{"conversationCode":"604-004","tapeNumber":604,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-604-004","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 604-004 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. 604-4\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     The President's schedule\n          -Henry A. Kissinger\n          -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 2:53 pm.","filename":["604a.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:10:10","tapeEnd":"00:10:48","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"604-003","nextCode":"604-005","tapeTranscriptFile":"604a.mp3","transcript":[{"start":635.49,"end":639.57,"text":"Come in before the three o'clock meeting."},{"start":639.63,"end":641.86,"text":"Come right away."},{"start":642.4,"end":647.5,"text":"Unless you don't have all of them, come if he comes."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":620,"end":660.625,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate upcoming appointments and manage the flow of visitors to the Oval Office. The primary focus of the discussion was the scheduling of meetings involving Henry A. Kissinger and H.R. Haldeman. Nixon directed Bull to prioritize these arrivals and ensure their presence for a designated three o'clock session.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","White House operations","Henry Kissinger","H.R. Haldeman","Oval Office protocol"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:34:42.072Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","white-house-operations","henry-kissinger","h-r-haldeman","oval-office-protocol"],"audioDurationSec":38,"audioFiles":[{"file":"604a.mp3","bytes":171642043,"durationSec":7151.69,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.996Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/604a.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/604-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/604/conversation-604-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}