{"conversationCode":"818-001","tapeNumber":818,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-818-001","startDateTime":"1972-12-05T16:42:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-05T16:43:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Dec-1972","startTime":"11:42 AM","endDate":"5-Dec-1972","endTime":"11:43 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On December 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:42 am and 11:43 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 818-001 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 818-1\n\nDate: December 5, l972\nTime: Unknown between 11:42 am and 11:43 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n[The conversation was in progress when the recording began.]\n\n      The President’s schedule\n          -Barber\n               -Timing\n          -Lucy A. Winchester\n               [Christmas season]\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 11:43 am.","filename":["818-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"817-019","nextCode":"818-002","transcript":[{"start":7.26,"end":10.54,"text":"If you had a chance to go over that schedule with Lucy."},{"start":10.58,"end":11.74,"text":"She's right there."},{"start":11.8,"end":16.85,"text":"You want to come in and go over it with me?"},{"start":16.93,"end":20.21,"text":"Have you gotten ready to talk about some of it now?"},{"start":20.43,"end":22.95,"text":"Well, we're only until about the third day, sir."},{"start":23.03,"end":24.07,"text":"If you'd like, we can have it."},{"start":26.92,"end":28.06,"text":"Why don't we just do that then?"},{"start":28.08,"end":30.02,"text":"So I can get some of the decisions out of the way."},{"start":30.04,"end":31.44,"text":"You can just come right in here."},{"start":31.56,"end":31.7,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate his upcoming schedule and address pending logistical decisions. The discussion primarily focused on planning for the Christmas season and arranging a time to review the President's calendar in greater detail. Nixon directed Bull to involve Lucy A. Winchester in the planning process to expedite administrative approvals.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","White House operations","Christmas planning","Lucy A. Winchester","Stephen B. Bull"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:26:42.104Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","white-house-operations","christmas-planning","lucy-a-winchester","stephen-b-bull"],"audioDurationSec":47,"audioFiles":[{"file":"818-001.mp3","bytes":1130967,"durationSec":46.99,"bitrate":192559,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:59.848Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/818-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/818-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/818/conversation-818-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}