{"conversationCode":"500-024","tapeNumber":500,"conversationNumber":24,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-500-024","startDateTime":"1971-05-18T19:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-18T19:06:00.000Z","startDate":"18-May-1971","startTime":"3:04 PM","endDate":"18-May-1971","endTime":"3:06 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On May 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:04 pm and 3:06 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 500-024 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. 500-24\n\nDate: May 18, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:04 pm and 3:06 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     [Henry A. Kissinger's] schedule\n\n     Donald H. Rumsfeld's and Robert H. Finch's schedule\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 3:06 pm.","filename":["500-024.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:13:37","tapeEnd":"03:15:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"500-023","nextCode":"500-025","transcript":[{"start":2.58,"end":24.46,"text":"We'll be in in one moment, Mr. President, just wait until we're on five."},{"start":24.48,"end":25.12,"text":"I have, uh, Steven and Rochelle."},{"start":25.14,"end":26.39,"text":"If they both can't come together, I'd love to see them at 415."},{"start":26.41,"end":26.91,"text":"415 is on the right side."},{"start":26.93,"end":27.15,"text":"Is that it?"},{"start":27.17,"end":27.39,"text":"Is that on?"},{"start":27.41,"end":28.21,"text":"I'm just starting to get out of the way."},{"start":28.23,"end":28.69,"text":"I'm trying to get down."},{"start":28.71,"end":29.17,"text":"I'm trying to get down."},{"start":29.19,"end":29.65,"text":"I'm trying to get down."},{"start":29.67,"end":30.59,"text":"I'm trying to see if they're both free at 415."},{"start":30.61,"end":30.83,"text":"Is that on?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to review and coordinate upcoming appointments for administration officials. The discussion focused on scheduling logistics for Henry Kissinger, Donald Rumsfeld, and Robert Finch. The brief session concluded with Bull tasked to verify the availability of specific individuals for a requested 4:15 p.m. meeting.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Henry Kissinger","Donald Rumsfeld","Robert Finch","White House staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:20:28.220Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","henry-kissinger","donald-rumsfeld","robert-finch","white-house-staff"],"audioDurationSec":32,"audioFiles":[{"file":"500-024.mp3","bytes":1280836,"durationSec":31.88,"bitrate":321446,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.346Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/500-024.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/500-024","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/500/conversation-500-024","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}