{"conversationCode":"640-004","tapeNumber":640,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-640-004","startDateTime":"1971-12-22T16:02:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-22T16:03:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Dec-1971","startTime":"11:02 AM","endDate":"22-Dec-1971","endTime":"11:03 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On December 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:02 am to 11:03 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 640-004 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. 640-4\n\nDate: December 22, 1971\n\fTime: 11:02 am - 11:03 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     Associate Justices Commissions ceremony\n          -John N. Mitchell\n          -Press picture\n          -Gifts\n          -Press coverage\n                -Presentation\n          -Family members\n\nBull left at 11:03 am.","filename":["640-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:16:53","tapeEnd":"01:18:32","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"640-003","nextCode":"640-005","transcript":[{"start":0.09,"end":5.51,"text":"President, we'll introduce you to the presentation of these commissions."},{"start":5.62,"end":8.42,"text":"We'll get a money pledge to that finance committee."},{"start":8.44,"end":9.14,"text":"I've met them all before."},{"start":9.16,"end":12.3,"text":"If you might recall, I had a meeting in November or October."},{"start":12.38,"end":14.86,"text":"Remember, I went around that."},{"start":14.9,"end":17.28,"text":"So I don't want to go around the table and meet them."},{"start":17.54,"end":20.73,"text":"I don't think we have a sufficient number of money pledges."},{"start":20.75,"end":24.43,"text":"Why don't you?"},{"start":24.45,"end":25.51,"text":"Just to remember, they..."},{"start":26.64,"end":28.82,"text":"We're in between."},{"start":28.86,"end":29.26,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":29.56,"end":35.92,"text":"Just the presentation of the missions."},{"start":36.18,"end":45.45,"text":"We have both ends and conflicts for members of the committee."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull discussed the logistical arrangements for an upcoming ceremony involving the presentation of commissions to Associate Justices. The President expressed a desire to streamline the event by bypassing formal introductions with attendees he had previously met. Additionally, they briefly touched upon concerns regarding insufficient financial pledges for the associated committee.","topics":["Associate Justices","Commissions","White House ceremonies","Finance committee","Event planning"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:38:26.896Z"},"topicSlugs":["associate-justices","commissions","white-house-ceremonies","finance-committee","event-planning"],"audioDurationSec":58,"audioFiles":[{"file":"640-004.mp3","bytes":580783,"durationSec":57.66,"bitrate":80584,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.662Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:11.736Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/640-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/640-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/640/conversation-640-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}