{"conversationCode":"781-016","tapeNumber":781,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-781-016","startDateTime":"1972-09-18T16:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-09-18T16:26:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Sep-1972","startTime":"12:24 PM","endDate":"18-Sep-1972","endTime":"12:26 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On September 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:24 pm and 12:26 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 781-016 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. 781-16\n\nDate: September 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:24 pm and 12:26 pm.\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n              The President's schedule\n                  -Bill signing\n                  -John C. Whitaker\n                       -Briefing on the environment\n                  -Republican women surrogates\n                       -Photograph session\n\nBull left at an unkown time before 12:26 pm.","filename":["781-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"781-015","nextCode":"781-017","transcript":[{"start":8.89,"end":14.37,"text":"Sir, I want you to finish all the bills."},{"start":14.39,"end":20.47,"text":"Sir, I want you to finish all the bills."},{"start":20.71,"end":27.02,"text":"Sir, I want you to finish all the bills."},{"start":38.87,"end":38.91,"text":"um"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to review and organize his daily schedule. The discussion focused on coordinating a bill-signing session, a briefing on environmental issues with John C. Whitaker, and a photo opportunity with Republican women surrogates. The primary objective of the meeting was to ensure the President was prepared to execute these administrative and public relations tasks.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Bill signing","Environmental policy","Public relations","John C. Whitaker"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T23:31:25.667Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","bill-signing","environmental-policy","public-relations","john-c-whitaker"],"audioDurationSec":48,"audioFiles":[{"file":"781-016.mp3","bytes":1146043,"durationSec":47.68,"bitrate":192289,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.945Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/781-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/781-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/781/conversation-781-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}