{"conversationCode":"799-035","tapeNumber":799,"conversationNumber":35,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-799-035","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.;","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 4:53 pm and 5:01 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 799-035 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. 799-35\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        Meeting with Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 5:01 pm.\n\n                                                             Conversation No. 799-36/800-1\n\nDate: October 16, 1972\nTime: 5:01 pm - 5:03 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with Paul Miller.\n\n[See Conversation No. 31-74]\n\n[This conversation continues as Conversation No. 800-1]\n\n[An unknown portion of this conversation was not recorded while the tape was changed.]","filename":["799-035.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"799-034","nextCode":"799-036","transcript":[{"start":8.14,"end":10.72,"text":"Okay."},{"start":10.76,"end":12.76,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":12.78,"end":14.72,"text":"Paul?"},{"start":15.4,"end":16.42,"text":"Why aren't you playing golf?"},{"start":19.02,"end":20.68,"text":"Oh my God, you're doing so well."},{"start":20.73,"end":21.09,"text":"Hi."},{"start":21.16,"end":23.79,"text":"Oh, are you at Augusta now?"},{"start":24.79,"end":24.97,"text":"Yeah."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull in the Oval Office to coordinate an upcoming meeting with General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The brief encounter focused on managing the President's schedule and the arrangements for this high-level staff discussion. No significant policy decisions were recorded during this brief exchange.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","Scheduling","White House staff","Oval Office"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:02:18.817Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","scheduling","white-house-staff","oval-office"],"audioDurationSec":28,"audioFiles":[{"file":"799-035.mp3","bytes":662673,"durationSec":27.55,"bitrate":192451,"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/799-035.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/799-035","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/799/conversation-799-035","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}