{"conversationCode":"502-015","tapeNumber":502,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-502-015","startDateTime":"1971-05-20T18:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-20T18:08:00.000Z","startDate":"20-May-1971","startTime":"2:05 PM","endDate":"20-May-1971","endTime":"2:08 PM","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 2:05 pm and 2:08 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 502-015 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. 502-15\n\nDate: May 20, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:05 pm and 2:08 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     President's schedule\n           -3 o'clock meeting\n                 -George P. Shultz\n                 -John D. Ehrlichman\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 2:08 pm.","filename":["502-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:25:54","tapeEnd":"02:26:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"502-014","nextCode":"502-016","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":8.8,"text":"See if the salt and earth are coming out of the water."},{"start":8.82,"end":9.67,"text":"They're free of the sea now, they're free."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to review the administrative schedule for an upcoming afternoon meeting. The discussion focused on confirming a 3:00 p.m. appointment with George P. Shultz and John D. Ehrlichman. The brief exchange served to finalize the President's immediate calendar logistics.","topics":["Presidential schedule","George P. Shultz","John D. Ehrlichman","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:25:52.855Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","george-p-shultz","john-d-ehrlichman","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"502-015.mp3","bytes":390583,"durationSec":9.62,"bitrate":324844,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.684Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/502-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/502-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/502/conversation-502-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}