{"conversationCode":"046-059","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":59,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-059","startDateTime":"1973-05-15T19:36:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-15T19:37:00.000Z","startDate":"15-May-1973","startTime":"3:36 PM","endDate":"15-May-1973","endTime":"3:37 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On May 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 3:36 pm to 3:37 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-059 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. 46-59\n\nDate: May 15, 1973\nTime: 3:36 pm - 3:37 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 435-27]\n\n     The President’s schedule\n          -John B. Connally\n\f                                              -34-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during\nchronological review 2007-2013]\n\n     The President’s health\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n     The President’s schedule\n          -Haile Selassie, State dinner\n          -Connally","filename":["046-059.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"046-058","nextCode":"046-060","transcript":[{"start":0.88,"end":1.48,"text":"Steve."},{"start":1.56,"end":1.92,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.24,"end":7.82,"text":"I wondered if you could see if you could shift John Conley to tomorrow at 10 rather than 5 today."},{"start":8.2,"end":8.54,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":8.84,"end":11.73,"text":"I've got to get a couple of things on."},{"start":11.95,"end":15.23,"text":"I've got a little cold, and I want to get ready for the dinner tonight."},{"start":15.47,"end":15.83,"text":"Fine, sir."},{"start":16.67,"end":17.65,"text":"You can do it tomorrow at 10."},{"start":17.69,"end":19.57,"text":"He'll be over, I think, on a stay-a-day anyway."},{"start":20.01,"end":20.25,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":20.71,"end":20.86,"text":"Fine."},{"start":20.95,"end":21.76,"text":"That'll work out fine."},{"start":21.78,"end":22.6,"text":"And see if it'll work."},{"start":22.72,"end":23.1,"text":"Okay."},{"start":23.14,"end":23.48,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":23.58,"end":25.6,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to reschedule a meeting with John B. Connally from late afternoon to the following morning at 10:00 am. Nixon cited a cold and the need to prepare for an upcoming state dinner honoring Haile Selassie as the reasons for the change. Bull confirmed that he would arrange the adjustment to the President's schedule.","topics":["John B. Connally","Presidential scheduling","Haile Selassie","State dinner","President's health"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:26:06.629Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-b-connally","presidential-scheduling","haile-selassie","state-dinner","presidents-health"],"audioDurationSec":30,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-059.mp3","bytes":978944,"durationSec":30.48,"bitrate":256940,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:44.995Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-059.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-059","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-059","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}