{"conversationCode":"426-041","tapeNumber":426,"conversationNumber":41,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-426-041","startDateTime":"1973-04-10T20:49:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-10T20:50:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Apr-1973","startTime":"3:49 PM","endDate":"10-Apr-1973","endTime":"3:50 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On April 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:49 pm to 3:50 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 426-041 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. 426-41\n\nDate: April 10, 1973\nTime: 3:49 pm - 3:50 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n[See Conversation No. 44-136]","filename":["426-041.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"426-040","nextCode":"426-042","transcript":[{"start":1.89,"end":21.46,"text":"I see on that thing Thursday, I think it would be good to add the domestic members of the cabinet."},{"start":21.48,"end":22.26,"text":"But not including the Attorney General."},{"start":22.28,"end":22.94,"text":"In other words, don't have the..."},{"start":22.96,"end":23.41,"text":"I'm taking the..."},{"start":23.43,"end":23.95,"text":"The first one, Roy A."},{"start":30.98,"end":57.89,"text":"Three or four."},{"start":57.91,"end":58.31,"text":"And then Weinberger."},{"start":58.33,"end":58.45,"text":"Right."},{"start":58.47,"end":58.59,"text":"Right."},{"start":58.61,"end":59.01,"text":"And I think maybe..."},{"start":60.56,"end":62.61,"text":"No."},{"start":66.91,"end":67.09,"text":"OK. OK."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed Stephen B. Bull to modify the attendee list for an upcoming Thursday meeting by adding domestic cabinet members. Nixon specifically excluded the Attorney General from this session, directing Bull to prioritize select officials such as Roy Ash and Caspar Weinberger. The exchange focused on finalizing the guest list composition for these executive deliberations.","topics":["Cabinet meetings","Executive scheduling","Personnel management","Richard Nixon","Stephen B. Bull"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:30:01.153Z"},"topicSlugs":["cabinet-meetings","executive-scheduling","personnel-management","richard-nixon","stephen-b-bull"],"audioDurationSec":77,"audioFiles":[{"file":"426-041.mp3","bytes":364544,"durationSec":76.56,"bitrate":38092,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:47.662Z","transcriptGapSeconds":46,"transcriptGapShare":0.6,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/426-041.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/426-041","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/426/conversation-426-041","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}