{"conversationCode":"912-017","tapeNumber":912,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-912-017","startDateTime":"1973-05-08T16:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-08T16:59:00.000Z","startDate":"8-May-1973","startTime":"12:56 PM","endDate":"8-May-1973","endTime":"12:59 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo; Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On May 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 12:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 912-017 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. 912-17\n\nDate: May 8, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:56 pm and 12:59 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez and Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     President’s schedule\n           -Executive Office Building [EOB]\n\n     Oval Office\n          -Button\n                 -Maintenance\n\f                                            -29-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                            Conversation No. 912-17 (cont’d)\n\n                      -Unknown man\n\nSanchez and Bull left at an unknown time before 12:59 pm.","filename":["912-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"912-016","nextCode":"912-018","transcript":[{"start":0.18,"end":3.69,"text":"Okay, I'll go over to the OB."},{"start":3.71,"end":10.01,"text":"I don't know whether that button works or not."},{"start":10.23,"end":13.52,"text":"I just see a street."},{"start":14.2,"end":16.28,"text":"I'm in for a minute."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Manolo Sanchez and Stephen B. Bull to coordinate a transition to the Executive Office Building for his afternoon schedule. The group briefly addressed technical concerns regarding the functionality of a maintenance button in the Oval Office. The meeting concluded quickly as the participants departed to facilitate the President's relocation.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Executive Office Building","Oval Office maintenance","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:57:32.796Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","executive-office-building","oval-office-maintenance","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":24,"audioFiles":[{"file":"912-017.mp3","bytes":774144,"durationSec":24.08,"bitrate":257190,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.081Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:01.698Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/912-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/912-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/912/conversation-912-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}