{"conversationCode":"421-021","tapeNumber":421,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-421-021","startDateTime":"1973-03-28T13:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-28T13:45:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Mar-1973","startTime":"8:40 AM","endDate":"28-Mar-1973","endTime":"8:45 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On March 28, 1973, 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 8:40 am and 8:45 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 421-021 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 421-21\n\nDate: March 28, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:40 am and 8:45 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n          President's meeting with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n                -John N. Mitchell\n                -Length\n\n          President's signature\n                -Nominations\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 8:45 am.","filename":["421-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"421-020","nextCode":"421-022","transcript":[{"start":9.16,"end":27.93,"text":"Come over now and you might see him."},{"start":27.95,"end":28.49,"text":"I've never seen him before."},{"start":28.51,"end":29.27,"text":"He's in there with the mission master."},{"start":29.29,"end":31.32,"text":"Well, why don't you tell him to drop over now because I've got some things that have to be scheduled."},{"start":31.34,"end":32.52,"text":"Go ahead and just say it while I take it."},{"start":53.86,"end":63.74,"text":"But there shouldn't be anything to sign tomorrow, I don't think."},{"start":63.76,"end":66.33,"text":"If there is, it's fine, but there shouldn't be anything."},{"start":66.35,"end":71.02,"text":"We can't go for a Friday night."},{"start":71.04,"end":71.86,"text":"It's the main light of the nomination."},{"start":71.88,"end":72.58,"text":"Unless it has to be, we'll take it."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate administrative logistics, specifically regarding a meeting with H.R. Haldeman and John Mitchell. The two discussed scheduling requirements and reviewed the status of pending nominations requiring the President's signature. Nixon emphasized the importance of streamlining the signing process and expressed a preference for minimizing Friday night work commitments.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","John N. Mitchell","White House scheduling","Presidential nominations","Administrative procedures"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:11:00.033Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","john-n-mitchell","white-house-scheduling","presidential-nominations","administrative-procedures"],"audioDurationSec":80,"audioFiles":[{"file":"421-021.mp3","bytes":698368,"durationSec":79.76,"bitrate":70046,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:46.738Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/421-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/421-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/421/conversation-421-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}