{"conversationCode":"499-019","tapeNumber":499,"conversationNumber":19,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-499-019","startDateTime":"1971-05-14T16:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-14T16:05:00.000Z","startDate":"14-May-1971","startTime":"12:03 PM","endDate":"14-May-1971","endTime":"12:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 12:03 pm and 12:05 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 499-019 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. 499-19\n\nDate: May 14, 1971\nTime: Unknown after 12:03 pm until 12:05 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     President's schedule\n\n           -Illinois Republican leaders\n                 -Tour\n                 -Importance\n           -Tree planting ceremony\n           -Landrum Bolling\n           -M. Jean Robb\n           -Tree planting\n                 -Time\n                 -Tour for participants\n                 -Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon\n           -Bolling\n\nBull left at 12:05 pm.","filename":["499-019.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:35:31","tapeEnd":"01:36:24","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"499-018","nextCode":"499-020","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":8.94,"text":"I want to give these people a chore because they're damn important people."},{"start":8.96,"end":10.24,"text":"They're just, they would have seen it through."},{"start":10.26,"end":10.48,"text":"This is us."},{"start":10.5,"end":10.58,"text":"Yes."},{"start":10.6,"end":11,"text":"And I will hold yes."},{"start":11.02,"end":11.8,"text":"And we'll go directly to the treatment."},{"start":11.82,"end":12.53,"text":"I'll set us up."},{"start":12.55,"end":12.65,"text":"Fine."},{"start":12.67,"end":13.57,"text":"I'll have the treatment."},{"start":13.59,"end":13.77,"text":"And then,"},{"start":14.09,"end":21.54,"text":"I got to get him out of here."},{"start":22.34,"end":29.79,"text":"We're going to leave the door open."},{"start":30.63,"end":32.5,"text":"He needs to get out, get in and out fairly fast."},{"start":32.52,"end":34.34,"text":"I didn't agree to that."},{"start":34.36,"end":35,"text":"I didn't want him brought in."},{"start":35.02,"end":37.24,"text":"So we'll get him out of here and then up and then rob."},{"start":37.27,"end":38.79,"text":"So in other words, we'll move the tree plant up and resound in five minutes."},{"start":38.81,"end":38.93,"text":"Right."},{"start":38.95,"end":40.17,"text":"I'm going to plant the tree and then send these people to me."},{"start":40.19,"end":41.09,"text":"Well, I'll go over and get her."},{"start":41.32,"end":49.84,"text":"I said, I'll go over and get her."},{"start":49.87,"end":50.49,"text":"He panicked out of ten minutes."},{"start":50.51,"end":50.77,"text":"Five minutes."},{"start":50.79,"end":52.01,"text":"Get them out of there while these people are running through."},{"start":52.03,"end":52.75,"text":"Then move forward and get them back."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull coordinated logistics for a tree-planting ceremony and a tour for visiting Illinois Republican leaders. Nixon emphasized the political importance of the Illinois delegation and instructed Bull to streamline the transition between these events. They finalized a tight schedule to ensure the guests were handled efficiently without disrupting the First Lady's participation.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Illinois Republican leaders","Tree planting ceremony","White House events","Pat Nixon"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:17:46.936Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","illinois-republican-leaders","tree-planting-ceremony","white-house-events","pat-nixon"],"audioDurationSec":53,"audioFiles":[{"file":"499-019.mp3","bytes":2115709,"durationSec":52.75,"bitrate":320855,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.683Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:51.440Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/499-019.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/499-019","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/499/conversation-499-019","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}