{"conversationCode":"642-019","tapeNumber":642,"conversationNumber":19,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-642-019","startDateTime":"1972-01-03T15:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-03T15:23:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Jan-1972","startTime":"10:15 AM","endDate":"3-Jan-1972","endTime":"10:23 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On January 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:15 am and 10:23 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 642-019 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 642-19\n\nDate: January 3, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:15 am and 10:23 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Gerard C. Smith and William P. Rogers\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Henry A. Kissinger\n               -Location\n               -Previous meeting with the President\n          -Meeting with Smith, Rogers and Kissinger\n\n     Request for a call to Kissinger\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 10:23 am.","filename":["642-019-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:24:43","tapeEnd":"03:26:26","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"642-018","nextCode":"642-020","tapeTranscriptFile":"642a.mp3,642b.mp3,642c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":12279.33,"end":12285.29,"text":"I'll be right back."},{"start":12295.57,"end":12304.07,"text":"Well, check to see if the gun's there in the outbox or some goddamn thing."},{"start":12304.09,"end":12305.82,"text":"See, I, uh... No, I'm kidding."},{"start":12306.08,"end":12315.42,"text":"He doesn't have it, because he hasn't been in here, so..."},{"start":12315.82,"end":12317.96,"text":"This is very important."},{"start":12341.59,"end":12343.65,"text":"Those notes are someplace around here, too."},{"start":12343.75,"end":12344.93,"text":"They do go over to the residence."},{"start":12345.01,"end":12345.89,"text":"Take note of them."},{"start":12346.15,"end":12346.75,"text":"They are."},{"start":12346.93,"end":12349.19,"text":"They're just in that one piece of paper."},{"start":12349.22,"end":12349.83,"text":"Both sides."},{"start":12350.34,"end":12351.32,"text":"Someplace around here."},{"start":12351.36,"end":12353.28,"text":"Maybe in the residence."},{"start":12355.52,"end":12359.22,"text":"They're over there, too."},{"start":12359.26,"end":12359.74,"text":"Both sides."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":12283,"end":12386,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull to coordinate his upcoming schedule and locate critical documents. The discussion primarily focused on arranging meetings involving Gerard C. Smith, William P. Rogers, and Henry Kissinger. Nixon emphasized the importance of retrieving specific notes, some of which may have been misplaced at the White House residence, and requested a follow-up call with Kissinger.","topics":["Presidential schedule","White House documents","Henry Kissinger","William P. Rogers","Gerard C. Smith","Administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:41:58.493Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","white-house-documents","henry-kissinger","william-p-rogers","gerard-c-smith","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":106,"audioFiles":[{"file":"642-019-splice.mp3","bytes":2544161,"durationSec":105.98,"bitrate":192050,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:38.790Z","originalFilename":["642a.mp3","642b.mp3","642c.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["642b.mp3"],"cutStart":12281.5,"cutEnd":12387.5,"adjustedStart":12281.5,"adjustedEnd":12387.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:38.790Z"},"transcriptPrev":{"segments":15,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T05:08:26.391Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/642-019-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/642-019","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/642/conversation-642-019","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}