{"conversationCode":"495-015","tapeNumber":495,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-495-015","startDateTime":"1971-05-07T16:17:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-07T16:19:00.000Z","startDate":"7-May-1971","startTime":"12:17 PM","endDate":"7-May-1971","endTime":"12:19 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On May 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:19 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 495-015 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. 495-15\n\nDate: May 7, 1971\nTime: 12:17 pm - unknown before 12:19 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     President's Executive Office Building [EOB] office\n           -Cartoons\n\n     President's schedule\n           -W. Richard (“Dick”) Howard\n                 -Identified\n                 -Wife, father-in-law\n                 -Work with Charles W. Colson\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 12:19 pm.","filename":["495-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:19:13","tapeEnd":"01:20:07","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"495-014","nextCode":"495-016","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":19.41,"text":"There's a man in the street, he's a friend over at Russell Street."},{"start":19.43,"end":21.99,"text":"Yeah, I'll tell you, I was in a minute over there, but, uh, we're happy to have folks, man, to watch."},{"start":22.01,"end":22.43,"text":"He's a friend of his."},{"start":22.45,"end":22.88,"text":"He's a friend of his."},{"start":22.89,"end":23.32,"text":"He's a friend of his."},{"start":23.34,"end":23.76,"text":"He's a friend of his."},{"start":23.78,"end":24.2,"text":"He's a friend of his."},{"start":24.22,"end":24.64,"text":"He's a friend of his."},{"start":24.66,"end":25.08,"text":"He's a friend of his."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to discuss personal administrative matters, specifically regarding the President's office in the Executive Office Building and the display of political cartoons. The two also reviewed the President's upcoming schedule, focusing on an appointment with W. Richard Howard. This brief exchange served to coordinate logistics concerning Howard's background, including his family connections and his professional association with Charles W. Colson.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Executive Office Building","Political cartoons","Personnel","W. Richard Howard","Charles W. Colson"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:10:27.839Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","executive-office-building","political-cartoons","personnel","w-richard-howard","charles-w-colson"],"audioDurationSec":25,"audioFiles":[{"file":"495-015.mp3","bytes":1023791,"durationSec":25.46,"bitrate":321718,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.346Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/495-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/495-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/495/conversation-495-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}