{"conversationCode":"046-160","tapeNumber":46,"conversationNumber":160,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-046-160","startDateTime":"1973-05-22T21:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-22T21:57:00.000Z","startDate":"22-May-1973","startTime":"5:55 PM","endDate":"22-May-1973","endTime":"5:57 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On May 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 5:55 pm to 5:57 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 046-160 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. 46-160\n\nDate: May 22, 1973\nTime: 5:55 pm - 5:57 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     President’s schedule\n           -Location\n                 -Ronald L. Ziegler\n                             -Meeting with Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin and Gerald R. Ford,\n                  Leslie C. Arends, and George H. W. Bush\n                       -Executive Office Building [EOB]\n                       -President’s arrival","filename":["046-160.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"046-159","nextCode":"046-161","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":1.58,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.6,"end":1.96,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.86,"end":5.98,"text":"Will you go over to check to see when those guys get there and call me?"},{"start":6.08,"end":7.24,"text":"Ron and I are in the Lincoln room."},{"start":7.72,"end":8.16,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":8.19,"end":8.71,"text":"Fine."},{"start":8.83,"end":12.21,"text":"And let me know when they've arrived, see if they're served a drink as soon as they arrive."},{"start":12.31,"end":12.81,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":13.09,"end":14.41,"text":"We'll take them over to the UOB now."},{"start":14.97,"end":15.59,"text":"Are they here yet?"},{"start":16.66,"end":17.43,"text":"Three of them are here, sir."},{"start":17.56,"end":18.22,"text":"Three of them are there?"},{"start":18.38,"end":18.66,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":19.04,"end":19.58,"text":"Oh, fine."},{"start":19.96,"end":21.8,"text":"Oh, then there's only one missing?"},{"start":22.06,"end":23.38,"text":"Yes, there'll be two."},{"start":23.4,"end":24.42,"text":"I don't know which three yet."},{"start":24.98,"end":25.24,"text":"All right."},{"start":25.26,"end":28.27,"text":"Well, take the three over there and tell them I'll be there in about five minutes."},{"start":28.41,"end":28.77,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":28.79,"end":29.87,"text":"Fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon coordinated with Stephen B. Bull to organize a meeting with key Republican congressional leaders, including Gerald R. Ford and George H. W. Bush. Nixon instructed Bull to track the arrival of the attendees and ensure they were provided refreshments while awaiting his arrival at the Executive Office Building. Bull confirmed that a partial group had already arrived, prompting Nixon to direct that the present guests be escorted to the location immediately while he prepared to join them shortly.","topics":["Congressional relations","White House scheduling","Gerald R. Ford","George H. W. Bush","Executive Office Building"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T07:35:23.733Z"},"topicSlugs":["congressional-relations","white-house-scheduling","gerald-r-ford","george-h-w-bush","executive-office-building"],"audioDurationSec":36,"audioFiles":[{"file":"046-160.mp3","bytes":1161216,"durationSec":36.2,"bitrate":256622,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.103Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/046-160.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/046-160","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/46/conversation-046-160","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}