{"conversationCode":"532-015","tapeNumber":532,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-532-015","startDateTime":"1971-06-30T16:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-30T16:18:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Jun-1971","startTime":"12:16 PM","endDate":"30-Jun-1971","endTime":"12:18 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Henkel, William, Jr.; Henkel, William, Jr. (Mrs.); Henkel, William, Sr.; Henkel, William, Sr. (Mrs.);","description":"On June 30, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, William Henkel, Jr., Mrs. William Henkel, Jr., William Henkel, Sr., and Mrs. William Henkel, Sr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:16 pm to 12:18 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 532-015 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. 532-015\n\nDate: June 30, 1971\nTime: 12:16 pm - 12:18 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull, William Henkel, Jr., Mrs. William Henkel, Jr. and Mr.\nand Mrs. William Henkel, Sr.\n\n     Greetings\n\n     General conversation\n          -Introductions\n          -Photographs\n          -Presentation of gifts\n\n     Thanks\n\nHenkel et al., left at 12:18 pm.","filename":["532-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:56:09","tapeEnd":"02:57:50","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B.","Henkel, William, Jr.","Henkel, William, Jr. (Mrs.)","Henkel, William, Sr.","Henkel, William, Sr. (Mrs.)"],"prevCode":"532-014","nextCode":"532-016","transcript":[{"start":0.45,"end":15.26,"text":"Mr. President, this is Bill Hankelstein, his wife, Jack."},{"start":15.28,"end":16.16,"text":"Mr. and Mrs. Hankelstein, how are you doing?"},{"start":16.18,"end":16.8,"text":"It's a pleasure to see you."},{"start":16.82,"end":17.16,"text":"Yes, how are you?"},{"start":17.18,"end":18.04,"text":"Mr. President, I wanted to thank you, Jack."},{"start":18.06,"end":18.74,"text":"We're very happy to have you here."},{"start":18.76,"end":20.59,"text":"Nice to have you with us."},{"start":20.61,"end":22.27,"text":"Right ahead, when you come on over here, we've got a picture of a minister."},{"start":22.29,"end":23.77,"text":"Are we, uh... Matt, over here in front of these two lights, I can see you."},{"start":23.79,"end":24.03,"text":"Look at you."},{"start":26.15,"end":44.58,"text":"Thank you, sir."},{"start":44.6,"end":54.91,"text":"Thank you, sir."},{"start":55.6,"end":70.48,"text":"and to see it as a single, it's just great."},{"start":70.5,"end":71.38,"text":"I sure would love to do something like that."},{"start":71.4,"end":71.66,"text":"Only friends."},{"start":71.68,"end":71.96,"text":"Thank you, Al."},{"start":71.98,"end":72.3,"text":"Thank you a lot."},{"start":72.32,"end":72.66,"text":"We appreciate it."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with White House staffer William Henkel, Jr. and his parents for a brief social visit in the Oval Office. The meeting served as a formal opportunity for introductions, general conversation, and the presentation of a gift. The participants concluded the session by posing for commemorative photographs.","topics":["Oval Office","Presidential courtesy","William Henkel Jr.","Photography","Gift presentation"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:12:20.728Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office","presidential-courtesy","william-henkel-jr","photography","gift-presentation"],"audioDurationSec":81,"audioFiles":[{"file":"532-015.mp3","bytes":3252558,"durationSec":81.19,"bitrate":320495,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.011Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/532-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/532-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/532/conversation-532-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}