{"conversationCode":"427-008","tapeNumber":427,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-427-008","startDateTime":"1973-04-16T21:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-16T21:06:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Apr-1973","startTime":"4:04 PM","endDate":"16-Apr-1973","endTime":"4:06 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Dean, John W., III;","description":"On April 16, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and John W. Dean, III met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:04 pm to 4:06 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 427-008 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 427-8\n\nDate: April 16, 1973\nTime: 4:04 pm - 4:06 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n      The President’s schedule\n\nThe President talked with John W. Dean, III between 4:04 pm and 4:05 pm.\n\n[Conversation No. 427-8A]\n\n[Begin telephone conversation]\n\n[See Conversation 38-69]\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\n      President’s schedule\n          -William P. Rogers [?]\n          -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman briefing\n\nBull left 4:06 pm.\n\f                                               -21-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["427-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B.","Dean, John W., III"],"prevCode":"427-007","nextCode":"427-009","transcript":[{"start":3.81,"end":12.8,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":13.26,"end":13.42,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":13.44,"end":33.01,"text":"I got tied up with Peterson, so I wondered if you'd call me down."},{"start":35.77,"end":38.81,"text":"He's got it, all of it."},{"start":38.83,"end":42.61,"text":"I'm gonna go in there first, and then I'll be here whenever he gets here."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon, John W. Dean, III, and Stephen B. Bull met briefly to coordinate scheduling and the flow of information regarding impending briefings. The participants discussed the President’s upcoming meetings with William P. Rogers and H.R. Haldeman. The interaction served as a logistical pivot point to manage the President’s time and the sequence of key administrative consultations.","topics":["White House scheduling","John W. Dean III","H.R. Haldeman","William P. Rogers","Presidential briefings"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:32:10.426Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-scheduling","john-w-dean-iii","h-r-haldeman","william-p-rogers","presidential-briefings"],"audioDurationSec":51,"audioFiles":[{"file":"427-008.mp3","bytes":1648640,"durationSec":51.43,"bitrate":256464,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.104Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:38.566Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/427-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/427-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/427/conversation-427-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}