{"conversationCode":"543-002","tapeNumber":543,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-543-002","startDateTime":"1971-07-22T21:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-22T21:16:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Jul-1971","startTime":"5:05 PM","endDate":"22-Jul-1971","endTime":"5:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On July 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:05 pm and 5:16 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 543-002 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. 543-2\n\nDate: July 22, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:05 pm and 5:16 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     Schedule\n          -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n          -Forthcoming Presidential briefing in the Cabinet Room\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 5:16 pm.","filename":["543-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:06:19","tapeEnd":"01:08:52","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"543-001","nextCode":"543-003","transcript":[{"start":0.45,"end":16.47,"text":"Mr. President, as you're calling this out, I'm worried about the diplomatic interest taking a little bit."},{"start":16.49,"end":17.43,"text":"Just, if I can get it for you, sir, I'll do it."},{"start":17.45,"end":18.71,"text":"Where is the, uh, actually, the next meeting with me and Kevin?"},{"start":18.73,"end":19.88,"text":"There's only going to be about 14 or 15 senators present."},{"start":21.56,"end":21.94,"text":"I'll have a listen."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate upcoming administrative scheduling and logistics. The discussion centered on arrangements for a briefing in the Cabinet Room involving H.R. Haldeman and a group of senators. Nixon also addressed concerns regarding the diplomatic implications of his schedule and sought clarification on the timing of a planned meeting with Kevin Phillips.","topics":["White House scheduling","H.R. Haldeman","Diplomatic relations","Legislative relations","Cabinet Room briefing"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:25:47.004Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-scheduling","h-r-haldeman","diplomatic-relations","legislative-relations","cabinet-room-briefing"],"audioDurationSec":31,"audioFiles":[{"file":"543-002.mp3","bytes":1244260,"durationSec":30.96,"bitrate":321509,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.012Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/543-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/543-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/543/conversation-543-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}