{"conversationCode":"046-005","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-005","startDateTime":"1973-05-11T18:11:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-11T18:12:00.000Z","startDate":"11-May-1973","startTime":"2:11 PM","endDate":"11-May-1973","endTime":"2:12 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On May 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 2:11 pm to 2:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-005 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":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 46-5\n\nDate: May 11, 1973\nTime: 2:11 pm - 2:12 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 434-13]\n\n     Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters’s schedule\n           -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n           -Meeting with President\n\f                                               -3-\n\n                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["046-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"046-004","nextCode":"046-006","transcript":[{"start":0.47,"end":2.15,"text":"Yes sir, Steve."},{"start":2.17,"end":8.66,"text":"Will you check with Al Haig's office to see when General Walters will be here?"},{"start":9.12,"end":10.8,"text":"I just saw General Walters sitting there, sir."},{"start":12.25,"end":15.09,"text":"Have him drop over to the..."},{"start":15.11,"end":16.57,"text":"I'll bring him over myself, sir."},{"start":17.49,"end":18.82,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed Stephen B. Bull to coordinate with Alexander Haig's office regarding the schedule of Lieutenant General Vernon A. Walters. Upon learning that Walters was already present at the White House, Nixon directed Bull to escort the General to his office for a meeting. This interaction facilitated an immediate private consultation between the President and Walters.","topics":["Vernon A. Walters","Alexander M. Haig Jr.","White House scheduling","Presidential meetings"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:21:05.713Z"},"topicSlugs":["vernon-a-walters","alexander-m-haig-jr","white-house-scheduling","presidential-meetings"],"audioDurationSec":24,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-005.mp3","bytes":780288,"durationSec":24.27,"bitrate":257237,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.103Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.987Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}