{"conversationCode":"278-043","tapeNumber":278,"conversationNumber":43,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-278-043","startDateTime":"1971-09-16T13:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-16T14:33:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Sep-1971","startTime":"9:20 AM","endDate":"16-Sep-1971","endTime":"10:33 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On September 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:20 am and 10:33 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 278-043 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 278-43\n\nDate: September 16, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:20 am and 10:33 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     Drafts\n          -Unknown person\n\n     President’s schedule\n           -Meeting\n\nThe President and Bull left at an unknown time before 10:33 am.","filename":["278-043.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:56:04","tapeEnd":"01:58:34","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"278-042","nextCode":"278-044","transcript":[{"start":2.54,"end":3.54,"text":"I'll come out there."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull in the Old Executive Office Building to coordinate administrative matters. Their discussion centered on the President’s daily schedule and the review of unspecified draft documents. The meeting concluded when both parties departed the office together.","topics":["Presidential schedule","White House operations","Administrative coordination","Draft documents"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:58:51.649Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","white-house-operations","administrative-coordination","draft-documents"],"audioDurationSec":22,"audioFiles":[{"file":"278-043.mp3","bytes":890044,"durationSec":22.11,"bitrate":322020,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.008Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/278-043.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/278-043","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/278/conversation-278-043","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}