{"conversationCode":"799-031","tapeNumber":799,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-799-031","startDateTime":"1972-10-16T20:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-16T20:49:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Oct-1972","startTime":"4:46 PM","endDate":"16-Oct-1972","endTime":"4:49 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 4:46 pm and 4:49 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 799-031 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. 799-31\n\nDate: October 16, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:46 pm and 4:49 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n        Letter\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 4:49 pm.","filename":["799-031.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"799-030","nextCode":"799-032","transcript":[{"start":9.3,"end":13.52,"text":"Well, thank you."},{"start":13.76,"end":14.18,"text":"Good luck."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, for a brief administrative exchange. The conversation focused on the handling and processing of a specific letter. The interaction concluded with the President offering well wishes as Bull departed the Oval Office.","topics":["White House administration","Correspondence","Stephen B. Bull","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:01:57.208Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","correspondence","stephen-b-bull","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":32,"audioFiles":[{"file":"799-031.mp3","bytes":766118,"durationSec":31.85,"bitrate":192411,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.477Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/799-031.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/799-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/799/conversation-799-031","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}