{"conversationCode":"799-034","tapeNumber":799,"conversationNumber":34,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-799-034","startDateTime":"1972-10-16T20:53:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-16T21:01:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Oct-1972","startTime":"4:53 PM","endDate":"16-Oct-1972","endTime":"5:01 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; White House operator;","description":"On October 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:53 pm and 5:01 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 799-034 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. 799-34\n\nDate: October 16, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:53 pm and 5:01 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n        Telephone calls\n            -Procedure\n\nBull talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 4:53 pm and 5:01 pm.\n\n[See Conversation No. 31-73]\n\n        Telephone call procedures\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\n        Telephone call procedures\n            -Pace of calls\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 5:01 pm.","filename":["799-034.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B.","White House operator"],"prevCode":"799-033","nextCode":"799-035","transcript":[{"start":0.17,"end":1.93,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to discuss and establish administrative protocols for managing the President's telephone communications. The discussion focused on refining the internal procedures for processing calls, including adjustments to the pace and flow of incoming requests. No major policy decisions were reached, as the meeting served primarily as an operational briefing to ensure greater efficiency in the White House switchboard functions.","topics":["Telephone procedures","Administrative management","White House operations","Stephen B. Bull"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:02:13.495Z"},"topicSlugs":["telephone-procedures","administrative-management","white-house-operations","stephen-b-bull"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"799-034.mp3","bytes":210023,"durationSec":8.69,"bitrate":193272,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.477Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:35.453Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/799-034.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/799-034","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/799/conversation-799-034","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}