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Conversation 487-008

TapeTape 487StartFriday, April 23, 1971 at 12:19 PMEndFriday, April 23, 1971 at 12:19 PMTape start time02:40:23Tape end time02:41:43ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Bull, Stephen B.Recording deviceOval Office
AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to discuss logistical arrangements for an upcoming public engagement involving a two-year-old deaf child. The conversation centered on the child's communication abilities and potential interactions during the meeting. The President specifically considered how to facilitate a comfortable environment for the child while managing the broader constraints of his daily schedule.

Presidential schedulingDeafnessCommunicationPublic relationsStephen B. Bull
AudioNARA Description

On April 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:19 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 487-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 487-8

Date: April 23, 1971
Time: 12:19 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     The President's schedule
          -Open door hour
               -Deaf child
                      -Communication
                      -Lip-reading
                      -Age

Bull left at 12:19 pm.
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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His first arrival at Dura is death-sickness.
He's growing in a way that you can communicate with him.
It happened.
Just, just, James has to.
He won't have it.
Let him be the one.
But he's left.
He knows that he does.
He just knows that a few landslides to his parents.
He's only two years old.
Probably.
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