{"conversationCode":"747-012","tapeNumber":747,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-747-012","startDateTime":"1972-07-19T16:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-19T16:44:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Jul-1972","startTime":"12:37 PM","endDate":"19-Jul-1972","endTime":"12:44 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On July 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:37 pm and 12:44 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 747-012 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 747-12\n\nDate: July 19, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:37 pm and 12:44 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     John D. Ehrlichman's schedule\n          -Ehrlichman's request to meet with the President, July 19, 1972\n                -Bills\n          -Scheduling a meeting between the President and Ehrlichman\n                -Executive Office Building [EOB]\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 12:44 pm.","filename":["747-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"747-011","nextCode":"747-013","transcript":[{"start":0.28,"end":8.78,"text":"Unless you're just talking to John Rogan and then he had a request for you in the summer round today in the sense of, you know, scratching the number of bills."},{"start":10.18,"end":10.44,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":10.62,"end":12.16,"text":"Yeah, I just talked to him."},{"start":12.52,"end":14.84,"text":"I'm asking him to let me talk to him."},{"start":14.88,"end":16.86,"text":"We have a little light that shows when you're on the telephone."},{"start":16.88,"end":17.3,"text":"Yeah, it's all right."},{"start":17.38,"end":17.82,"text":"He was on."},{"start":17.84,"end":19.5,"text":"I was just on the phone with him, right?"},{"start":22.02,"end":27.03,"text":"Should we expect him to have an order or anything on any particular time he went to see you?"},{"start":27.43,"end":27.75,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":27.77,"end":27.87,"text":"He, uh..."},{"start":31.77,"end":37.44,"text":"comes in here, or if somebody comes in here, if I'm here, Brittany, if I move over to you, you'll be standing over there."},{"start":37.5,"end":37.94,"text":"I'll return."},{"start":38.06,"end":42.08,"text":"I told you to come in whenever you could, right?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull coordinate the scheduling of a meeting with John D. Ehrlichman to discuss pending legislation. Bull seeks clarification on how to manage Ehrlichman’s access and whether a formal appointment is necessary for reviewing specific bills. Nixon instructs Bull on protocols for facilitating this meeting and ensuring efficient communication between the two offices.","topics":["John D. Ehrlichman","Presidential scheduling","Legislative agenda","White House protocol"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T03:48:51.456Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-d-ehrlichman","presidential-scheduling","legislative-agenda","white-house-protocol"],"audioDurationSec":46,"audioFiles":[{"file":"747-012.mp3","bytes":1109053,"durationSec":46.13,"bitrate":192321,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.689Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/747-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/747-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/747/conversation-747-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}