{"conversationCode":"547-004","tapeNumber":547,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-547-004","startDateTime":"1971-07-27T14:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-27T14:35:00.000Z","startDate":"27-Jul-1971","startTime":"10:35 AM","endDate":"27-Jul-1971","endTime":"10:35 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On July 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:35 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 547-004 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. 547-4\n\nDate: July 27, 1971\nTime: 10:35 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     Press photograph of meeting\n           -Participants\n                 -Recommendations\n                      -Ronald L. Ziegler, Charles W. Colson\n\nBull left at 10:35 am.","filename":["547-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:16:43","tapeEnd":"01:17:37","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"547-003","nextCode":"547-005","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":19.05,"text":"and there'll be press photos beginning, uh, very kind of drug-intensive person, maybe one of them is black."},{"start":19.07,"end":21.09,"text":"They were both most recommended, maybe part of the press photos, and then those two will be accepted."},{"start":21.11,"end":24.54,"text":"Well, they're, they're, you know, uh, they, they were supposed to be here for the press photos, and they, they'll tell you after the press, oh, you got a little later on."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull discussed the selection and scheduling of individuals for an upcoming press photography session. The President prioritized specific representation for the photos, noting recommendations provided by Ronald L. Ziegler and Charles W. Colson. It was decided that these selected individuals would be brought in specifically for the press event.","topics":["Public Relations","Press Photography","Personnel Selection","White House Staff","Ronald L. Ziegler","Charles W. Colson"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:28:50.223Z"},"topicSlugs":["public-relations","press-photography","personnel-selection","white-house-staff","ronald-l-ziegler","charles-w-colson"],"audioDurationSec":30,"audioFiles":[{"file":"547-004.mp3","bytes":1193060,"durationSec":29.7,"bitrate":321361,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.010Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/547-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/547-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/547/conversation-547-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}