{"conversationCode":"793-013","tapeNumber":793,"conversationNumber":13,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-793-013","startDateTime":"1972-10-06T15:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-06T16:15:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Oct-1972","startTime":"11:34 AM","endDate":"6-Oct-1972","endTime":"12:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On October 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:34 am to 12:15 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 793-013 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. 793-13\n\nDate: October 6, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:15 pm and 12:17 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n        The President's schedule\n            -L. Vanchael Booth\n            -Henry A. Kissinger\n            -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n            -Camp David\n                -Weather\n                -Radio speech\n                -Mode of transportation\n                     -Options\n                          -Helicopter\n                              -Thurmont, Maryland\n                          -Automobile\n\nAlexander P. Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 12:15 pm.\n\n        Tricia Nixon Cox\n            -Telephone call\n\nBull and Butterfield left at an unknown time before 12:17 pm.","filename":["793-013.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B.","Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"793-012","nextCode":"793-014","transcript":[{"start":0.6,"end":14.59,"text":"It's not expected to clean up today and probably not tomorrow morning."},{"start":30.72,"end":33.1,"text":"Well, if we go, we'll drive."},{"start":33.92,"end":39.05,"text":"Because I've got to finish the radio."},{"start":58.38,"end":61.62,"text":"Well, I hope to get these right away."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull to coordinate logistical arrangements for an upcoming weekend trip to Camp David. They discussed weather conditions and the necessity of drafting a radio address, ultimately deciding that the President would travel by automobile rather than helicopter. Alexander P. Butterfield later joined the meeting, during which the President also addressed a telephone call from his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox.","topics":["Camp David","Presidential scheduling","Radio address","Logistics","Transportation"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T23:49:39.481Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","presidential-scheduling","radio-address","logistics","transportation"],"audioDurationSec":93,"audioFiles":[{"file":"793-013.mp3","bytes":2245693,"durationSec":93.49,"bitrate":192158,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.477Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:34.392Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/793-013.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/793-013","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/793/conversation-793-013","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}