{"conversationCode":"813-018","tapeNumber":813,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-813-018","startDateTime":"1972-11-08T15:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-08T15:16:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Nov-1972","startTime":"10:10 AM","endDate":"8-Nov-1972","endTime":"10:16 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On November 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 10:16 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 813-018 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.1","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part I","chronReleaseDate":"11-Jul-2007","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 813-18\n\nDate: November 8, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:10 am and 10:16 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n       The President’s schedule\n            -Meeting with Charles W. Colson\n            -Meeting with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n                  -Cabinet meeting\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 10:16 am.","filename":["813-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"813-017","nextCode":"813-019","transcript":[{"start":1.75,"end":4.13,"text":"Yeah, this is something we in the house can't say, so you ask him."},{"start":4.15,"end":4.19,"text":"No."},{"start":4.21,"end":9.94,"text":"Colston said he wouldn't like to see you, sir."},{"start":9.96,"end":10.84,"text":"It's about Halloween here, ain't it?"},{"start":10.86,"end":11.28,"text":"You got it, huh?"},{"start":11.3,"end":15.3,"text":"I do."},{"start":15.32,"end":20.25,"text":"It's like he had to let me off because I had to talk to him."},{"start":20.27,"end":22.11,"text":"He had to be sensitive."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and aide Stephen B. Bull met briefly to review the President's daily schedule, including upcoming appointments with Charles Colson and H.R. Haldeman. They also touched upon the logistics of a planned Cabinet meeting. The exchange centered on coordinating administrative priorities and ensuring the President was prepared for his subsequent briefings.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Charles Colson","H.R. Haldeman","Cabinet meeting","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:20:43.154Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","charles-colson","h-r-haldeman","cabinet-meeting","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":24,"audioFiles":[{"file":"813-018.mp3","bytes":566982,"durationSec":23.5,"bitrate":193026,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.478Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/813-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/813-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/813/conversation-813-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}