{"conversationCode":"818-008","tapeNumber":818,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-818-008","startDateTime":"1972-12-05T17:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-05T17:42:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Dec-1972","startTime":"12:37 PM","endDate":"5-Dec-1972","endTime":"12:42 PM","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 12:37 pm and 12:42 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 818-008 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. 818-8\n\nDate: December 5, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:37 pm and 12:42 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n      The President’s schedule\n          -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and Charles W. Colson\n               -Meeting in the Executive Office Building [EOB]\n                    -Timing\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 12:42 pm.","filename":["818-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"818-007","nextCode":"818-009","transcript":[{"start":7.53,"end":10.05,"text":"30 to T-O-E-R-S. Tom, that's bad."},{"start":10.09,"end":11.04,"text":"Make it another one."},{"start":11.46,"end":12.06,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":14.64,"end":14.94,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull engaged in a brief, administrative exchange involving the coordination of logistics or scheduling, specifically referencing an individual named Tom. The conversation concludes with Bull acknowledging the President's instructions before departing. No major policy or political developments are recorded during this short interval.","topics":["Scheduling","White House operations","Administrative support"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:27:21.010Z"},"topicSlugs":["scheduling","white-house-operations","administrative-support"],"audioDurationSec":24,"audioFiles":[{"file":"818-008.mp3","bytes":579888,"durationSec":24.01,"bitrate":193188,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.478Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:39.630Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/818-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/818-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/818/conversation-818-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}