{"conversationCode":"473-012","tapeNumber":473,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-473-012","startDateTime":"1971-03-25T21:23:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-03-25T21:40:00.000Z","startDate":"25-Mar-1971","startTime":"4:23 PM","endDate":"25-Mar-1971","endTime":"4:40 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On March 25, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:23 pm and 4:40 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 473-012 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 473-12\n\nDate: March 25, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 4:23 pm and 4:40 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull\n\n     President’s telephone call to Boeing Corporation\n          -Technical arrangements\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 4:40 pm","filename":["473-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:31:04","tapeEnd":"04:32:41","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"473-011","nextCode":"473-013","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":13.86,"text":"technical arrangements"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate the technical logistics for an upcoming telephone call to the Boeing Corporation. The discussion focused on establishing the necessary communication protocols and arrangements required for the President to connect with company leadership. This brief interaction served to ensure the technical readiness of the call prior to its initiation.","topics":["Boeing Corporation","Telecommunications","White House logistics","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:32:45.600Z"},"topicSlugs":["boeing-corporation","telecommunications","white-house-logistics","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":39,"audioFiles":[{"file":"473-012.mp3","bytes":927868,"durationSec":38.6,"bitrate":192315,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.988Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/473-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/473-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/473/conversation-473-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}