{"conversationCode":"790-016","tapeNumber":790,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-790-016","startDateTime":"1972-10-02T16:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-02T16:43:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Oct-1972","startTime":"12:39 PM","endDate":"2-Oct-1972","endTime":"12:43 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On October 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 12:43 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 790-016 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. 790-16\n\nDate: October 2, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:39 pm and 12:43 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n        Ronald L. Ziegler's schedule\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 12:43 pm.","filename":["790-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"790-015","nextCode":"790-017","transcript":[{"start":1.65,"end":4.43,"text":"I wondered if you could send her back in an hour."},{"start":4.5,"end":5.4,"text":"Unless he's gone to lunch."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull briefly conferred regarding the scheduling and availability of Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The discussion centered on coordinating Ziegler’s movements and ensuring his return for a subsequent meeting. No major policy decisions were made during this brief administrative check-in.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","Scheduling","White House staff","Administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T23:46:05.850Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","scheduling","white-house-staff","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"790-016.mp3","bytes":257670,"durationSec":10.68,"bitrate":193011,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.287Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/790-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/790-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/790/conversation-790-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}