{"conversationCode":"372-039","tapeNumber":372,"conversationNumber":39,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-372-039","startDateTime":"1972-10-25T20:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-25T20:40:00.000Z","startDate":"25-Oct-1972","startTime":"4:20 PM","endDate":"25-Oct-1972","endTime":"4:40 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On October 25, 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 4:20 pm and 4:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 372-039 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 372-39\n\nDate: October 25, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:20 pm and 4:40 pm\n\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n        Preparation for recording of audio messages\n\nThe President dictated statements at an unknown time between 4:20 pm and 4:40 pm.\n\n        Appeal to voters\n           -Future of the US\n                -Foreign policy\n                -Peace\n                -Prosperity\n                -American dream\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 2m 20s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n        The President’s schedule\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 4:40 pm.","filename":["372-039.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"372-038","nextCode":"373-001","transcript":[{"start":30.3,"end":34.49,"text":"Where are you?"},{"start":60.95,"end":89,"text":"You."},{"start":93.15,"end":98.38,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":135.94,"end":148.39,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":152.46,"end":152.88,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":152.9,"end":154.22,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":168.81,"end":169.92,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull in the Old Executive Office Building to facilitate the recording of several formal audio messages. During this session, the President dictated campaign-oriented statements designed to appeal to voters by highlighting themes of foreign policy, peace, prosperity, and the preservation of the American dream. Following the completion of these recordings, the two discussed administrative details regarding the President's upcoming schedule.","topics":["1972 Presidential Campaign","Audio recordings","Foreign policy","Economic prosperity","American Dream","White House scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:20:25.832Z"},"topicSlugs":["1972-presidential-campaign","audio-recordings","foreign-policy","economic-prosperity","american-dream","white-house-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":218,"audioFiles":[{"file":"372-039.mp3","bytes":5244968,"durationSec":218.48,"bitrate":192053,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.875Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:28.665Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/372-039.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/372-039","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/372/conversation-372-039","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}