{"conversationCode":"720-009","tapeNumber":720,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-720-009","startDateTime":"1972-05-05T16:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-05T16:16:00.000Z","startDate":"5-May-1972","startTime":"12:15 PM","endDate":"5-May-1972","endTime":"12:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On May 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:15 pm and 12:16 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 720-009 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. 720-9\n\nDate: May 5, 1972\nTime: Unknown after 12:15 and before 12:16 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n      President's meeting with Dr. Jerome H. Jaffe\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 12:16 pm.\n\n                                         (rev. Jan-02)","filename":["720a.mp3","720b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:02:00","tapeEnd":"02:02:45","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"720-008","nextCode":"720-010","tapeTranscriptFile":"720a.mp3,720b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":7348.75,"end":7348.75,"text":"Oh, you did?"}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":7348.75,"end":7348.75,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate an upcoming appointment with Dr. Jerome H. Jaffe. The brief discussion served to facilitate the logistics of this meeting regarding federal drug abuse policy. No further substantive policy decisions were recorded during this brief transition.","topics":["Jerome H. Jaffe","Drug abuse policy","Scheduling","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T03:16:24.026Z"},"topicSlugs":["jerome-h-jaffe","drug-abuse-policy","scheduling","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":45,"audioFiles":[{"file":"720a.mp3","bytes":176387969,"durationSec":7349.43,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false},{"file":"720b.mp3","bytes":152406307,"durationSec":6350.19,"bitrate":192002,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.689Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/720a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/720b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/720-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/720/conversation-720-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}