{"conversationCode":"554-004","tapeNumber":554,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-554-004","startDateTime":"1971-08-04T16:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-04T17:43:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Aug-1971","startTime":"12:27 PM","endDate":"4-Aug-1971","endTime":"1:43 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On August 4, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:27 pm and 1:43 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 554-004 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 554-4\n\nDate: August 4, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:27 pm and 1:43 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     Request for Ronald L. Ziegler and Charles W. Colson\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 1:43 pm.","filename":["554-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:58:34","tapeEnd":"02:00:44","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"554-003","nextCode":"554-005","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":6.89,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":6.92,"end":7.94,"text":"Would you have Senator Commander manage the screen?"},{"start":7.96,"end":8.42,"text":"And that close up, too."},{"start":8.44,"end":9.24,"text":"But, uh, how long have you been serving?"},{"start":9.26,"end":9.74,"text":"No, an actor had a copy."},{"start":9.76,"end":10.55,"text":"Tell him how long that is for each one."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal aide, Stephen B. Bull, to coordinate logistics for a specific visual presentation or media briefing. The President instructed Bull to summon Ronald L. Ziegler and Charles W. Colson to manage the technical aspects, including the use of a screen and close-up camera angles. This interaction served to organize administrative support for an upcoming project involving high-level staff.","topics":["White House administration","Media coordination","Ronald L. Ziegler","Charles W. Colson","Logistical support"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:36:24.069Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","media-coordination","ronald-l-ziegler","charles-w-colson","logistical-support"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"554-004.mp3","bytes":461632,"durationSec":11.41,"bitrate":323570,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.011Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/554-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/554-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/554/conversation-554-004","catalogNaId":417178735,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417178735","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}