{"conversationCode":"701-012","tapeNumber":701,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-701-012","startDateTime":"1972-04-04T17:11:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-04T17:12:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Apr-1972","startTime":"12:11 PM","endDate":"4-Apr-1972","endTime":"12:12 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On April 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:11 pm and 12:12 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 701-012 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. 701-12\n\nDate: April 4, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:11 pm and 12:12 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Meeting with Melvin R. Laird and John H. Chafee\n          -Meeting with LynRae McClintock\n               -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n               -Gordon C. Strachan\n               -McClintock's husband\n                      -Justice Department lawyer\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 12:12 pm.","filename":["701-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:37:49","tapeEnd":"03:38:27","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"701-011","nextCode":"701-013","transcript":[{"start":1.92,"end":6.77,"text":"for about a year."},{"start":6.79,"end":15.32,"text":"She's going to Los Angeles with her husband who's practicing law."},{"start":15.36,"end":18.4,"text":"He was with the Justice Department"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal aide, Stephen B. Bull, to review the details and attendance list for his upcoming daily schedule. The discussion focused on coordinating a series of meetings involving Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird, John H. Chafee, and LynRae McClintock. Nixon specifically noted the logistical arrangements regarding McClintock’s husband, a Justice Department lawyer, and their pending relocation to Los Angeles.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Melvin R. Laird","LynRae McClintock","White House personnel","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:53:39.821Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","melvin-r-laird","lynrae-mcclintock","white-house-personnel","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"701-012.mp3","bytes":841975,"durationSec":20.92,"bitrate":321987,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.978Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/701-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/701-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/701/conversation-701-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}