{"conversationCode":"299-010","tapeNumber":299,"conversationNumber":10,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-299-010","startDateTime":"1971-11-10T19:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-10T19:50:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Nov-1971","startTime":"2:45 PM","endDate":"10-Nov-1971","endTime":"2:50 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On November 10, 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 2:45 pm and 2:50 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 299-010 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. 299-10\n\nDate: November 10, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:45 pm and 2:50 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Melvin R. Laird\n          -Henry A. Kissinger\n               -The President’s forthcoming troop withdrawal announcement\n               -Laird","filename":["299-010-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:18:30","tapeEnd":"00:19:02","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"299-009","nextCode":"299-011","tapeTranscriptFile":"299a.mp3","transcript":[{"start":1116.03,"end":1116.23,"text":"Correct."},{"start":1118.17,"end":1118.27,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1118.31,"end":1118.57,"text":"Good, bye."},{"start":1118.59,"end":1122.19,"text":"I have a steep delay there in 15 minutes."},{"start":1122.21,"end":1129.56,"text":"I'm racing back and I've got to spend a little time with him."},{"start":1129.97,"end":1132.2,"text":"We've got to get a game plan and improvement before."},{"start":1132.36,"end":1140.94,"text":"All right, I want to talk to him for a minute or two before he gets here."},{"start":1141.02,"end":1143.3,"text":"They have a pre-15 here in this office."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":1110,"end":1142,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to coordinate his immediate schedule and manage logistical delays. The conversation focused on upcoming meetings with Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger regarding a pending troop withdrawal announcement. Nixon emphasized the need for a strategic game plan and requested further private discussion with Bull to organize these priority administrative actions.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Troop withdrawals","Melvin Laird","Henry Kissinger","White House logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:02:16.168Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","troop-withdrawals","melvin-laird","henry-kissinger","white-house-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":35,"audioFiles":[{"file":"299-010-splice.mp3","bytes":560528,"durationSec":35,"bitrate":128105,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:37.675Z","originalFilename":["299a.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["299a.mp3"],"cutStart":1108.5,"cutEnd":1143.5,"adjustedStart":1108.5,"adjustedEnd":1143.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:37.675Z"},"transcriptPrev":{"segments":13,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T14:14:35.704Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/299-010-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/299-010","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/299/conversation-299-010","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}