{"conversationCode":"759-004","tapeNumber":759,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-759-004","startDateTime":"1972-08-02T14:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-02T14:34:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Aug-1972","startTime":"10:25 AM","endDate":"2-Aug-1972","endTime":"10:34 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On August 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:25 am and 10:34 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 759-004 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. 759-4\n\nDate: August 2, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:25 am and 10:34 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n             [Photograph of the President with Thomas F. Eagleton and Terry Eagleton]\n                 -Construction Safety Bill\n                 -Enlargement of photograph\n                 -Forthcoming letter from the President to Terry Eagleton\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 10:34 am.","filename":["759-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"759-003","nextCode":"759-005","transcript":[{"start":1.24,"end":4.8,"text":"What was the name of that building?"},{"start":4.84,"end":12.19,"text":"The construction safety goal was to make sure the town was here."},{"start":12.21,"end":23.02,"text":"Do you want me to blow up the parking lot or do you want me to have a letter written to you?"},{"start":23.05,"end":25.58,"text":"Well, I'm going to be here for about an hour and a half."},{"start":25.62,"end":29.2,"text":"I'll make a letter."},{"start":29.24,"end":30,"text":"I'll tell them."},{"start":30.02,"end":30.4,"text":"Don't blow it up."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met to coordinate the administrative follow-up regarding a meeting with Senator Thomas F. Eagleton and his son, Terry. They discussed the logistics of providing an enlarged photograph from that encounter and the drafting of a personalized letter from the President to Terry Eagleton. Nixon specifically directed Bull to prioritize the correspondence over other potential requests.","topics":["Thomas F. Eagleton","Terry Eagleton","Presidential correspondence","White House photography","Administrative tasks"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T17:14:10.832Z"},"topicSlugs":["thomas-f-eagleton","terry-eagleton","presidential-correspondence","white-house-photography","administrative-tasks"],"audioDurationSec":33,"audioFiles":[{"file":"759-004.mp3","bytes":801226,"durationSec":33.32,"bitrate":192371,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.945Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/759-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/759-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/759/conversation-759-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}