{"conversationCode":"477-008","tapeNumber":477,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-477-008","startDateTime":"1971-04-12T19:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-12T19:30:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Apr-1971","startTime":"2:00 PM","endDate":"12-Apr-1971","endTime":"2:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On April 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:00 pm and 2:30 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 477-008 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. 477-008\n\nDate: April 12, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:00 pm and 2:30 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull\n\n     Peter G. Peterson’s schedule\n           -Meeting with President\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 2:30 pm","filename":["477-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:37:51","tapeEnd":"03:38:38","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"477-007","nextCode":"477-009","transcript":[{"start":1.23,"end":7.31,"text":"See if Mr. Peterson can come in and... Let's be able to stop the phone call."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to coordinate a briefing session with Peter G. Peterson. The primary objective was to arrange a meeting between the President and Peterson regarding his official schedule. Nixon provided specific instructions to facilitate the call and ensure Peterson could be brought into the Oval Office for the discussion.","topics":["Peter G. Peterson","Scheduling","White House operations","Presidential appointments"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:40:23.326Z"},"topicSlugs":["peter-g-peterson","scheduling","white-house-operations","presidential-appointments"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"477-008.mp3","bytes":226950,"durationSec":9.39,"bitrate":193393,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.988Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/477-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/477-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/477/conversation-477-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}