{"conversationCode":"918-008","tapeNumber":918,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-918-008","startDateTime":"1973-05-15T12:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-15T12:42:00.000Z","startDate":"15-May-1973","startTime":"8:38 AM","endDate":"15-May-1973","endTime":"8:42 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On May 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:38 am and 8:42 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 918-008 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. 918-8\n\nDate: May 15, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:38 am and 8:42 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n      President’s schedule\n            -Meeting with Henry E. Petersen\n                  -Bull’s forthcoming call\n                  -Scope of forthcoming conversation\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 8:42 am.\n\f                                                -8-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["918-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"918-007","nextCode":"918-009","transcript":[{"start":7.58,"end":13.84,"text":"I'd like to say that the, uh, if it isn't the president, I'd like him to drop over at 10 o'clock, 7 a.m."},{"start":13.94,"end":27.67,"text":"It has nothing to do with the grand jury, but he just has a personal, a brief personal message to the president."},{"start":27.69,"end":28.69,"text":"I'd like to hear it."},{"start":28.73,"end":29.53,"text":"I'd like to hear it."},{"start":29.59,"end":30.13,"text":"I'd like to hear it."},{"start":30.15,"end":31.43,"text":"I'd like to hear it."},{"start":31.45,"end":32.39,"text":"I'd like to hear it."},{"start":32.53,"end":33.73,"text":"I'd like to hear it."},{"start":33.75,"end":34.81,"text":"I'd like to hear it."},{"start":34.85,"end":36.39,"text":"I'd like to hear it."},{"start":49.98,"end":50.18,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull discussed the scheduling and parameters of an upcoming meeting with Assistant Attorney General Henry E. Petersen. The President emphasized his desire to hear a personal message from Petersen, while noting that the conversation should remain distinct from ongoing grand jury matters. This exchange served to facilitate the logistics and communication protocols for the President's engagement with the Justice Department official.","topics":["Henry E. Petersen","Presidential schedule","White House operations","Watergate investigation","Stephen B. Bull"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:08:40.508Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-e-petersen","presidential-schedule","white-house-operations","watergate-investigation","stephen-b-bull"],"audioDurationSec":50,"audioFiles":[{"file":"918-008.mp3","bytes":1613824,"durationSec":50.32,"bitrate":256569,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.413Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:02.784Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/918-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/918-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/918/conversation-918-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}