{"conversationCode":"334-042","tapeNumber":334,"conversationNumber":42,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-334-042","startDateTime":"1972-05-04T18:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-04T19:02:00.000Z","startDate":"4-May-1972","startTime":"2:57 PM","endDate":"4-May-1972","endTime":"3:02 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On May 4, 1972, 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 2:57 pm and 3:02 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 334-042 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 334-42\n\nDate: May 4, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:57 pm and 3:02 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     Ray Conniff\n          -Arrival\n          -Meeting with the President\n                -Photograph\n                -Certificate\n                -Tour of Oval Office\n                -Gifts\n\n     Henry A. Kissinger\n          -Meeting with the President\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 3:02 pm.","filename":["334-042.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:58:38","tapeEnd":"03:59:22","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"334-041","nextCode":"334-043","transcript":[{"start":1.04,"end":20.64,"text":"Oh, I have some things over here if you'd like to."},{"start":22.52,"end":24.38,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":24.4,"end":25.68,"text":"No, I think not."},{"start":34.41,"end":35.69,"text":"Yeah, we're here again."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met to coordinate logistics for an upcoming White House visit by musician Ray Conniff, including arrangements for photographs, certificates, and a tour of the Oval Office. The discussion also addressed a brief meeting between the President and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. Bull oversaw these administrative details before concluding his meeting with the President.","topics":["Ray Conniff","Henry Kissinger","White House logistics","Scheduling","Presidential appointments"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:45:08.453Z"},"topicSlugs":["ray-conniff","henry-kissinger","white-house-logistics","scheduling","presidential-appointments"],"audioDurationSec":43,"audioFiles":[{"file":"334-042.mp3","bytes":1740587,"durationSec":43.37,"bitrate":321069,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.908Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/334-042.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/334-042","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/334/conversation-334-042","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}