{"conversationCode":"717-018","tapeNumber":717,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-717-018","startDateTime":"1972-05-02T16:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-02T16:08:00.000Z","startDate":"2-May-1972","startTime":"12:06 PM","endDate":"2-May-1972","endTime":"12:08 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On May 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:06 pm and 12:08 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 717-018 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 717-18\n\nDate: May 2, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:06 and 12:08 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     President's schedule\n          -Meeting with Charles W. Colson\n                 -Cancellation\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 12:08 pm.","filename":["717-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:09:58","tapeEnd":"01:11:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"717-017","nextCode":"717-019","transcript":[{"start":19.42,"end":20.05,"text":"Thank you, Mr. Martin."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to conduct a brief administrative review of his daily schedule. The primary focus of the discussion was the cancellation of a previously planned meeting between the President and Charles W. Colson. Following this brief briefing, Bull concluded the meeting and departed the Oval Office.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Charles W. Colson","Administrative updates","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T03:11:49.683Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","charles-w-colson","administrative-updates","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":22,"audioFiles":[{"file":"717-018.mp3","bytes":892130,"durationSec":22.16,"bitrate":322084,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.687Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/717-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/717-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/717/conversation-717-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}