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Nixon & Bull

Thursday, April 29, 1971 · 12:03 PM ET · Oval Office · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation490-001 on Tape 490 (tape position 00:00:35–00:00:48)StartThursday, April 29, 1971 at 12:03 PMEndThursday, April 29, 1971 at 12:03 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 490-001 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417176923 ↗

A 14-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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On April 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:03 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 490-001 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 490-1

Date: April 29, 1971
Time: 12:03 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     President's schedule
           -Upcoming meeting

Bull left at 12:03 pm.

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

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Conversation 490-001, April 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417176923). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/490-001 (accessed November 2, 2026).