{"conversationCode":"551-005","tapeNumber":551,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-551-005","startDateTime":"1971-07-29T15:48:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-29T15:50:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Jul-1971","startTime":"11:48 AM","endDate":"29-Jul-1971","endTime":"11:50 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On July 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:48 am and 11:50 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 551-005 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. 551-005\n\nDate: July 29, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:48 am and 11:50 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n     Schedule\n           -Ambassador Agha Hilaly\n           -Martin C. (“Marty”) Anderson\n                -John D. Ehrlichman’s schedule\n\nBull left at 11:50 am.","filename":["551-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:06:44","tapeEnd":"03:07:37","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"551-004","nextCode":"551-006","transcript":[{"start":4.99,"end":14.98,"text":"before the investigation."},{"start":15,"end":22.23,"text":"And then Marty Anderson, just as soon as we can."},{"start":22.25,"end":28.37,"text":"But while you guys are the officers, we may not be able to see Martin Anderson, that you may have to reschedule to him in this room."},{"start":28.39,"end":30.07,"text":"But then, between earlier and Anderson's schedule, they could have come."},{"start":30.09,"end":30.83,"text":"They may not be able to get him back."},{"start":30.85,"end":33.06,"text":"They're trying to locate Anderson now, which, you know, Marco has to keep him."},{"start":33.08,"end":34.22,"text":"He was here at this time, and then he couldn't come back."},{"start":34.24,"end":34.58,"text":"He's in a crisis."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to review and manage his upcoming daily schedule. The discussion focused on coordinating appointments for Ambassador Agha Hilaly and Martin Anderson, with particular emphasis on navigating scheduling conflicts regarding Anderson’s availability. Bull was tasked with managing these logistics and determining if Anderson could be successfully relocated to the Oval Office despite his ongoing crisis.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Agha Hilaly","Martin Anderson","White House administration","Stephen B. Bull"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:33:59.349Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","agha-hilaly","martin-anderson","white-house-administration","stephen-b-bull"],"audioDurationSec":37,"audioFiles":[{"file":"551-005.mp3","bytes":1479300,"durationSec":36.84,"bitrate":321219,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.011Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/551-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/551-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/551/conversation-551-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}