{"conversationCode":"459-003","tapeNumber":459,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-459-003","startDateTime":"1971-02-27T16:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-02-27T16:58:00.000Z","startDate":"27-Feb-1971","startTime":"11:57 AM","endDate":"27-Feb-1971","endTime":"11:58 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On February 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:57 am and 11:58 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 459-003 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. 459-3\n\nDate: February 27, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:57 am and 11:58 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull\n\n     The President’s schedule\n          -Leonard Garment\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 11:58 am","filename":["459-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:40:36","tapeEnd":"02:41:18","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"459-002","nextCode":"459-004","transcript":[{"start":0.91,"end":3.69,"text":"Black guard here today, you know."},{"start":3.71,"end":4.36,"text":"Hello."},{"start":4.38,"end":4.98,"text":"I'm Ted, Mr. President."},{"start":5,"end":5.38,"text":"Check it right out."},{"start":5.41,"end":5.59,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to briefly discuss administrative details regarding the President’s daily schedule. The conversation focused on the presence of a security guard on the premises and the scheduling of an upcoming appointment with Leonard Garment. Bull received instructions to coordinate these logistics before exiting the Oval Office.","topics":["Presidential schedule","White House security","Leonard Garment","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:05:24.673Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","white-house-security","leonard-garment","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"459-003.mp3","bytes":228204,"durationSec":9.45,"bitrate":193232,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:47.662Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:44.250Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/459-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/459-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/459/conversation-459-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}