{"conversationCode":"298-040","tapeNumber":298,"conversationNumber":40,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-298-040","startDateTime":"1971-11-11T22:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-11T23:11:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Nov-1971","startTime":"5:50 PM","endDate":"11-Nov-1971","endTime":"6:11 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On November 11, 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 5:50 pm and 6:11 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 298-040 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 298-40\n\nDate: November 11, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:50 pm and 6:11 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull [?]\n\n     The President's schedule\n\nBull [?] left at an unknown time before 6:11 pm.\n                                               47\n\n                           NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF\n\n                                      Tape Subject Log\n                                        (rev. 10/06)","filename":["298-040.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:44:05","tapeEnd":"03:45:52","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"298-039","nextCode":"298-041","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":10.53,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, in the Old Executive Office Building to review and coordinate the President's upcoming daily schedule. The conversation focused on administrative planning and logistical arrangements for future presidential engagements. No major policy developments or definitive decisions beyond routine time management were recorded in this brief interaction.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","White House operations","Stephen B. Bull","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:00:48.819Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","white-house-operations","stephen-b-bull","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"298-040.mp3","bytes":605848,"durationSec":15,"bitrate":323173,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/298-040.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/298-040","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/298/conversation-298-040","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}