{"conversationCode":"491-004","tapeNumber":491,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-491-004","startDateTime":"1971-04-28T15:59:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-28T15:59:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Apr-1971","startTime":"11:59 AM","endDate":"28-Apr-1971","endTime":"11:59 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On April 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:59 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 491-004 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. 491-4\n\nDate: April 28, 1971\nTime: 11:59 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     President's schedule\n           -Gerhardt Schroeder\n\nBull left at 11:59 am.","filename":["491-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:37:28","tapeEnd":"00:37:53","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"491-003","nextCode":"491-005","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":5.86,"text":"Is the, uh, are they going to have splitter and bursters?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and aide Stephen B. Bull briefly met to coordinate the President's upcoming schedule, specifically regarding a meeting with West German politician Gerhardt Schroeder. The discussion focused on logistical arrangements for this diplomatic encounter. The interaction concluded quickly, with no substantive policy decisions recorded beyond the initial scheduling update.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Gerhardt Schroeder","Diplomacy","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:02:46.355Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","gerhardt-schroeder","diplomacy","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"491-004.mp3","bytes":454322,"durationSec":11.22,"bitrate":323818,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.989Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/491-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/491-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/491/conversation-491-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}