{"conversationCode":"781-017","tapeNumber":781,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-781-017","startDateTime":"1972-09-18T16:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-09-18T16:26:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Sep-1972","startTime":"12:24 PM","endDate":"18-Sep-1972","endTime":"12:26 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On September 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:24 pm and 12:26 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 781-017 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 781-17\n\nDate: September 18, 1972\n\n                                         (rev. Oct-06)\n\nTime: Unknown between 12:25 pm and 12:51 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe Presidnt met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n             The President's schedule\n                 -Republican women surrogates\n                     -Roosevelt Room\n                     -Pins\n                 -Photograph session\n                     -Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 12:26 pm.","filename":["781-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"781-016","nextCode":"781-018","transcript":[{"start":4.92,"end":5.94,"text":"They can wear it around."},{"start":6.44,"end":6.74,"text":"Right."},{"start":6.96,"end":8.94,"text":"They'll go ahead and take pictures."},{"start":9,"end":14.08,"text":"If you like individual photographs."},{"start":14.14,"end":14.36,"text":"Yes."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull coordinated logistics for an upcoming appearance involving Republican women surrogates in the Roosevelt Room. The discussion focused on the distribution of pins for the attendees and arrangements for individual photograph sessions with White House photographer Ollie Atkins. These planning details served to manage the President’s public relations schedule for the event.","topics":["Republican Party","Public Relations","Scheduling","Photography","White House Events"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T23:31:30.812Z"},"topicSlugs":["republican-party","public-relations","scheduling","photography","white-house-events"],"audioDurationSec":24,"audioFiles":[{"file":"781-017.mp3","bytes":580544,"durationSec":24.13,"bitrate":192445,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.945Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/781-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/781-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/781/conversation-781-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}