{"conversationCode":"918-018","tapeNumber":918,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-918-018","startDateTime":"1973-05-15T16:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-15T16:19:00.000Z","startDate":"15-May-1973","startTime":"12:13 PM","endDate":"15-May-1973","endTime":"12:19 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On May 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:13 pm and 12:19 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 918-018 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. 918-18\n\nDate: May 15, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:13 pm and 12:19 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\f                                                -29-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                            Conversation No. 918-18 (cont’d)\n\n     John B. Connally’s schedule\n          -Meeting with President\n          -George P. Shultz, Charles DiBona, and Roy L. Ash\n\nAn unknown man entered at an unknown time after 12:13 pm.\n\n     Delivery of paper\n\nBull and the unknown man left at an unknown time before 12:19 pm.","filename":["918-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B.","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"918-017","nextCode":"918-019","transcript":[{"start":0.51,"end":2.42,"text":"Did you work out?"},{"start":2.44,"end":2.86,"text":"Yes sir."},{"start":3.1,"end":4.6,"text":"It's all, it's all worth it."},{"start":4.7,"end":6.24,"text":"I mean, it's safe, it's fine."},{"start":6.68,"end":7.58,"text":"See you at 5 o'clock."},{"start":7.68,"end":7.94,"text":"Yes sir."},{"start":8.04,"end":9.35,"text":"The Sun City Yard is fine."},{"start":9.89,"end":13.75,"text":"You know, it's, it's all right."},{"start":13.77,"end":14.44,"text":"And, uh, fine."},{"start":14.96,"end":16.34,"text":"So now, uh, wait."},{"start":16.56,"end":20.83,"text":"Oh, I guess I've got, uh, I've got, uh, I've got a paper on this."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull and an unidentified individual to finalize scheduling logistics regarding a meeting with John B. Connally, George P. Shultz, Charles DiBona, and Roy L. Ash. During the brief exchange, the unidentified visitor delivered documentation to the President. The participants confirmed that specific arrangements were secure and established a follow-up meeting for later that afternoon.","topics":["John B. Connally","White House scheduling","Economic policy","Presidential staff","Oval Office logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:09:38.112Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-b-connally","white-house-scheduling","economic-policy","presidential-staff","oval-office-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":26,"audioFiles":[{"file":"918-018.mp3","bytes":841728,"durationSec":26.23,"bitrate":256754,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.082Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:02.786Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/918-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/918-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/918/conversation-918-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}