{"conversationCode":"581-008","tapeNumber":581,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-581-008","startDateTime":"1971-09-30T16:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-30T16:51:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Sep-1971","startTime":"12:51 PM","endDate":"30-Sep-1971","endTime":"12:51 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On September 30, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:51 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 581-008 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. 581-8\n\nDate: September 30, 1971\nTime: 12:51 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Meeting with newspaper carriers\n\nBull left at 12:51 pm.","filename":["581-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:36:48","tapeEnd":"02:37:30","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"581-007","nextCode":"581-009","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":19.81,"text":"Now, what is this newspaper thing?"},{"start":19.83,"end":20.01,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":20.03,"end":20.88,"text":"It's designated on Saturday, October 16th."},{"start":20.89,"end":21.58,"text":"It's a national newspaper boycott."},{"start":21.6,"end":22.12,"text":"What happened to this one?"},{"start":22.14,"end":22.46,"text":"It was released."},{"start":22.48,"end":22.58,"text":"What?"},{"start":22.6,"end":22.92,"text":"It was released."},{"start":22.94,"end":23.48,"text":"It was a newspaper boycott."},{"start":23.5,"end":23.76,"text":"Yeah, it was."},{"start":23.78,"end":24,"text":"Yeah, yeah."},{"start":24.02,"end":24.1,"text":"Yes."},{"start":24.12,"end":24.56,"text":"What is going on here?"},{"start":24.58,"end":25.24,"text":"Now, this is a newspaper boycott."},{"start":25.26,"end":25.56,"text":"It's a boycott."},{"start":25.58,"end":25.64,"text":"Oh."},{"start":25.66,"end":25.82,"text":"Oh, wow."},{"start":25.84,"end":26.02,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":26.04,"end":26.56,"text":"I just got to get it done."},{"start":26.58,"end":26.88,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":26.9,"end":27.24,"text":"It's a press 101."},{"start":27.26,"end":27.44,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":27.46,"end":28.82,"text":"I suggest you sit your own head, and then we'll get to the next one."},{"start":28.84,"end":29.02,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull to review his upcoming schedule, specifically focusing on an engagement with newspaper carriers. The discussion clarified a potential misunderstanding regarding a scheduled national newspaper boycott. Following the brief exchange, Nixon directed Bull to finalize the arrangements for the event.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Newspaper carriers","Press relations","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:10:28.715Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","newspaper-carriers","press-relations","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":36,"audioFiles":[{"file":"581-008.mp3","bytes":1458465,"durationSec":36.33,"bitrate":321140,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.635Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/581-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/581-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/581/conversation-581-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}