{"conversationCode":"517-007","tapeNumber":517,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-517-007","startDateTime":"1971-06-11T15:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-11T15:58:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Jun-1971","startTime":"11:56 AM","endDate":"11-Jun-1971","endTime":"11:58 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Butterfield, Alexander P.;","description":"On June 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:56 am and 11:58 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 517-007 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. 517-7\n\nDate: June 11, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:56 am and 11:58 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull\n\n     President’s schedule\n          -Rehearsal of wedding\n                -Briefing of Ronald L. Ziegler, William H. Carruthers, and Mark I. Goode\n                -Television coverage\n                -Timing\n\nBull left at unknown time before 11:58 am\n\nAlexander P. Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 11:56 am\n\n          -Forthcoming meeting\n\nButterfield left at an unknown time before 11:58 am","filename":["517-007.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:11:43","tapeEnd":"02:13:54","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B.","Butterfield, Alexander P."],"prevCode":"517-006","nextCode":"517-008","transcript":[{"start":11.39,"end":40.65,"text":"I'll tell you, I'll see them just before."},{"start":43.55,"end":70.29,"text":"I mean, I know how the, what they have to do is you come down and go up and I, I think it's all."},{"start":70.31,"end":70.91,"text":"There is plenty of time to it."},{"start":76.31,"end":98.29,"text":"If it's convenient, if it's most convenient, we'll have you do a break before the rehearsal."},{"start":98.31,"end":98.81,"text":"Oh, well, we'll see then."},{"start":98.83,"end":99.03,"text":"We'll see."},{"start":99.05,"end":99.95,"text":"Maybe we might be able to do it at 1 o'clock."},{"start":99.97,"end":100.25,"text":"Oh, 1 o'clock."},{"start":100.27,"end":100.59,"text":"Okay, 5 o'clock."},{"start":100.61,"end":101.95,"text":"I don't want any, but I don't want to bother you for all this time."},{"start":101.97,"end":102.36,"text":"I don't understand."},{"start":102.38,"end":102.76,"text":"I don't understand."},{"start":102.78,"end":103.26,"text":"It just stays at 1 to 5."},{"start":103.28,"end":103.58,"text":"It's all there."},{"start":103.6,"end":103.9,"text":"It's all there."},{"start":103.92,"end":104.1,"text":"It stays."},{"start":104.12,"end":104.34,"text":"Okay, fine."},{"start":110.88,"end":111.81,"text":"Geraldine Marie."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull to finalize logistical details regarding Tricia Nixon’s upcoming wedding rehearsal and associated television coverage. They coordinated the timing of briefings with staff members Ronald L. Ziegler, William H. Carruthers, and Mark I. Goode to ensure the event schedule remained manageable. Alexander P. Butterfield briefly joined the President toward the end of the session to discuss preparations for a forthcoming meeting.","topics":["Tricia Nixon wedding","Presidential scheduling","Television coverage","White House logistics","Staff coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:48:44.515Z"},"topicSlugs":["tricia-nixon-wedding","presidential-scheduling","television-coverage","white-house-logistics","staff-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":128,"audioFiles":[{"file":"517-007.mp3","bytes":5115904,"durationSec":127.78,"bitrate":320294,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.685Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/517-007.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/517-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/517/conversation-517-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}