{"conversationCode":"471-008","tapeNumber":471,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-471-008","startDateTime":"1971-03-24T15:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-03-24T15:45:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Mar-1971","startTime":"10:43 AM","endDate":"24-Mar-1971","endTime":"10:45 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On March 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:43 am and 10:45 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 471-008 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. 471-8\n\nDate: March 24, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:43 am and 10:45 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull\n\n     President’s schedule\n          -Louie B. Nunn\n          -Harry F. Byrd, Jr.\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 10:45 am","filename":["471-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:33:37","tapeEnd":"01:34:16","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"471-007","nextCode":"471-009","transcript":[{"start":8.2,"end":15.78,"text":"Are you ready for Senator Byrd's listening?"},{"start":15.79,"end":16.36,"text":"I think he's ready for this."},{"start":16.38,"end":16.46,"text":"Yes."},{"start":16.48,"end":17.4,"text":"Well, do you want to just keep that?"},{"start":17.42,"end":19.84,"text":"There's whatever he knows is supposed to just break right in."},{"start":19.86,"end":20.07,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and aide Stephen B. Bull reviewed the President’s upcoming schedule, specifically focusing on meetings with Louie B. Nunn and Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr. The discussion centered on preparations for Senator Byrd’s visit and established the protocol for interrupting the President when the Senator arrived. No further substantive policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative check-in.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Harry F. Byrd, Jr.","Louie B. Nunn","White House protocol","Executive office management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:27:49.267Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","harry-f-byrd-jr","louie-b-nunn","white-house-protocol","executive-office-management"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"471-008.mp3","bytes":483368,"durationSec":20.07,"bitrate":192626,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.988Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/471-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/471-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/471/conversation-471-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}