{"conversationCode":"249-020","tapeNumber":249,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-249-020","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 met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:35 pm to 4:36 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 249-020 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. 249-20\n\nDate: April 15, 1971\nTime: 4:35 pm - 4:36 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Stephen B. Bull\n\n[See Conversation No. 42-50]","filename":["249-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:31:13","tapeEnd":"02:32:14","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"249-019","nextCode":"249-021","transcript":[{"start":4.01,"end":5.75,"text":"You're up."},{"start":6.13,"end":10.22,"text":"Be sure to put the Buchanan wedding in my book."},{"start":10.46,"end":13.38,"text":"I don't want to be made."},{"start":14.46,"end":19.56,"text":"I should send a book to these other people."},{"start":19.7,"end":22.39,"text":"Oh, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to ensure that the Pat Buchanan wedding is formally noted in his personal records. The brief exchange highlights the President’s focus on administrative details regarding social engagements and maintaining his professional calendar. No further policy-related actions were taken during this short meeting.","topics":["Pat Buchanan","scheduling","administrative tasks","White House records","social engagements"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:39:51.527Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-buchanan","scheduling","administrative-tasks","white-house-records","social-engagements"],"audioDurationSec":26,"audioFiles":[{"file":"249-020.mp3","bytes":1038308,"durationSec":25.83,"bitrate":321558,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/249-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/249-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/249/conversation-249-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}