{"conversationCode":"894-018","tapeNumber":894,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-894-018","startDateTime":"1973-04-12T22:21:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-12T22:27:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Apr-1973","startTime":"5:21 PM","endDate":"12-Apr-1973","endTime":"5:27 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On April 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:21 pm and 5:27 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 894-018 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"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. 894-18\n\nDate: April 12, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 5:21 pm and before 5:27 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     President’s schedule\n           -Hugh Scott’s wedding anniversary\n           -Meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti\n                 -Paul W. Keyes\n           -Meeting with Keyes\n                 -Reception\n                 -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon\n\f                                               -39-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                            Conversation No. 894-18 (cont’d)\n\n     Instructions for John D. Ehrlichman\n           -Copy of President’s energy message for John B. Connally\n                 -Connally’s comments\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 5:27 pm.","filename":["894-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"894-017","nextCode":"894-019","transcript":[{"start":2.21,"end":5.59,"text":"You should know that today the Senate discussed what we are going to be doing in Andrews."},{"start":6.41,"end":7.25,"text":"You don't want to mention it, right?"},{"start":11.3,"end":20.97,"text":"And then, of course, he was ready to sign it, but it's kind of boring right now."},{"start":20.99,"end":27.29,"text":"We just have a roll case and a pretty productive session, I guess, as it makes it in regard to what Andrew is and the, you know, what he is."},{"start":27.49,"end":27.91,"text":"Go ahead."},{"start":28.7,"end":31.2,"text":"Oh, be sure to tell"},{"start":54.42,"end":67.15,"text":"I want to be sure that Colin gets a copy of the energy message, or at least the preliminary copy so that he can give me his news on it."},{"start":67.17,"end":72.51,"text":"So as quickly as possible, I'll give him a raw copy of it."},{"start":72.75,"end":77.57,"text":"I don't want him to send it to him just before his day, but I need to get it as quickly as he can now."},{"start":78.59,"end":82.54,"text":"Do you want to get his comments on it?"},{"start":82.74,"end":85.51,"text":"I want his comments on it."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull to coordinate various administrative tasks, including scheduling commitments involving Hugh Scott’s anniversary and upcoming meetings with Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti and Paul W. Keyes. During the session, the President prioritized obtaining feedback from John B. Connally regarding the administration's energy message. Nixon instructed Bull to expedite the delivery of a preliminary draft to Connally to ensure his prompt review and commentary.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Energy policy","John B. Connally","White House administration","Italian relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:25:13.477Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","energy-policy","john-b-connally","white-house-administration","italian-relations"],"audioDurationSec":95,"audioFiles":[{"file":"894-018.mp3","bytes":3035136,"durationSec":94.73,"bitrate":256309,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.081Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:57.786Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/894-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/894-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/894/conversation-894-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}