{"conversationCode":"477-009","tapeNumber":477,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-477-009","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 477-009 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. 477-009\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\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n             -Lunch\n             -Meeting with President\n\n     President’s schedule\n           -Peterson\n           -George P. Shultz\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 2:30 pm","filename":["477-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:38:38","tapeEnd":"03:39:39","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"477-008","nextCode":"477-010","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":14.59,"text":"Mr. President, he's having a luncheon meeting, and he's expected to have a short one."},{"start":14.61,"end":15.76,"text":"Perhaps it's too early for someone to have a loose voice."},{"start":15.78,"end":16.3,"text":"Yeah, tell him to come in."},{"start":16.32,"end":17.5,"text":"I just want to see him for ten minutes before Tom comes in."},{"start":17.52,"end":18.36,"text":"Ten minutes before George Phelps comes in."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to organize his daily agenda and coordinate upcoming meetings with key economic advisors. The discussion focused on scheduling a brief session with Peter G. Peterson prior to a subsequent meeting with George P. Shultz. Nixon specifically directed Bull to ensure these transitions were managed efficiently to accommodate his immediate administrative priorities.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Economic policy","Administration management","Peter G. Peterson","George P. Shultz"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:40:29.040Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","economic-policy","administration-management","peter-g-peterson","george-p-shultz"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"477-009.mp3","bytes":457037,"durationSec":18.99,"bitrate":192536,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.988Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:47.496Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/477-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/477-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/477/conversation-477-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}