{"conversationCode":"825-016","tapeNumber":825,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-825-016","startDateTime":"1972-12-16T16:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-16T16:25:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Dec-1972","startTime":"11:09 AM","endDate":"16-Dec-1972","endTime":"11:25 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On December 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:09 am and 11:25 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 825-016 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. 825-16\n\nDate: December 16, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:09 am and 11:25 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n       The President’s schedule\n            -Meeting with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n                  -Executive Office Building [EOB]\n                  -Meeting with Henry A. Kissinger\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 11:25 am.","filename":["825-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"825-015","nextCode":"825-017","transcript":[{"start":0.81,"end":1.71,"text":"Please find out."},{"start":1.73,"end":4.61,"text":"I hope to be free to go over."},{"start":4.93,"end":6.51,"text":"I'm going over to the EOP."},{"start":6.55,"end":8.67,"text":"Let me know before I leave."},{"start":8.73,"end":12.52,"text":"I don't want to talk to a group, but I have to do this."},{"start":12.54,"end":14.38,"text":"I have to get in."},{"start":14.4,"end":17.74,"text":"So that's been happening."},{"start":17.76,"end":18.16,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to coordinate his upcoming schedule and logistical movements within the Executive Office Building. Nixon emphasized his desire to avoid group settings while preparing for meetings with H. R. Haldeman and Henry Kissinger. Bull was instructed to facilitate these transitions and provide the President with necessary updates before his departure from the Oval Office.","topics":["Presidential schedule","White House logistics","H. R. Haldeman","Henry Kissinger","Executive Office Building"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:35:26.085Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","white-house-logistics","h-r-haldeman","henry-kissinger","executive-office-building"],"audioDurationSec":24,"audioFiles":[{"file":"825-016.mp3","bytes":574876,"durationSec":23.8,"bitrate":193235,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:59.849Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/825-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/825-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/825/conversation-825-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}