{"conversationCode":"451-022","tapeNumber":451,"conversationNumber":22,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-451-022","startDateTime":"1971-02-18T22:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-02-18T22:25:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Feb-1971","startTime":"5:14 PM","endDate":"18-Feb-1971","endTime":"5:25 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On February 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:14 pm and 5:25 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 451-022 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 451-22\n\nDate: February 18, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:14 pm and 5:25 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull\n\n     Schedule\n          -Henry A. Kissinger\n\nThe President and Bull left at 5:25 pm","filename":["451-022.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:35:14","tapeEnd":"04:36:26","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"451-021","nextCode":"451-023","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull briefly discussed Henry Kissinger's imminent arrival. The meeting's primary purpose appears to have been to coordinate with Kissinger, though the specific agenda remains unclear due to the unintelligible portions of the recording. The conversation concluded with Nixon and Bull departing the Oval Office.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","Stephen B. Bull","President Nixon","Oval Office","Schedule Coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-10-27T14:59:28.099Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","stephen-b-bull","president-nixon","oval-office","schedule-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":35,"audioFiles":[{"file":"451-022.mp3","bytes":1404134,"durationSec":34.97,"bitrate":321241,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:47.662Z","transcript":[{"start":0,"end":4,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"[unintelligible]"},{"start":4,"end":11,"speaker":"Bull","text":"Henry Kissinger is in the car right now [unintelligible]"},{"start":18,"end":23,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"[unintelligible] Henry [unintelligible]"}],"transcriptCreatedAt":"2026-10-27T14:48:43.790Z","transcriptModel":"google/gemini-3.8-flash","transcriptSource":"audio-llm","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/451-022.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/451-022","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/451/conversation-451-022","catalogNaId":417175873,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417175873","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}