{"conversationCode":"429-002","tapeNumber":429,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-429-002","startDateTime":"1973-04-17T22:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-17T22:16:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Apr-1973","startTime":"5:15 PM","endDate":"17-Apr-1973","endTime":"5:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On April 17, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:15 pm to 5:16 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 429-002 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 429-002\n\nDate: April 17, 1973\nTime: 5:15 pm - 5:16 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n       President's schedule\n              -Taped statement on energy\n                      -Length\n\nStephen Bull left at 5:16 pm.","filename":["429-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"429-001","nextCode":"429-003","transcript":[{"start":0.13,"end":5.68,"text":"This is unsatisfactory, but I'm going to show it to you today."},{"start":5.8,"end":13.45,"text":"They did an interview for this joint, and I knew it was going to be less than two minutes long."},{"start":15.36,"end":16.26,"text":"I'm going to teach everyone this one."},{"start":16.28,"end":16.86,"text":"Whichever way you want to go."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull to review a taped statement regarding energy policy. The discussion focused on the brevity of the recording and the President’s intent to utilize the footage for broader messaging purposes. Nixon expressed dissatisfaction with the current draft while planning for its finalization and distribution.","topics":["Energy policy","White House media strategy","Presidential communications","Public relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:36:46.189Z"},"topicSlugs":["energy-policy","white-house-media-strategy","presidential-communications","public-relations"],"audioDurationSec":22,"audioFiles":[{"file":"429-002.mp3","bytes":710656,"durationSec":22.11,"bitrate":257173,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.104Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/429-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/429-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/429/conversation-429-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}