{"conversationCode":"799-020","tapeNumber":799,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-799-020","startDateTime":"1972-10-16T19:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-16T19:58:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Oct-1972","startTime":"3:52 PM","endDate":"16-Oct-1972","endTime":"3:58 PM","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 3:52 pm and 3:58 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 799-020 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. 799-20\n\nDate: October 16, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:52 pm and 3:58 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n         Schedule\n             -Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.\n\nBull left at 3:58 pm.","filename":["799-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"799-019","nextCode":"799-021","transcript":[{"start":2.19,"end":2.43,"text":"All right."},{"start":2.45,"end":5.18,"text":"That was really well run."},{"start":5.74,"end":7.23,"text":"That was really well run."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to review the logistics of a recent meeting involving General Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. The President expressed satisfaction with how the session was managed, characterizing it as well-run. This brief exchange served as a debriefing on executive scheduling and performance oversight.","topics":["Creighton W. Abrams Jr.","White House scheduling","Presidential management","Oval Office operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:00:56.594Z"},"topicSlugs":["creighton-w-abrams-jr","white-house-scheduling","presidential-management","oval-office-operations"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"799-020.mp3","bytes":321618,"durationSec":13.33,"bitrate":192970,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.477Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/799-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/799-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/799/conversation-799-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}