{"conversationCode":"902-012","tapeNumber":902,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-902-012","startDateTime":"1973-04-19T16:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-19T17:48:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Apr-1973","startTime":"11:08 AM","endDate":"19-Apr-1973","endTime":"12:48 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Bull, Stephen B.; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On April 19, 1973, Stephen B. Bull and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:08 am and 12:48 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 902-012 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. 902-012\n\nDate: April 19, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:08 am and 12:48 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nStephen B. Bull and an unknown man met.\n\n       Request\n             -Airport\n                    -[Unintelligible name]\n\nBull and the unknown man left an unknown time before 12:48 pm.","filename":["902-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Bull, Stephen B.","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"902-011","nextCode":"902-013","transcript":[{"start":5.63,"end":6.37,"text":"Police Board."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler met to coordinate the White House's public response to mounting Watergate pressures, specifically focusing on John W. Dean III's shifting cooperation and potential implications for H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman. They reviewed Dean’s past reports, his role in the investigation, and the legal strategy regarding his potential immunity and testimony to the grand jury. The discussion also addressed the administration's public posture toward the press, including Ziegler’s forthcoming briefing on Dean and the President's recent communications with Assistant Attorney General Henry Petersen.","topics":["Watergate","John W. Dean III","Ronald L. Ziegler","H.R. Haldeman","John Ehrlichman","Henry E. Petersen","Public relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:38:04.100Z"},"topicSlugs":["watergate","john-w-dean-iii","ronald-l-ziegler","h-r-haldeman","john-ehrlichman","henry-e-petersen","public-relations"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"902-012.mp3","bytes":110592,"durationSec":9.87,"bitrate":89670,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.080Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:59.428Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/902-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/902-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/902/conversation-902-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}