{"conversationCode":"803-016","tapeNumber":803,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-803-016","startDateTime":"1972-10-18T18:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-18T18:37:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Oct-1972","startTime":"2:34 PM","endDate":"18-Oct-1972","endTime":"2:37 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On October 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:34 pm and 2:37 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 803-016 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. 803-16\n\nDate: October 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:34 pm and 2:37 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n        The President's schedule\n            -Congressional adjournment\n                -William E. Timmons’s recent telephone conversation\n            -Meeting with Soviet officials\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 2:37 pm.","filename":["803-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"803-015","nextCode":"803-017","transcript":[{"start":0.41,"end":7.14,"text":"It's alright to wait."},{"start":7.3,"end":13.39,"text":"The Russians are on it right now."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate the scheduling of upcoming meetings and manage Congressional affairs. The discussion centered on the implications of Congressional adjournment and recent communications from William E. Timmons regarding legislative progress. Additionally, the two addressed the timing and logistics of Nixon's scheduled engagement with Soviet officials.","topics":["Richard M. Nixon","Stephen B. Bull","Congressional adjournment","William E. Timmons","Soviet-American relations","White House scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:07:44.073Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-m-nixon","stephen-b-bull","congressional-adjournment","william-e-timmons","soviet-american-relations","white-house-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"803-016.mp3","bytes":433213,"durationSec":17.97,"bitrate":192824,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.477Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:36.259Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/803-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/803-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/803/conversation-803-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}