{"conversationCode":"044-047","tapeNumber":44,"conversationNumber":47,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-044-047","startDateTime":"1973-03-28T17:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-28T17:36:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Mar-1973","startTime":"12:35 PM","endDate":"28-Mar-1973","endTime":"12:36 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On March 28, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:35 pm and 12:36 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-047 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 044-047\n\nDate: March 28, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:35 pm and 12:36 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 425-9]\n\n       President's televised speeches from Oval Office on Vietnam\n             -Number","filename":["044-047.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"044-046","nextCode":"044-048","transcript":[{"start":1.58,"end":2.58,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2.6,"end":3.77,"text":"Ready with Mr. Bolson."},{"start":3.79,"end":4.13,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":4.73,"end":13.96,"text":"Get the number of times that I have spoken from the Oval Office on Vietnam over the four years."},{"start":13.98,"end":16.5,"text":"Well, including, of course, the last time."},{"start":17.26,"end":17.74,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":17.78,"end":17.98,"text":"Fine."},{"start":18.02,"end":18.48,"text":"You know what I mean?"},{"start":18.5,"end":19.46,"text":"Just the formal addresses."},{"start":19.5,"end":21.81,"text":"The formal televised addresses."},{"start":21.87,"end":24.23,"text":"Televised addresses from the Oval Office."},{"start":24.27,"end":24.49,"text":"Right."},{"start":24.89,"end":25.29,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":25.33,"end":25.49,"text":"Fine."},{"start":25.51,"end":26.01,"text":"How many times?"},{"start":26.33,"end":26.83,"text":"Okay, sir."},{"start":26.85,"end":27.19,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":27.37,"end":27.47,"text":"Fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to calculate the exact number of formal, televised addresses he had delivered from the Oval Office regarding the Vietnam War during his presidency. The President sought this data to contextualize his public communication efforts over the previous four years. Bull was tasked with finalizing this count, including the most recent address, for the President's review.","topics":["Vietnam War","Oval Office","Televised addresses","Public relations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:48:54.493Z"},"topicSlugs":["vietnam-war","oval-office","televised-addresses","public-relations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":34,"audioFiles":[{"file":"044-047.mp3","bytes":1347584,"durationSec":33.56,"bitrate":321254,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/044-047.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-047","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/44/conversation-044-047","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}