{"conversationCode":"502-008","tapeNumber":502,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-502-008","startDateTime":"1971-05-20T14:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-20T14:09:00.000Z","startDate":"20-May-1971","startTime":"10:03 AM","endDate":"20-May-1971","endTime":"10:09 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On May 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:03 am and 10:09 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 502-008 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. 502-8\n\nDate: May 20, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:03 am and 10:09 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     Rose Mary Woods and Marjorie P. Acker\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 10:09 am.","filename":["502-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:54:44","tapeEnd":"00:55:16","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"502-007","nextCode":"502-009","transcript":[{"start":0.3,"end":6.88,"text":"Both Rose and Marge are out."},{"start":6.9,"end":7.66,"text":"But are they ready here?"},{"start":7.86,"end":9.78,"text":"Yes, there was no waiting."},{"start":9.8,"end":16.66,"text":"Five of the housekeepers."},{"start":16.68,"end":16.78,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":16.8,"end":18.56,"text":"And the others are caught in a car crash."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull to discuss the scheduling and availability of White House staff members Rose Mary Woods and Marjorie P. Acker. During the brief briefing, Bull informed the President that the two women were currently unavailable and noted that other housekeepers were delayed due to a vehicular accident. No major policy decisions were made during this logistical status update.","topics":["White House staff","Rose Mary Woods","Marjorie P. Acker","scheduling","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:25:12.502Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-staff","rose-mary-woods","marjorie-p-acker","scheduling","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"502-008.mp3","bytes":829440,"durationSec":20.59,"bitrate":322239,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.684Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/502-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/502-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/502/conversation-502-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}