{"conversationCode":"036-004","tapeNumber":36,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-036-004","startDateTime":"1973-01-19T16:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-19T16:53:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Jan-1973","startTime":"11:52 AM","endDate":"19-Jan-1973","endTime":"11:53 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On January 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:52 am and 11:53 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-004 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.3","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part III","chronReleaseDate":"23-Jun-2009","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 36-4\n\nDate: January 19, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:52 am and 11:53 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n[See Conversation No. 397-11]\n\n       The President's schedule\n            -Ronald L. Ziegler\n                  -Photographs\n                         -News wire services\n                         -The President’s 1973 Inaugural speech","filename":["036-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"036-003","nextCode":"036-005","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":9.61,"text":"Ron wants a picture from the front wires of my working on this talk."},{"start":9.62,"end":19.44,"text":"I told him that 2.30 would be a good time, a better time for me would be approximately"},{"start":20.47,"end":25.72,"text":"That'll be across the street in the EOB, sir."},{"start":26.02,"end":30.79,"text":"I'll be at the EOB, and he can bring them over here at 115, and then that'll clear me for the afternoon."},{"start":30.85,"end":33.05,"text":"I've got to keep the afternoon clear."},{"start":33.08,"end":33.88,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":33.9,"end":34.08,"text":"Fine."},{"start":34.1,"end":34.3,"text":"All right."},{"start":34.32,"end":35.32,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon coordinates with aide Stephen B. Bull to schedule a photo opportunity with Press Secretary Ron Ziegler regarding the drafting of his 1973 Inaugural address. The President stipulates that the session must occur at the Executive Office Building at 1:15 pm to avoid disrupting his afternoon agenda. This brief logistical exchange ensures the President maintains necessary focus time for his writing while accommodating media requirements.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Inaugural address","Ron Ziegler","Media relations","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:55:27.785Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","inaugural-address","ron-ziegler","media-relations","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":42,"audioFiles":[{"file":"036-004.mp3","bytes":1018411,"durationSec":42.29,"bitrate":192637,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.542Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/036-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/36/conversation-036-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}