{"conversationCode":"704-002","tapeNumber":704,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-704-002","startDateTime":"1972-04-06T13:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-06T13:58:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Apr-1972","startTime":"8:45 AM","endDate":"6-Apr-1972","endTime":"8:58 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On April 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 8:58 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 704-002 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. 704-2\n\nDate: April 6, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:45 am and 8:58 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     Henry A. Kissinger's schedule\n          -Meeting with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin\n          -The President’s schedule\n               -Gen. John W. Vogt, Jr.\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 8:58 am.","filename":["704-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:11:15","tapeEnd":"00:12:30","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"704-001","nextCode":"704-003","transcript":[{"start":0.43,"end":0.91,"text":"Well, okay."},{"start":0.95,"end":2.01,"text":"That's all right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate upcoming administrative schedules. The discussion focused on finalizing the arrangements for Henry Kissinger’s meeting with Soviet Ambassador Anatoliy Dobrynin and setting the timing for the President’s meeting with General John W. Vogt, Jr. No significant policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative check-in.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","Anatoliy Dobrynin","John W. Vogt Jr.","White House scheduling","Diplomacy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:56:02.101Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","anatoliy-dobrynin","john-w-vogt-jr","white-house-scheduling","diplomacy"],"audioDurationSec":27,"audioFiles":[{"file":"704-002.mp3","bytes":1088591,"durationSec":27.08,"bitrate":321624,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.979Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/704-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/704-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/704/conversation-704-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}