{"conversationCode":"725-012","tapeNumber":725,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-725-012","startDateTime":"1972-05-16T13:47:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-16T13:47:00.000Z","startDate":"16-May-1972","startTime":"9:47 AM","endDate":"16-May-1972","endTime":"9:47 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On May 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:47 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 725-012 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. 725-12\n\nDate: May 16, 1972\n\nTime: 9:47 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       [See Conversation No. 24-141]\n\n       [End of telephone conversation]\n\nStephen B. Bull entered at 9:47 am.\n\n       President's conversation with the White House operator\n           -Call to Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n                      -Meeting with President\n\nBull left.","filename":["725a.mp3","725b.mp3","725c.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:50:44","tapeEnd":"01:52:06","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"725-011","nextCode":"725-013","tapeTranscriptFile":"725a.mp3,725b.mp3,725c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":6627.37,"end":6633.08,"text":"Oh, I just told her that I hate her."},{"start":6708.62,"end":6713.94,"text":"Oh, I wanted you to tell me about your son, Westlaw."},{"start":6713.97,"end":6714.69,"text":"Well, he called me."},{"start":6714.71,"end":6719.43,"text":"You may have mentioned before, but I didn't get to see Ben."},{"start":6719.45,"end":6719.61,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":6719.63,"end":6720.01,"text":"He called me."},{"start":6720.07,"end":6723.71,"text":"His neighbor was telling me this, which is a very interesting thing, about the Albany issue."},{"start":6724.61,"end":6729.24,"text":"He was a C at the time, and he said, boy, this is a good thing, though, because they were shut down."},{"start":6729.32,"end":6730.44,"text":"So he said, I don't know."},{"start":6730.46,"end":6732.14,"text":"He thought that they were an issue."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":6616.875,"end":6732.875,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to facilitate a meeting with General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. Shortly after the operator placed the call, Stephen B. Bull joined the President in the Oval Office. The brief exchange primarily functioned to coordinate logistics for Haig's arrival.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","Presidential scheduling","White House operations","Oval Office","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T03:23:45.624Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","presidential-scheduling","white-house-operations","oval-office","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":82,"audioFiles":[{"file":"725a.mp3","bytes":175422484,"durationSec":7309.2,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false},{"file":"725b.mp3","bytes":176269478,"durationSec":7344.48,"bitrate":192002,"missing":false},{"file":"725c.mp3","bytes":105103777,"durationSec":4379.27,"bitrate":192002,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.687Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:23.225Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/725a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/725b.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/725c.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/725-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/725/conversation-725-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}