{"conversationCode":"694-004","tapeNumber":694,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-694-004","startDateTime":"1972-03-27T21:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-27T22:01:00.000Z","startDate":"27-Mar-1972","startTime":"4:57 PM","endDate":"27-Mar-1972","endTime":"5:01 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On March 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:57 pm and 5:01 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 694-004 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 694-4\n\nDate: March 27, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:57 pm and 5:01 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Meeting\n               -Advertising Council\n                      -Delay\n                      -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon's appearance\n                            -State Dining Room\n                      -East Room\n                      -State Dining Room\n                            -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon\n                      -Delay\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 5:01 pm.","filename":["694a.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:42:56","tapeEnd":"01:43:55","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"694-003","nextCode":"694-005","tapeTranscriptFile":"694a.mp3","transcript":[{"start":6202.09,"end":6202.59,"text":"I mean, uh..."},{"start":6222.2,"end":6223.34,"text":"They'll be in the east room."},{"start":6223.44,"end":6228.32,"text":"It's a normal welcoming remarks in this group in the east room."},{"start":6228.36,"end":6229.38,"text":"Oh, in an island park."},{"start":6229.86,"end":6231.4,"text":"And you and her son will depart together."},{"start":6231.86,"end":6238.97,"text":"And as you go to the elevator, she'll either wait a moment or just go directly into the state dining room where they'll have cocktails in there."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":6184.625,"end":6240.625,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull coordinated logistics for an upcoming appearance by the First Lady before the Advertising Council. They discussed the flow of movement between the East Room and the State Dining Room to ensure a smooth transition for the group's cocktail reception. The primary action item involved finalizing these scheduling details to accommodate the President and Mrs. Nixon's joint departure and subsequent appearances.","topics":["Pat Nixon","Advertising Council","White House logistics","Scheduling","State Dining Room"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:45:32.506Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","advertising-council","white-house-logistics","scheduling","state-dining-room"],"audioDurationSec":59,"audioFiles":[{"file":"694a.mp3","bytes":176154748,"durationSec":7339.72,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.978Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/694a.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/694-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/694/conversation-694-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}