{"conversationCode":"500-028","tapeNumber":500,"conversationNumber":28,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-500-028","startDateTime":"1971-05-18T20:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-18T20:41:00.000Z","startDate":"18-May-1971","startTime":"4:06 PM","endDate":"18-May-1971","endTime":"4:41 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Bull, Stephen B.; [Unknown person(s)]; Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On May 18, 1971, Stephen B. Bull, unknown person(s), and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:06 pm and 4:41 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 500-028 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. 500-28\n\nDate: May 18, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 4:06 pm and 4:41 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nStephen B. Bull and unknown people met.\n\n     President's schedule\n\nAlexander P. Butterfield entered and the unknown people left at an unknown time after 4:06 pm.\n\n     Unknown sound[?]\n\n     President’s schedule\n\nBull and Butterfield left at an unknown time before 4:45 pm.","filename":["500-028.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:15:51","tapeEnd":"04:17:17","participantsList":["Bull, Stephen B.","[Unknown person(s)]","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"500-027","nextCode":"500-029","transcript":[{"start":8.05,"end":20.34,"text":"Nå sker det merre ennå, ennå er det merre ennå."},{"start":20.36,"end":21.3,"text":"Nå sker det merre ennå, ennå er det merre ennå."},{"start":37.88,"end":62.16,"text":"Yeah, it sounds like a..."},{"start":62.17,"end":62.94,"text":"It sounds like a water rushing device."},{"start":62.96,"end":63.44,"text":"Yeah, I think that's it."},{"start":63.46,"end":63.8,"text":"Well, here it is."},{"start":63.82,"end":64.1,"text":"It's that one."},{"start":64.12,"end":64.32,"text":"That's it."},{"start":64.34,"end":64.54,"text":"All right."},{"start":64.56,"end":64.76,"text":"That's it."},{"start":64.78,"end":65.24,"text":"What the hell was that?"},{"start":69.86,"end":84.8,"text":"See you in a minute, okay?"},{"start":84.82,"end":84.9,"text":"Huh?"},{"start":84.92,"end":85.18,"text":"Alright, yes."},{"start":85.2,"end":86.06,"text":"We'll be back here in about 20 minutes."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Stephen B. Bull and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office to address a technical issue involving a malfunctioning device that produced a sound described as rushing water. After identifying the source of the noise, the participants discussed the President’s upcoming schedule. The meeting concluded with plans for the group to reconvene in approximately 20 minutes.","topics":["Oval Office","White House Taping System","Technical malfunction","Presidential schedule","Stephen B. Bull","Alexander P. Butterfield"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:20:50.710Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office","white-house-taping-system","technical-malfunction","presidential-schedule","stephen-b-bull","alexander-p-butterfield"],"audioDurationSec":86,"audioFiles":[{"file":"500-028.mp3","bytes":3445864,"durationSec":86.01,"bitrate":320498,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.684Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:51.628Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/500-028.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/500-028","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/500/conversation-500-028","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}