{"conversationCode":"503-008","tapeNumber":503,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-503-008","startDateTime":"1971-05-21T14:47:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-21T15:02:00.000Z","startDate":"21-May-1971","startTime":"10:47 AM","endDate":"21-May-1971","endTime":"11:02 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On May 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:47 am and 11:02 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 503-008 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. 503-8\n\nDate: May 21, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:47 am and 11:02 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n      President's schedule\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 11:02 am.","filename":["503-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:47:41","tapeEnd":"01:48:44","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"503-007","nextCode":"503-009","transcript":[{"start":0.69,"end":9.28,"text":"President, we're running a few minutes late on the air."},{"start":9.3,"end":10.68,"text":"They are, but just about three minutes late to get back on your race."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met briefly to discuss adjustments to the President's daily itinerary. Bull informed the President that his schedule was running slightly behind, necessitating revisions to accommodate upcoming appointments. The two finalized the timing for the President to return to his planned sequence of events.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Time management","White House logistics","Stephen B. Bull"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:27:12.123Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","time-management","white-house-logistics","stephen-b-bull"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"503-008.mp3","bytes":467905,"durationSec":11.56,"bitrate":323926,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.684Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/503-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/503-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/503/conversation-503-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}