{"conversationCode":"482-029","tapeNumber":482,"conversationNumber":29,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-482-029","startDateTime":"1971-04-16T17:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-16T17:41:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Apr-1971","startTime":"12:38 PM","endDate":"16-Apr-1971","endTime":"12:41 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On April 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:38 pm and 12:41 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 482-029 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. 482-29\n\nDate: April 16, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:38 pm and 12:41 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     President's schedule\n           -Outer office of Executive Office Building [EOB]\n           -Alexander P. Butterfield\n                 -Meeting\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 12:41 pm.","filename":["482-029.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:24:33","tapeEnd":"00:25:10","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"482-028","nextCode":"482-030","transcript":[{"start":8.16,"end":23.02,"text":"I'm sorry, but I just want to see who's got the most weapons."},{"start":23.04,"end":23.34,"text":"I'm sorry, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull in the Oval Office to discuss administrative logistics and the President's upcoming daily schedule. The primary focus of the brief meeting involved coordinating a future appointment with Alexander P. Butterfield. The conversation concluded with Bull departing the office shortly thereafter.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Alexander P. Butterfield","White House administration","Oval Office operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:47:28.633Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","alexander-p-butterfield","white-house-administration","oval-office-operations"],"audioDurationSec":35,"audioFiles":[{"file":"482-029.mp3","bytes":831946,"durationSec":34.61,"bitrate":192314,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.990Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:48.387Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/482-029.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/482-029","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/482/conversation-482-029","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}