{"conversationCode":"788-017","tapeNumber":788,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-788-017","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 788-017 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. 788-17\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's schedule\n                 -Alexander M. Haig, Jr and Henry A. Kissinger's schedule\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 5:21 pm.","filename":["788-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"788-016","nextCode":"788-018","transcript":[{"start":0.61,"end":2.41,"text":"He's leaving the White House at 7.37."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull to review and coordinate upcoming appointments and travel logistics. The discussion focused on finalizing the daily schedules for key administration officials, specifically John D. Ehrlichman, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Henry A. Kissinger. This administrative check-in ensured that the President remained informed of his staff's movements and departures from the White House.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","White House staff","John D. Ehrlichman","Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","Henry A. Kissinger","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T23:43:27.497Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","white-house-staff","john-d-ehrlichman","alexander-m-haig-jr","henry-a-kissinger","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"788-017.mp3","bytes":477726,"durationSec":19.84,"bitrate":192631,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.287Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:33.520Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/788-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/788-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/788/conversation-788-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}