{"conversationCode":"046-115","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":115,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-115","startDateTime":"1973-05-18T21:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-18T21:01:00.000Z","startDate":"18-May-1973","startTime":"5:00 PM","endDate":"18-May-1973","endTime":"5:01 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On May 18, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 5:00 pm to 5:01 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-115 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. 46-115\n\nDate: May 18, 1973\nTime: 5:00 pm - 5:01 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 437-25]\n\n     President’s schedule\n           -Ellipse\n           -Andrews Air Force Base\n           -Camp David\n\n     Instructions for David R. Gergen\n           -Speech\n           -Delivery to press","filename":["046-115.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"046-114","nextCode":"046-116","transcript":[{"start":0.52,"end":2.16,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.22,"end":3.6,"text":"What time do we leave tomorrow?"},{"start":3.97,"end":5.57,"text":"Leave at 1240, sir."},{"start":5.95,"end":8.27,"text":"And we'll be going from the Ellipse."},{"start":8.29,"end":8.91,"text":"From the Ellipse."},{"start":9.01,"end":9.39,"text":"Fine."},{"start":9.68,"end":10.02,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":10.38,"end":11.52,"text":"And what time do we get back?"},{"start":13.76,"end":16.07,"text":"We'll be back at Andrews at..."},{"start":17.41,"end":18.99,"text":"Let's see, we'd be back at around 335."},{"start":19.05,"end":22.86,"text":"If you want to go from there to Camp David, you'd be up there at 410."},{"start":23.36,"end":27.17,"text":"But we could go to Andrews and then decide where we do then."},{"start":27.23,"end":30.87,"text":"Well, we'll hold our decision with regard to Camp David until then, okay?"},{"start":31.13,"end":31.83,"text":"All right, sir, fine."},{"start":32.37,"end":33.05,"text":"All right, fine."},{"start":33.11,"end":33.9,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":33.91,"end":37.1,"text":"And tell, uh..."},{"start":37.2,"end":44.23,"text":"I reckon that they can go forward with the speech copy that I have approved and put it on the speech typewriter and, uh..."},{"start":44.56,"end":46.81,"text":"It can be put out for the press."},{"start":47.05,"end":48.14,"text":"It can be put out for the press."},{"start":48.32,"end":50.81,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and aide Stephen B. Bull coordinate the President's upcoming travel logistics and the dissemination of an approved speech. They finalize plans to depart from the Ellipse the following day and defer a final decision on whether to proceed to Camp David until their return to Andrews Air Force Base. Additionally, Nixon instructs Bull to release the approved speech copy to the press.","topics":["Presidential travel","Speech release","Camp David","Logistics","Press relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:31:15.817Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-travel","speech-release","camp-david","logistics","press-relations"],"audioDurationSec":57,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-115.mp3","bytes":1824768,"durationSec":56.89,"bitrate":256587,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-115.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-115","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-115","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}