{"conversationCode":"477-012","tapeNumber":477,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-477-012","startDateTime":"1971-04-12T21:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-12T21:30:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Apr-1971","startTime":"4:27 PM","endDate":"12-Apr-1971","endTime":"4:30 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 4:27 pm and 4:30 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 477-012 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. 477-012\n\nDate: April 12, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 4:27 pm and 4:30 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull\n\n     President’s schedule\n           -William P. Rogers\n           -Victor Lasky\n           -Patricia (Pratt) Lasky\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 4:30 pm","filename":["477-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:31:18","tapeEnd":"05:32:06","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"477-011","nextCode":"477-013","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":5.94,"text":"All right."},{"start":6.37,"end":15.43,"text":"Mrs. Lasson is going to be here in five."},{"start":15.45,"end":16.49,"text":"Four questions."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met briefly to review the upcoming presidential schedule and necessary preparations for pending appointments. The discussion centered on logistics regarding visits from William P. Rogers, Victor Lasky, and Patricia Lasky. Bull provided updates on these scheduled engagements to ensure the President was adequately briefed on the agenda.","topics":["Presidential schedule","William P. Rogers","Victor Lasky","White House logistics","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:40:46.466Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","william-p-rogers","victor-lasky","white-house-logistics","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"477-012.mp3","bytes":411897,"durationSec":17.09,"bitrate":192855,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.989Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:47.497Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/477-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/477-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/477/conversation-477-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}