{"conversationCode":"502-017","tapeNumber":502,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-502-017","startDateTime":"1971-05-20T18:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-20T18:09:00.000Z","startDate":"20-May-1971","startTime":"2:08 PM","endDate":"20-May-1971","endTime":"2:09 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Arends, Leslie C.;","description":"On May 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Leslie C. Arends met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:08 pm to 2:09 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 502-017 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. 502-17\n\nDate: May 20, 1971\nTime: 2:08 pm - 2:09 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     President's schedule\n            -French embassy\nBull left at an unknown time before 2:09 pm.\n\n[The President talked with Leslie C. Arends between 2:08 pm and 2:09 pm]\n\n[See Conversation No. 3-87]\n\n[Conversation No. 502-17A]","filename":["502-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:26:46","tapeEnd":"02:27:39","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B.","Arends, Leslie C."],"prevCode":"502-016","nextCode":"502-018","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":17.83,"text":"At least 2.30, the French embassy."},{"start":17.85,"end":18.03,"text":"Oh, yeah."},{"start":18.05,"end":24.94,"text":"So perhaps when they return, if I can let you know, they're both in soon."},{"start":24.96,"end":25.06,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":25.08,"end":25.18,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":25.2,"end":25.28,"text":"Yes."},{"start":25.3,"end":25.4,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":25.42,"end":25.72,"text":"Well, that's..."},{"start":25.74,"end":26.98,"text":"I think, uh, you're probably going to tell us how I came here."},{"start":27,"end":27.2,"text":"All right."},{"start":27.22,"end":27.32,"text":"Good."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull to coordinate logistical details regarding his upcoming attendance at an event at the French embassy. Following this brief administrative check, the President held a short interaction with Leslie C. Arends. The primary focus of the brief session was the management of the President's daily schedule.","topics":["Presidential schedule","French Embassy","White House logistics","Stephen B. Bull","Leslie C. Arends"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:26:03.729Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","french-embassy","white-house-logistics","stephen-b-bull","leslie-c-arends"],"audioDurationSec":28,"audioFiles":[{"file":"502-017.mp3","bytes":1126191,"durationSec":28.01,"bitrate":321694,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.684Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/502-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/502-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/502/conversation-502-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}