{"conversationCode":"794-008","tapeNumber":794,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-794-008","startDateTime":"1972-10-09T16:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-09T16:46:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Oct-1972","startTime":"12:39 PM","endDate":"9-Oct-1972","endTime":"12:46 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On October 9, 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 12:46 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 794-008 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. 794-8\n\nDate: October 9, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:39 pm and 12:46 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n        The President's schedule\n            -Samuel I. Newhouse\n                -Executive Office Building [EOB]\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 12:46 pm.\n\n                                        (rev. Nov-03)","filename":["794-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"794-007","nextCode":"794-009","transcript":[{"start":6.74,"end":9.12,"text":"I was hoping to get a reason to go."},{"start":9.18,"end":9.85,"text":"I'm sorry to be here."},{"start":9.87,"end":12.84,"text":"I'm a bit more impressed."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate logistical details regarding the President's upcoming schedule. The primary focus of the discussion concerned an appointment involving Samuel I. Newhouse at the Executive Office Building. This meeting served as a brief administrative update to finalize the arrangements for the President's movements.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Stephen B. Bull","Samuel I. Newhouse","Executive Office Building","White House logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T23:50:46.520Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","stephen-b-bull","samuel-i-newhouse","executive-office-building","white-house-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"794-008.mp3","bytes":400612,"durationSec":16.64,"bitrate":192601,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.287Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/794-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/794-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/794/conversation-794-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}