{"conversationCode":"248-020","tapeNumber":248,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-248-020","startDateTime":"1971-04-14T22:29:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-14T22:40:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Apr-1971","startTime":"5:29 PM","endDate":"14-Apr-1971","endTime":"5:40 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On April 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:29 pm and 5:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 248-020 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 248-20\n\nDate: April 14, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:29 pm and 5:40 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull\n\n     Forthcoming meeting with Robert J. Dole and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n          -President’s schedule\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 5:40 pm","filename":["248-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:16:03","tapeEnd":"01:16:21","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"248-019","nextCode":"248-021","transcript":[{"start":0.31,"end":3.01,"text":"You still want to see what happened at 6 o'clock?"},{"start":3.09,"end":5.75,"text":"Would you like him to delay the lawsuit?"},{"start":5.87,"end":6.43,"text":"No, no."},{"start":6.51,"end":11.07,"text":"Just be sure that they know I have to leave."},{"start":11.09,"end":12.27,"text":"Know that I have to leave at 6."},{"start":12.37,"end":13.23,"text":"He has to be a little late."},{"start":13.25,"end":13.85,"text":"All right."},{"start":13.93,"end":15.87,"text":"All right."},{"start":16.01,"end":17.18,"text":"All right."},{"start":17.3,"end":17.39,"text":"OK."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate logistical arrangements for an upcoming meeting with Senator Robert J. Dole and Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman. Nixon explicitly instructed Bull to ensure the participants understood the President’s rigid departure time of 6:00 p.m. This brief exchange served to adjust the scheduling expectations for the evening to accommodate the President's prior commitments.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Robert J. Dole","H. R. Haldeman","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:37:54.449Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","robert-j-dole","h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"248-020.mp3","bytes":715418,"durationSec":17.75,"bitrate":322478,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/248-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/248-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/248/conversation-248-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}