{"conversationCode":"703-005","tapeNumber":703,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-703-005","startDateTime":"1972-04-05T21:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-05T21:59:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Apr-1972","startTime":"4:55 PM","endDate":"5-Apr-1972","endTime":"4:59 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On April 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:55 pm and 4:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 703-005 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. 703-5\n\nDate: April 5, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:55 pm and 4:59 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Meeting with Henry A. Kissinger and [William P. Rogers]\n               -Rogers's location\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 4:59 pm.","filename":["703-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:01:27","tapeEnd":"02:05:01","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"703-004","nextCode":"703-006","transcript":[{"start":2.62,"end":6.19,"text":"Is, uh, Dr., uh, Mr., uh, I'm coming."},{"start":7.47,"end":9.29,"text":"I don't have a business."},{"start":9.63,"end":12.85,"text":"Would you like me to head it, Secretary?"},{"start":13.05,"end":14.21,"text":"No, that's an issue."},{"start":14.77,"end":15.97,"text":"Secretary's not here yet."},{"start":16.03,"end":16.33,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":16.61,"end":23.02,"text":"Well, then if he comes in, he can come in and then go on out and come on in, uh, on his plate."},{"start":23.54,"end":24.72,"text":"Yeah, I'll have you drop in for a minute."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull to coordinate logistical arrangements for an upcoming meeting involving Henry Kissinger and Secretary of State William P. Rogers. The discussion focused on confirming Rogers’s location and managing his arrival to ensure he could be integrated into the scheduled briefing. Nixon instructed Bull to facilitate the meeting and ensure the Secretary was promptly brought in upon his arrival.","topics":["Presidential schedule","William P. Rogers","Henry Kissinger","White House logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:55:39.737Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","william-p-rogers","henry-kissinger","white-house-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":26,"audioFiles":[{"file":"703-005.mp3","bytes":1043640,"durationSec":25.95,"bitrate":321788,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.977Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/703-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/703-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/703/conversation-703-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}