{"conversationCode":"538-012","tapeNumber":538,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-538-012","startDateTime":"1971-07-06T15:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-06T15:26:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Jul-1971","startTime":"11:12 AM","endDate":"6-Jul-1971","endTime":"11:26 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 11:12 am and 11:26 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 538-012 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. 538-012\n\nDate: July 6, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:12 am and 11:26 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull\n\n     The President’s schedule\n          -General Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n          -John N. Mitchell\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 11:26 am","filename":["538-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:12:47","tapeEnd":"01:13:58","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"538-011","nextCode":"538-013","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.85,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":1.87,"end":4.49,"text":"Attorney General will be here in a quarter to 12."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to coordinate his daily schedule and upcoming meetings. The discussion centered on arrangements for the arrival of Attorney General John N. Mitchell and General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. at the White House. These logistical preparations facilitated the President's subsequent high-level administrative consultations.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","John N. Mitchell","Alexander M. Haig Jr.","White House logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:20:25.125Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","john-n-mitchell","alexander-m-haig-jr","white-house-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"538-012.mp3","bytes":265195,"durationSec":6.49,"bitrate":327118,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.009Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:57.680Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/538-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/538-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/538/conversation-538-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}