{"conversationCode":"549-011","tapeNumber":549,"conversationNumber":11,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-549-011","startDateTime":"1971-07-28T15:26:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-28T15:51:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Jul-1971","startTime":"11:26 AM","endDate":"28-Jul-1971","endTime":"11:51 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On July 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:26 am and 11:51 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 549-011 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. 549-011\n\nDate: July 28, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:26 am and 11:51 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     Schedule\n          -John D. Ehrlichman\n          -The President\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 11:51 am.","filename":["549-011.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:02:15","tapeEnd":"02:16:38","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"549-010","nextCode":"549-012","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":8.99,"text":"Excuse me, Mr. President, if you could call John up from the P.L."},{"start":9.01,"end":10.11,"text":"room and go through his power bank and change his name."},{"start":10.13,"end":10.51,"text":"He's back now, sir."},{"start":10.53,"end":10.94,"text":"Yeah, I saw him."},{"start":10.96,"end":13.32,"text":"Ask him to come down and get me."},{"start":13.34,"end":13.54,"text":"He's free."},{"start":13.56,"end":13.8,"text":"There he is."},{"start":13.82,"end":14.2,"text":"I'll interrupt him."},{"start":14.22,"end":14.58,"text":"See you back here."},{"start":14.6,"end":14.78,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate an upcoming meeting with John D. Ehrlichman. The discussion focused on securing Ehrlichman's presence in the Oval Office for a private briefing. Bull was instructed to locate Ehrlichman, who was situated in the Presidential Library room, and escort him to the President.","topics":["John D. Ehrlichman","Scheduling","White House operations","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:31:40.165Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-d-ehrlichman","scheduling","white-house-operations","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"549-011.mp3","bytes":607918,"durationSec":15.06,"bitrate":322886,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.011Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/549-011.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/549-011","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/549/conversation-549-011","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}