{"conversationCode":"505-001","tapeNumber":505,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-505-001","startDateTime":"1971-05-26T13:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-26T14:03:00.000Z","startDate":"26-May-1971","startTime":"9:08 AM","endDate":"26-May-1971","endTime":"10:03 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On May 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:08 am and 10:03 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 505-001 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. 505-1\n\nDate: May 26, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:08 am and 10:03 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     Charles W. Colson\n          -Assignment\n               -Unknown activity of May 25, 1971\n               -Letters\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 10:03 am.","filename":["505-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:01:49","tapeEnd":"00:07:54","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"504-022","nextCode":"505-002","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":14.09,"text":"After a very close match, the issue ensued yesterday."},{"start":14.11,"end":17.1,"text":"The alliance proceeded in the mission."},{"start":17.12,"end":18.04,"text":"The other centers of resistance saw it coming."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to discuss administrative tasks and personnel matters. The conversation centered on assigning specific responsibilities to Charles W. Colson, particularly regarding his activities from the previous day and the processing of incoming correspondence. This brief interaction served as a coordination meeting to ensure follow-up on outstanding staff assignments.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","administrative correspondence","personnel management","staff assignments"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:30:54.073Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","administrative-correspondence","personnel-management","staff-assignments"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"505-001.mp3","bytes":725995,"durationSec":18.01,"bitrate":322570,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.684Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/505-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/505-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/505/conversation-505-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}