{"conversationCode":"788-016","tapeNumber":788,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-788-016","startDateTime":"1972-09-29T21:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-09-29T21:21:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Sep-1972","startTime":"5:16 PM","endDate":"29-Sep-1972","endTime":"5:21 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On September 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:16 pm and 5:21 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 788-016 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. 788-16\n\nDate: September 29, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 5:16 pm and 5:21 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n             The President's schedule\n                 -John D. Ehrlichman\n                     -Domestic items\n                          -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n                 -Henry A. Kissinger and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. meeting\n                     -Forthcoming trip\n                 -Kissinger and Haig’s schedule\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 5:21 pm.","filename":["788-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"788-015","nextCode":"788-017","transcript":[{"start":3.32,"end":9.18,"text":"Oh, I don't care which one."},{"start":31.36,"end":33.28,"text":"take one of them in now and one of them in after."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull reviewed the presidential schedule to coordinate meetings with key senior staff and advisors. The discussion focused on organizing upcoming briefings with John D. Ehrlichman regarding domestic policy, as well as H.R. Haldeman. Additionally, they arranged a session with Henry Kissinger and Alexander Haig to discuss the status of their current schedules and preparations for a forthcoming trip.","topics":["Presidential schedule","John D. Ehrlichman","H.R. Haldeman","Henry Kissinger","Alexander Haig","Domestic policy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T23:43:21.815Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","john-d-ehrlichman","h-r-haldeman","henry-kissinger","alexander-haig","domestic-policy"],"audioDurationSec":39,"audioFiles":[{"file":"788-016.mp3","bytes":936645,"durationSec":38.96,"bitrate":192329,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.945Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/788-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/788-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/788/conversation-788-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}