{"conversationCode":"587-008","tapeNumber":587,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-587-008","startDateTime":"1971-10-08T16:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-08T16:17:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Oct-1971","startTime":"12:12 PM","endDate":"8-Oct-1971","endTime":"12:17 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On October 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:12 pm and 12:17 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 587-008 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. 587-8\n\nDate: October 8, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:12 pm and 12:17 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Wayne Hays\n               -Press coverage\n\nH. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 12:15 pm.\n\n           -Charles E. Lucet\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 12:17 pm.\n\n           -F. Edward Hebert\n                 -Lunch\n                      -Briefing\n\nHaldeman left at 12:17 pm.","filename":["587-008-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:22:26","tapeEnd":"02:24:04","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B.","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"587-007","nextCode":"587-009","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull and H. R. Haldeman to coordinate the President's upcoming schedule and manage press relations regarding Wayne Hays. The discussion also included administrative logistics involving Charles E. Lucet and a scheduled lunch briefing with F. Edward Hebert. The meeting focused primarily on operational scheduling and the handling of key political figures.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Press relations","Wayne Hays","F. Edward Hebert","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:15:16.416Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","press-relations","wayne-hays","f-edward-hebert","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":101,"audioFiles":[{"file":"587-008-splice.mp3","bytes":2425043,"durationSec":101.02,"bitrate":192053,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-10-27T04:37:59.974Z","originalFilename":["587a.mp3","587b.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["587b.mp3"],"cutStart":8547.5,"cutEnd":8648.5,"adjustedStart":8547.5,"adjustedEnd":8648.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-10-27T04:37:59.974Z"},"transcript":[{"start":8629.06,"end":8636.99,"text":"We have a special assembly group that comes to the waste cases here, sir."},{"start":8637.01,"end":8637.41,"text":"This is a fine."},{"start":8637.43,"end":8637.89,"text":"Courtesy call."},{"start":8637.93,"end":8642.22,"text":"You're lying to the press for all I know."},{"start":8642.24,"end":8642.66,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":8642.7,"end":8643.56,"text":"What are they doing?"},{"start":8644.02,"end":8645.34,"text":"What are they talking about?"},{"start":8645.5,"end":8645.94,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":8647.22,"end":8648.82,"text":"They're shaking hands, too."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":8549,"end":8647,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/587-008-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/587-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/587/conversation-587-008","catalogNaId":417179149,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417179149","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}