{"conversationCode":"798-005","tapeNumber":798,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-798-005","startDateTime":"1972-10-14T14:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-14T14:42:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Oct-1972","startTime":"10:39 AM","endDate":"14-Oct-1972","endTime":"10:42 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On October 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:39 am and 10:42 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 798-005 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. 798-5\n\nDate: October 14, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:39 am and 10:42 am.\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n         The President's schedule\n             -Henry A. Kissinger's return\n             -John D. Ehrlichman, William E. Timmons\n             -Alexander P. Butterfield\n                 -Speech draft\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 10:42 am.","filename":["798-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"798-004","nextCode":"798-006","transcript":[{"start":2.27,"end":3.62,"text":"I understand Henry is returning."},{"start":4,"end":10.54,"text":"Generally, we've been building that opportunity to see you before noon."},{"start":10.68,"end":11.12,"text":"I'm sorry."},{"start":11.16,"end":12.66,"text":"Wait five minutes."},{"start":13.58,"end":14.8,"text":"They got that speech back in?"},{"start":14.88,"end":15.26,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":15.56,"end":16.28,"text":"Alex has to be distant."},{"start":16.3,"end":17.04,"text":"We want to interrupt you."},{"start":17.06,"end":18.3,"text":"I'll have Alex bring it in."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull to coordinate his daily schedule and manage upcoming briefings. They discussed the logistics surrounding Henry Kissinger's return and scheduled meetings with John D. Ehrlichman and William E. Timmons. Additionally, the President requested that Alexander Butterfield deliver a revised speech draft to the Oval Office for his review.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Henry Kissinger","Alexander Butterfield","Speechwriting","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T23:57:59.331Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","henry-kissinger","alexander-butterfield","speechwriting","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":26,"audioFiles":[{"file":"798-005.mp3","bytes":623803,"durationSec":25.92,"bitrate":192531,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.477Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/798-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/798-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/798/conversation-798-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}