{"conversationCode":"406-039","tapeNumber":406,"conversationNumber":39,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-406-039","startDateTime":"1973-01-31T02:01:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-31T02:07:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Jan-1973","startTime":"9:01 PM","endDate":"30-Jan-1973","endTime":"9:07 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On January 30, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:01 pm and 9:07 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 406-039 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"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. 406-39\n\nDate: January 30, 1973\nTime: 9:07 pm - 9:09 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Bull between 9:07 pm and 9:09 pm.\n\n[See Conversation No. 36-129]","filename":["406-039.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"406-038","nextCode":"406-040","transcript":[{"start":0.25,"end":0.78,"text":"Bravo."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate an urgent communication via the White House operator. The brief exchange focused on facilitating an outgoing telephone call to an unnamed individual. No further substantive policy matters or major developments were recorded during this brief administrative interaction.","topics":["White House operations","Staff communication","Telephone protocols"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:30:51.540Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","staff-communication","telephone-protocols"],"audioDurationSec":24,"audioFiles":[{"file":"406-039.mp3","bytes":570535,"durationSec":23.64,"bitrate":193074,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:46.738Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/406-039.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/406-039","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/406/conversation-406-039","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}