{"conversationCode":"246-036","tapeNumber":246,"conversationNumber":36,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-246-036","startDateTime":"1971-04-07T23:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-08T00:09:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Apr-1971","startTime":"6:10 PM","endDate":"7-Apr-1971","endTime":"7:09 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On April 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:10 pm and 7:09 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 246-036 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 246-036\nDate: April 7, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:10 pm and 7:09 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull\nPresident’s schedule\n-Hugh Scott\n-Location\n-Ronald L. Ziegler\n-Press copies\n-Press photo\nBull left at an unknown time before 7:09 pm","filename":["246-036.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:37:55","tapeEnd":"05:38:44","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"246-035","nextCode":"246-037","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":22.73,"text":"Do they all hear you?"},{"start":22.75,"end":23.21,"text":"My cigarette is coming."},{"start":23.23,"end":23.69,"text":"Where is Senator Scott?"},{"start":23.71,"end":23.95,"text":"He's coming."},{"start":23.97,"end":24.3,"text":"Scott is coming."},{"start":24.32,"end":24.93,"text":"His cigarette is coming to him."},{"start":24.95,"end":25.84,"text":"Do you have copies for them?"},{"start":27.52,"end":37.17,"text":"You ready?"},{"start":37.19,"end":39.1,"text":"I'll get up here and press forward with the beginning, sir."},{"start":39.12,"end":39.28,"text":"Alright."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to finalize preparations for an upcoming meeting with Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott. The discussion centered on logistics and coordination, specifically confirming the location and ensuring that press copies and photographs were ready for the visit. Bull acted as an intermediary to facilitate the smooth management of the President's schedule during this brief administrative briefing.","topics":["Presidential Scheduling","Hugh Scott","White House Logistics","Press Relations","Stephen B. Bull"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:34:56.660Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","hugh-scott","white-house-logistics","press-relations","stephen-b-bull"],"audioDurationSec":39,"audioFiles":[{"file":"246-036.mp3","bytes":1575497,"durationSec":39.24,"bitrate":321196,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/246-036.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/246-036","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/246/conversation-246-036","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}