{"conversationCode":"508-018","tapeNumber":508,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-508-018","startDateTime":"1971-06-02T16:26:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-02T16:26:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Jun-1971","startTime":"12:26 PM","endDate":"2-Jun-1971","endTime":"12:26 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On June 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:26 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 508-018 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. 508-018\n\nDate: June 2, 1971\nTime: 12:26 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull\n\n     President’s schedule\n           -Robert H. Finch\n           -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n\nBull left at 12:26 pm","filename":["508-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:42:30","tapeEnd":"02:43:00","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"508-017","nextCode":"508-019","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull briefly conferred in the Oval Office regarding the President's schedule. The primary topic was the upcoming meeting with Robert H. Finch, with H.R. Haldeman also mentioned as potentially being involved or having recently departed. The conversation was very brief, with Bull confirming Finch's arrival and offering to start a fire.","topics":["President's schedule","Robert H. Finch","H.R. Haldeman","Oval Office","Stephen B. Bull"],"generatedAt":"2026-10-27T15:00:05.126Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","robert-h-finch","h-r-haldeman","oval-office","stephen-b-bull"],"audioDurationSec":30,"audioFiles":[{"file":"508-018.mp3","bytes":1187840,"durationSec":29.55,"bitrate":321613,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.685Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:52.795Z","transcript":[{"start":4,"end":6,"speaker":"Bull","text":"Catch you signing at your desk."},{"start":7,"end":15,"speaker":"Bull","text":"Mr. Finch is here. Uh I believe Mr. Haldeman is out of the Oval Office already. Do you like to see him first, Mr. Finch? All right, yes."},{"start":18,"end":23,"speaker":"Bull","text":"It's too cold in here. Would you like a fire? Yes, indeed. All right, sir."},{"start":23,"end":25,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"Yes."}],"transcriptCreatedAt":"2026-10-27T14:50:47.250Z","transcriptModel":"google/gemini-3.8-flash","transcriptSource":"audio-llm","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/508-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/508-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/508/conversation-508-018","catalogNaId":417177661,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417177661","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}