{"conversationCode":"558-013","tapeNumber":558,"conversationNumber":13,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-558-013","startDateTime":"1971-08-09T22:21:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-09T22:28:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Aug-1971","startTime":"6:21 PM","endDate":"9-Aug-1971","endTime":"6:28 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary; Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On August 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:21 pm to 6:28 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 558-013 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 558-13\n\nDate: August 9, 1971\nTime: 6:21 pm - 6:28 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Rose Mary Woods and Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     President's schedule\n          -Alexander P. Butterfield\n          -Ronald L. Ziegler\n          -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n          -Charles W. Colson\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 6:28 pm.\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal Returnable]\n[Duration: 3m 17s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nThe President and Woods left at 6:28 pm.","filename":["558a.mp3","558b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:22:20","tapeEnd":"03:26:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Woods, Rose Mary","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"558-012","nextCode":"558-014","tapeTranscriptFile":"558a.mp3,558b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":12193.85,"end":12203.92,"text":"It's not bad."},{"start":12231.14,"end":12232.89,"text":"Oh, no, I wanted to get that shirt."},{"start":12277.38,"end":12280.32,"text":"No, no, I wanted to, uh, you know, I'm going to have to break it."},{"start":12280.36,"end":12280.8,"text":"I have to leave."},{"start":12280.82,"end":12281.36,"text":"I'm begging you."},{"start":12281.38,"end":12281.58,"text":"Uh, tell us."},{"start":12281.6,"end":12282.1,"text":"No, no, no, no, no, no."},{"start":12282.12,"end":12283.21,"text":"I said, uh, John, tell the owner."},{"start":12283.25,"end":12284.15,"text":"Have a hold of those things."},{"start":12284.17,"end":12285.03,"text":"There's all kinds of ways."},{"start":12285.05,"end":12286.29,"text":"I don't know if you've seen it."},{"start":12286.31,"end":12287.65,"text":"I don't know if you've seen it."},{"start":12287.67,"end":12288.91,"text":"I don't know if you've seen it."},{"start":12288.93,"end":12289.85,"text":"I don't know if you've seen it."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":12125.875,"end":12411,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, and aide Stephen B. Bull to review his upcoming schedule and manage personal administrative tasks. The discussion included brief coordination regarding upcoming meetings with key staff members, including Alexander Butterfield, Ronald Ziegler, H. R. Haldeman, and Charles Colson. A significant portion of the session involved personal matters, which were subsequently withdrawn from public record.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","White House staff","Administrative coordination","Personal matters"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:42:28.408Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","white-house-staff","administrative-coordination","personal-matters"],"audioDurationSec":240,"audioFiles":[{"file":"558a.mp3","bytes":175974817,"durationSec":7332.23,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false},{"file":"558b.mp3","bytes":139842454,"durationSec":5826.7,"bitrate":192002,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.011Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/558a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/558b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/558-013","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/558/conversation-558-013","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}