{"conversationCode":"922-004","tapeNumber":922,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-922-004","startDateTime":"1973-05-18T14:11:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-18T14:15:00.000Z","startDate":"18-May-1973","startTime":"10:11 AM","endDate":"18-May-1973","endTime":"10:15 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On May 18, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:11 am and 10:15 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 922-004 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. 922-4\n\nDate: May 18, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:11 am and 10:15 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nPresident met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n       President’s schedule\n              -Ronald L. Ziegler\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 10:15 am.","filename":["922-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"922-003","nextCode":"922-005","transcript":[{"start":0.15,"end":1.89,"text":"Mr. President, uh, Ron is in this vehicle."},{"start":1.91,"end":4.31,"text":"He doesn't need to see you right away, so if you could come over here."},{"start":4.35,"end":5.74,"text":"Okay, it's on."},{"start":6.24,"end":9.34,"text":"It's working."},{"start":10.32,"end":11.08,"text":"That's it."},{"start":11.52,"end":12.02,"text":"Don't panic."},{"start":12.08,"end":12.48,"text":"There's Scott."},{"start":12.5,"end":13.82,"text":"We have an emergency."},{"start":14.64,"end":14.82,"text":"Okay, bye."},{"start":14.84,"end":20.74,"text":"Bye, Mr. President."},{"start":20.76,"end":21.14,"text":"There's Scott."},{"start":21.18,"end":22.52,"text":"We have an emergency."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to verify the operational status of the White House taping system. Following a brief confirmation that the recording equipment was functioning, the two men addressed urgent logistical matters regarding the President’s schedule and the presence of Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler. The meeting concluded quickly after these administrative checks and an acknowledgement of an unspecified emergency.","topics":["White House taping system","Presidential scheduling","Ronald L. Ziegler","Oval Office operations","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:18:40.915Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-taping-system","presidential-scheduling","ronald-l-ziegler","oval-office-operations","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":29,"audioFiles":[{"file":"922-004.mp3","bytes":942634,"durationSec":29.36,"bitrate":256830,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.647Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/922-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/922-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/922/conversation-922-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}