{"conversationCode":"784-017","tapeNumber":784,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-784-017","startDateTime":"1972-09-21T16:11:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-09-21T16:15:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Sep-1972","startTime":"12:11 PM","endDate":"21-Sep-1972","endTime":"12:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On September 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:11 pm and 12:15 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 784-017 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. 784-17\n\nDate: September 21, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:11 pm and 12:15 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an Stepehn B. Bull.\n\n             The President’s schedule\n                 -[Robert R. Casey]\n\n             Power outage\n                -Emergency generator\n                - Robert J. Brown\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 12:15 pm.","filename":["784-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"784-016","nextCode":"784-018","transcript":[{"start":1.9,"end":3.7,"text":"There you go."},{"start":24.43,"end":24.89,"text":"What happened?"},{"start":24.93,"end":26.97,"text":"Did the power pack just go out or...?"},{"start":27.01,"end":27.61,"text":"Yes, sir, it happened."},{"start":27.63,"end":29.25,"text":"And there's supposed to be a reserve center."},{"start":29.84,"end":32.16,"text":"Yeah, I have generated an emergency measure."},{"start":32.18,"end":33.14,"text":"Very interesting."},{"start":33.32,"end":44.2,"text":"I'm trying to find Bob Brown during the power pack and it's a very difficult thing to do."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull meet to address a sudden power failure in the Oval Office and the subsequent failure of the backup generator system. Bull informs the President that he has initiated emergency measures to restore power and notes the difficulty in locating staff member Robert J. Brown during the blackout. The brief exchange focuses on resolving this infrastructure crisis and confirming the status of the President's schedule.","topics":["Oval Office","Power outage","Emergency generators","Robert J. Brown","White House infrastructure"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T23:37:09.458Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office","power-outage","emergency-generators","robert-j-brown","white-house-infrastructure"],"audioDurationSec":47,"audioFiles":[{"file":"784-017.mp3","bytes":1134758,"durationSec":47.23,"bitrate":192223,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.945Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:32.812Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/784-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/784-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/784/conversation-784-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}