{"conversationCode":"538-007","tapeNumber":538,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-538-007","startDateTime":"1971-07-06T13:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-06T13:50:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Jul-1971","startTime":"9:25 AM","endDate":"6-Jul-1971","endTime":"9:50 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On July 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:25 am and 9:50 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 538-007 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. 538-007\n\nDate: July 6, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:25 am and 9:50 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull\n\n     The President’s schedule\n          -Forthcoming meeting\n          -George P. Shultz’s request for a meeting\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 9:50 am","filename":["538-007.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:42:42","tapeEnd":"00:44:48","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"538-006","nextCode":"538-008","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":26.57,"text":"I can't have any interruptions this night until 10.30, so... All right, we don't want this to be just before the 10 o'clock meeting, sir."},{"start":26.59,"end":26.97,"text":"Which meeting, sir?"},{"start":26.99,"end":28.28,"text":"The meeting starts at 10 o'clock."},{"start":28.3,"end":28.9,"text":"I'll wait for your buzz, then."},{"start":28.92,"end":29.44,"text":"I'll let you know on this."},{"start":29.46,"end":29.94,"text":"I'll wait for your buzz."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to coordinate his daily schedule and manage upcoming meetings. The primary focus was ensuring the President remained free from interruptions ahead of a 10:00 a.m. engagement. Additionally, the pair briefly touched upon a meeting request submitted by George P. Shultz.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Time management","George P. Shultz","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:19:57.290Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","time-management","george-p-shultz","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":41,"audioFiles":[{"file":"538-007.mp3","bytes":1625652,"durationSec":40.51,"bitrate":321031,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.011Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:57.679Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/538-007.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/538-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/538/conversation-538-007","catalogNaId":417178443,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417178443","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}