{"conversationCode":"478-001","tapeNumber":478,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-478-001","startDateTime":"1971-04-13T14:17:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-13T14:30:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Apr-1971","startTime":"9:17 AM","endDate":"13-Apr-1971","endTime":"9:30 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On April 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:17 am and 9:30 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 478-001 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. 478-1\n\nDate: April 13, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:17 am and 9:30 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull\n\n     President’s schedule\n          -Cabinet meeting\n                -John N. Irwin, II\n                -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew\n                -Location\n                      -San Francisco\n                -Speech\n\nBull left at unknown time before 9:30 am","filename":["478-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:01:04","tapeEnd":"00:06:03","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"477-014","nextCode":"478-002","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":14.48,"text":"The vice president will not be attending this event."},{"start":14.75,"end":15.95,"text":"He met him late last night."},{"start":15.97,"end":18.5,"text":"He's ready to speak to you in a second."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met to finalize scheduling arrangements for an upcoming Cabinet meeting and address the status of Vice President Spiro Agnew. The discussion centered on confirming the attendance of key officials, including John N. Irwin II, and determining the logistics for a speech to be delivered in San Francisco. Following this brief coordination, it was confirmed that the Vice President would not be attending the scheduled event.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Cabinet meeting","Spiro Agnew","Logistics","John N. Irwin II"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:41:03.673Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","cabinet-meeting","spiro-agnew","logistics","john-n-irwin-ii"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"478-001.mp3","bytes":454529,"durationSec":18.87,"bitrate":192687,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.989Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/478-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/478-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/478/conversation-478-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}