{"conversationCode":"501-020","tapeNumber":501,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-501-020","startDateTime":"1971-05-19T19:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-19T19:50:00.000Z","startDate":"19-May-1971","startTime":"3:45 PM","endDate":"19-May-1971","endTime":"3:50 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On May 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 3:50 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 501-020 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. 501-20\n\nDate: May 19, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:45 pm and 3:50 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n      President's schedule\n            -Meeting with Robert H. Finch and Donald H. Rumsfeld\n                  -Time\n                       -Congressional vote\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 3:50 pm.","filename":["501-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:23:41","tapeEnd":"04:24:19","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"501-019","nextCode":"501-021","transcript":[{"start":0.93,"end":16.57,"text":"I wonder if you could sing us a mention from a song like, comes the day better than tomorrow, if they understand that they have schedules, don't tell her to change them."},{"start":16.59,"end":19.33,"text":"Because I can do it tomorrow just as well, but don't tell them."},{"start":19.35,"end":22.48,"text":"Sometimes when it's five o'clock today, they've got to come rather than tomorrow."},{"start":22.5,"end":22.92,"text":"Tomorrow's they have."},{"start":22.94,"end":24,"text":"If either one has a problem, tomorrow's just as good."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with his aide Stephen B. Bull regarding the scheduling of an upcoming meeting with Robert H. Finch and Donald H. Rumsfeld. The President expressed flexibility regarding the timing of the appointment, noting that a meeting the following day would be acceptable if the participants faced scheduling conflicts. Bull was directed to coordinate the arrangements without signaling to the attendees that the President’s schedule was easily adjustable.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Robert H. Finch","Donald H. Rumsfeld","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:23:25.441Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","robert-h-finch","donald-h-rumsfeld","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":24,"audioFiles":[{"file":"501-020.mp3","bytes":966322,"durationSec":24.03,"bitrate":321737,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.684Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/501-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/501-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/501/conversation-501-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}