{"conversationCode":"498-004","tapeNumber":498,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-498-004","startDateTime":"1971-05-13T14:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-13T14:30:00.000Z","startDate":"13-May-1971","startTime":"10:30 AM","endDate":"13-May-1971","endTime":"10:30 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On May 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:30 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 498-004 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. 498-004\n\nDate: May 13, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:30 am and 10:32 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull\n\n     John D. Ehrlichman's schedule\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 10:32 am\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["498-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:16:29","tapeEnd":"01:16:41","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"498-003","nextCode":"498-005","transcript":[{"start":1.01,"end":4.25,"text":"See you, Mr."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal aide, Stephen B. Bull, for a brief administrative check-in at the Oval Office. The primary focus of the discussion was reviewing John D. Ehrlichman's upcoming schedule. No significant policy decisions were recorded during this short briefing.","topics":["John D. Ehrlichman","Scheduling","White House operations","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:14:38.005Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-d-ehrlichman","scheduling","white-house-operations","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"498-004.mp3","bytes":175334,"durationSec":4.24,"bitrate":331093,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.346Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:51.219Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/498-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/498-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/498/conversation-498-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}