{"conversationCode":"472-010","tapeNumber":472,"conversationNumber":10,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-472-010","startDateTime":"1971-03-23T17:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-03-23T17:16:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Mar-1971","startTime":"12:13 PM","endDate":"23-Mar-1971","endTime":"12:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On March 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:13 pm and 12:16 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 472-010 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. 472-10\n\nDate: March 23, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:13 pm and 12:16 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull\n\n     President’s schedule\n          -Henry A. Kissinger\n          -John D. Ehrlichman and George P. Shultz\n                -Location\n          -James L. Buckley\n          -Kissinger\n          -Ehrlichman and Shultz\n          -Kissinger\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 12:16 pm","filename":["472-010.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:28:48","tapeEnd":"01:31:09","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"472-009","nextCode":"472-011","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":18.69,"text":"Or are they here, or are they right upstairs?"},{"start":18.71,"end":19.81,"text":"They haven't even done it."},{"start":19.83,"end":19.93,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":19.95,"end":20.45,"text":"They haven't done it yet."},{"start":39.47,"end":45.99,"text":"I've got to see."},{"start":46.29,"end":48.58,"text":"All right, so we'll have to roll it in."},{"start":48.6,"end":51.37,"text":"Let's see what their schedule is."},{"start":51.39,"end":52.19,"text":"They want to take it at 1230 or 1250."},{"start":52.21,"end":52.43,"text":"All right."},{"start":52.91,"end":53.78,"text":"We've got 1230."},{"start":53.8,"end":54.86,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met to coordinate the scheduling of upcoming meetings with key advisors, including Henry Kissinger, John Ehrlichman, and George Shultz. They specifically addressed the timing of appointments to ensure the President's agenda remained manageable. The discussion concluded with a firm decision to slot a meeting into the 12:30 p.m. time block.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","White House staff","Henry Kissinger","John Ehrlichman","George Shultz","Time management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:30:17.202Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","white-house-staff","henry-kissinger","john-ehrlichman","george-shultz","time-management"],"audioDurationSec":55,"audioFiles":[{"file":"472-010.mp3","bytes":1317197,"durationSec":54.82,"bitrate":192214,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.988Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/472-010.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/472-010","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/472/conversation-472-010","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}