{"conversationCode":"898-017","tapeNumber":898,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-898-017","startDateTime":"1973-04-17T19:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-17T19:30:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Apr-1973","startTime":"2:20 PM","endDate":"17-Apr-1973","endTime":"2:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On April 17, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 2:30 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 898-017 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. 898-17\n\nDate: April 17, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:20 pm and 2:39 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n       Henry Petersen\n             -Meeting time\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 2:39 pm.","filename":["898-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"898-016","nextCode":"898-018","transcript":[{"start":0.84,"end":1.59,"text":"I don't know if that's true."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate administrative logistics regarding an upcoming meeting with Assistant Attorney General Henry Petersen. The discussion focused primarily on scheduling the appointment with Petersen, a key figure in the escalating Watergate investigation. No further substantive policy decisions were recorded during this brief encounter.","topics":["Henry Petersen","Watergate scandal","scheduling","White House operations","Stephen B. Bull"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:32:08.063Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-petersen","watergate-scandal","scheduling","white-house-operations","stephen-b-bull"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"898-017.mp3","bytes":241664,"durationSec":7.45,"bitrate":259388,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.081Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/898-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/898-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/898/conversation-898-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}