposal for a formal memorandum suggested by Secretary of State William P. Rogers. Furthermore, the President authorizes an invitation for Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, and their families to utilize Camp David over the upcoming weekend.","topics":["Watergate","H.R. Haldeman","FBI","William P. Rogers","Camp David","Cabinet meeting"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:09:33.334Z"},"topicSlugs":["watergate","h-r-haldeman","fbi","william-p-rogers","camp-david","cabinet-meeting"],"audioDurationSec":43,"audioFiles":[{"file":"045-101.mp3","bytes":1368064,"durationSec":42.67,"bitrate":256511,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.625Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/045-101.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-101","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/45/conversation-045-101","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}