{"conversationCode":"499-017","tapeNumber":499,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-499-017","startDateTime":"1971-05-14T15:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-14T15:50:00.000Z","startDate":"14-May-1971","startTime":"11:50 AM","endDate":"14-May-1971","endTime":"11:50 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On May 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:50 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 499-017 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. 499-17\n\nDate: May 14, 1971\nTime: 11:50 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     President's schedule\n           -Max M. Fisher\n\nBull left at 11:50 am.","filename":["499-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:21:18","tapeEnd":"01:21:54","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"499-016","nextCode":"499-018","transcript":[{"start":4.17,"end":11.02,"text":"Mr. President, we're going to have an exhibition for his five-minute point-to-team ceremony where we're going to see these people on a journey to the moon."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull briefly met to finalize details regarding the President’s upcoming schedule. The primary focus of the discussion concerned arrangements for an exhibition and a ceremony honoring individuals associated with the lunar space program. Bull departed immediately following this administrative briefing.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Space exploration","Ceremonial events","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:17:35.781Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","space-exploration","ceremonial-events","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"499-017.mp3","bytes":803318,"durationSec":19.96,"bitrate":322033,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.346Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/499-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/499-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/499/conversation-499-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}