{"conversationCode":"454-002","tapeNumber":454,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-454-002","startDateTime":"1971-02-19T21:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-02-19T21:59:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Feb-1971","startTime":"4:54 PM","endDate":"19-Feb-1971","endTime":"4:59 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On February 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:54 pm and 4:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 454-002 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 454-2\n\nDate: February 19, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 4:54 pm and 4:59 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull\n\n     The President’s schedule\n          -Quadriad meeting\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 4:59 pm","filename":["454-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:05:42","tapeEnd":"00:07:10","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"454-001","nextCode":"454-003","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":18.56,"text":"As soon as they're here, I'm going to start the meeting."},{"start":18.58,"end":18.94,"text":"Are they here yet?"},{"start":18.96,"end":19.12,"text":"No, sir."},{"start":19.14,"end":19.66,"text":"We're collecting them now."},{"start":19.68,"end":19.78,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":19.8,"end":20.12,"text":"The dog in here."},{"start":20.14,"end":20.68,"text":"Heather's just outstanding."},{"start":20.7,"end":20.8,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":20.82,"end":21.18,"text":"What do you think?"},{"start":21.2,"end":23.8,"text":"What does any of them get here?"},{"start":23.82,"end":24.17,"text":"They can come in."},{"start":24.19,"end":24.99,"text":"No, no, no."},{"start":25.01,"end":26.19,"text":"All the others can be jealous."},{"start":26.21,"end":27.27,"text":"Half of them all come in."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate the logistics and timing of an upcoming Quadriad meeting. The President inquired about the status of the meeting attendees and provided specific instructions regarding their entry into the Oval Office. This discussion focused on managing the arrival of officials to maintain protocol and avoid potential friction among staff members.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Quadriad meeting","White House logistics","Staff management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:57:36.789Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","quadriad-meeting","white-house-logistics","staff-management"],"audioDurationSec":88,"audioFiles":[{"file":"454-002.mp3","bytes":2102751,"durationSec":87.54,"bitrate":192169,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:47.662Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/454-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/454-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/454/conversation-454-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}