{"conversationCode":"604-003","tapeNumber":604,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-604-003","startDateTime":"1971-10-27T17:32:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-27T18:53:00.000Z","startDate":"27-Oct-1971","startTime":"1:32 PM","endDate":"27-Oct-1971","endTime":"2:53 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On October 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:32 pm and 2:53 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 604-003 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. 604-3\n\nDate: October 27, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:32 pm and 2:53 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n          -Schedule\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 2:53 pm.","filename":["604a.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:09:27","tapeEnd":"00:10:10","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"604-002","nextCode":"604-004","tapeTranscriptFile":"604a.mp3","transcript":[{"start":593.45,"end":597.92,"text":"Excuse me, if you'd just like Bob Hogan to step away from his desk for a couple of moments."},{"start":597.98,"end":599.18,"text":"I'm sure he might."},{"start":599.4,"end":600.62,"text":"Would you like him to come directly in, or?"},{"start":600.64,"end":602.12,"text":"You know what I mean."},{"start":602.14,"end":603.35,"text":"It's before 3 o'clock."},{"start":603.43,"end":604.39,"text":"All right, sir."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":580.75,"end":620,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate the scheduling of a private meeting involving H.R. Haldeman. Nixon directed Bull to arrange for an individual named Bob Hogan to briefly step away from his desk to facilitate the encounter. The discussion focused on managing the President's afternoon appointments and maintaining discretion regarding these movements.","topics":["Scheduling","H.R. Haldeman","White House Personnel","Presidential Appointments"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:34:36.824Z"},"topicSlugs":["scheduling","h-r-haldeman","white-house-personnel","presidential-appointments"],"audioDurationSec":43,"audioFiles":[{"file":"604a.mp3","bytes":171642043,"durationSec":7151.69,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.636Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/604a.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/604-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/604/conversation-604-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}