{"conversationCode":"488-004","tapeNumber":488,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-488-004","startDateTime":"1971-04-26T12:22:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-26T13:00:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Apr-1971","startTime":"8:22 AM","endDate":"26-Apr-1971","endTime":"9:00 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On April 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:22 am and 9:00 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 488-004 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. 488-4\n\nDate: April 26, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:22 am and 9:00 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     Henry A. Kissinger's schedule\n          -Breakfast meeting\n          -Meeting with the President\n\n     President's schedule\n           -Kissinger\n                 -Timing\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 9:00 am.","filename":["488-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:06:26","tapeEnd":"00:06:53","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"488-003","nextCode":"488-005","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":4.93,"text":"President, he's in a breakfast meeting with the situation on the tour."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met to coordinate the scheduling of an upcoming appointment with Henry Kissinger. The discussion focused on adjusting the timing of Kissinger’s breakfast meeting to ensure he could meet with the President shortly thereafter. No further policy matters were addressed, as the exchange was limited to managing the President's morning calendar.","topics":["Henry A. Kissinger","Presidential scheduling","White House administration","Stephen B. Bull"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:54:47.939Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-a-kissinger","presidential-scheduling","white-house-administration","stephen-b-bull"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"488-004.mp3","bytes":660167,"durationSec":16.37,"bitrate":322634,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.989Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/488-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/488-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/488/conversation-488-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}