{"conversationCode":"799-005","tapeNumber":799,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-799-005","startDateTime":"1972-10-16T12:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-16T12:50:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Oct-1972","startTime":"8:34 AM","endDate":"16-Oct-1972","endTime":"8:50 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On October 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:34 am and 8:50 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 799-005 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. 799-5\n\nDate: October 16, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:34 am and 8:50 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n        H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman's schedule\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 8:50 am.","filename":["799-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"799-004","nextCode":"799-006","transcript":[{"start":0.55,"end":2.28,"text":"Mr. Preston, if I will, this meeting has started."},{"start":2.3,"end":4.22,"text":"Would you like me to do it?"},{"start":4.24,"end":4.38,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":4.84,"end":5.33,"text":"It's all I'm saying."},{"start":5.35,"end":6.01,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate administrative tasks and personnel logistics. The primary focus of the discussion concerned the scheduling of H.R. \"Bob\" Haldeman, the White House Chief of Staff. The meeting resulted in the assignment of specific administrative duties to facilitate the efficient management of the President's inner circle.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","White House operations","Scheduling","Personnel management","Stephen B. Bull"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T23:59:29.753Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","scheduling","personnel-management","stephen-b-bull"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"799-005.mp3","bytes":228831,"durationSec":9.47,"bitrate":193378,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.477Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/799-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/799-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/799/conversation-799-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}