{"conversationCode":"042-050","tapeNumber":42,"conversationNumber":50,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-042-050","startDateTime":"1971-04-15T21:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-15T21:36:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Apr-1971","startTime":"4:35 PM","endDate":"15-Apr-1971","endTime":"4:36 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On April 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 4:35 pm to 4:36 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 042-050 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 42-50\n\nDate: April 15, 1971\nTime: 4:35 pm - 4:36 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n[See Conversation No. 249-20]\n\n     President's schedule\n           -Patrick J. Buchanan wedding\n           -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["042-050.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:58:38","tapeEnd":"00:59:04","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"042-049","nextCode":"042-051","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.77,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":0.79,"end":1.57,"text":"Yes, sir, Mr. President."},{"start":1.69,"end":2.48,"text":"Hi, Steve."},{"start":2.5,"end":6.5,"text":"Be sure to put the Buchanan wedding in my book."},{"start":6.74,"end":9.01,"text":"I don't know when it is."},{"start":9.07,"end":10.89,"text":"It's in May, isn't it?"},{"start":10.91,"end":11.73,"text":"I'm not sure of the date."},{"start":11.77,"end":13.08,"text":"I believe it is in May, Mr. President."},{"start":13.1,"end":17.96,"text":"But I want to be sure it's in the book, Steve, so that when Haldeman and I are working on these schedules that I'll know I have to be there."},{"start":18.33,"end":19.49,"text":"Is it on a weekend?"},{"start":19.67,"end":21.35,"text":"It's on a Saturday, yes, sir."},{"start":21.37,"end":21.71,"text":"All right."},{"start":21.79,"end":22.27,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":22.29,"end":22.71,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to ensure that Patrick J. Buchanan’s upcoming wedding was recorded in the President's official calendar. The President emphasized the need for this entry to facilitate scheduling discussions with H. R. Haldeman. Bull was tasked with confirming the specific date of the Saturday event in May to ensure the President's attendance.","topics":["Patrick J. Buchanan","H. R. Haldeman","Presidential scheduling","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:18:42.836Z"},"topicSlugs":["patrick-j-buchanan","h-r-haldeman","presidential-scheduling","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":24,"audioFiles":[{"file":"042-050.mp3","bytes":294912,"durationSec":23.86,"bitrate":98878,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/042-050.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/042-050","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/42/conversation-042-050","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}