{"conversationCode":"493-004","tapeNumber":493,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-493-004","startDateTime":"1971-05-06T14:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-06T14:08:00.000Z","startDate":"6-May-1971","startTime":"10:00 AM","endDate":"6-May-1971","endTime":"10:08 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On May 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:00 am and 10:08 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 493-004 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. 493-4\n\nDate: May 6, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:00 am and 10:08 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull and an unknown man\n\n     Agriculture exhibit\n          -Weather\n          -Schedule\n                -Dr. Norman E. Borlaug\n\nBull and the unknown man left at 10:08 am","filename":["493a.mp3","493b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:01:43","tapeEnd":"01:02:24","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B.","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"493-003","nextCode":"493-005","tapeTranscriptFile":"493a.mp3,493b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":3692.04,"end":3696.69,"text":"All right, Mr. President, I'll bring you into the Capitol and we'll march in this timeline."},{"start":3696.87,"end":3697.03,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":3697.05,"end":3697.57,"text":"Morning, Mr. President."},{"start":3697.59,"end":3701.05,"text":"I hope we can make your audience happy tonight."},{"start":3702.04,"end":3702.26,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":3702.3,"end":3702.52,"text":"All right."},{"start":3702.54,"end":3702.82,"text":"All right."},{"start":3702.9,"end":3705.08,"text":"John Blake, you're welcome."},{"start":3705.12,"end":3705.64,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":3709.49,"end":3717.12,"text":"When you arrive at the wheat, just stop on this side of the wheat and you write, Chet and Dr. Warlock, as you feel."},{"start":3717.98,"end":3721.06,"text":"And if you're inclined to read the other exhibits after that, fine."},{"start":3721.12,"end":3723.02,"text":"It's not cool."},{"start":3723.04,"end":3724.4,"text":"It was just a return."},{"start":3724.44,"end":3729.3,"text":"We'll be waiting for you outside."},{"start":3729.32,"end":3730.06,"text":"We'll be right back."},{"start":3738.37,"end":3744.42,"text":"You know, they told me that you better get out there before the ratings come."},{"start":3744.46,"end":3748.14,"text":"So I decided to go out first and we'll have a little talk afterwards."},{"start":3748.22,"end":3753.17,"text":"I just wish you could have tuned in on some of the conversations we've had this morning."},{"start":3753.43,"end":3759.58,"text":"I know some of your worst interests have been impacted by some of those observations we've had."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":3681.5,"end":3794,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull and an unknown individual to coordinate the logistics and scheduling for an upcoming agriculture exhibit appearance. The discussion focused on managing the President's itinerary, including a planned interaction with Dr. Norman E. Borlaug. The participants reviewed the physical layout of the exhibit and the specific sequence of events to ensure the appearance proceeded as planned.","topics":["Agriculture exhibit","Norman E. Borlaug","Public relations","Scheduling","White House logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:06:39.744Z"},"topicSlugs":["agriculture-exhibit","norman-e-borlaug","public-relations","scheduling","white-house-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":41,"audioFiles":[{"file":"493a.mp3","bytes":175702725,"durationSec":7320.89,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false},{"file":"493b.mp3","bytes":167948119,"durationSec":6997.76,"bitrate":192002,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.990Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/493a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/493b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/493-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/493/conversation-493-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}