{"conversationCode":"588-010","tapeNumber":588,"conversationNumber":10,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-588-010","startDateTime":"1971-10-12T16:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-12T16:58:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Oct-1971","startTime":"12:56 PM","endDate":"12-Oct-1971","endTime":"12:58 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Ziegler, Ronald L.;","description":"On October 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 12:58 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 588-010 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. 588-10\n\nDate: October 12, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:56 pm and 12:58 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Henry A. Kissinger\n\nRonald L. Ziegler entered at an unknown time after 12:56 pm .\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 12:58 pm.\n\n             -Labor leaders\n\nZiegler left at an unknown time before 12:58 pm.","filename":["588-010.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:57:05","tapeEnd":"02:58:05","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B.","Ziegler, Ronald L."],"prevCode":"588-009","nextCode":"588-011","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":26.43,"text":"."},{"start":26.45,"end":26.48,"text":"."},{"start":26.5,"end":26.52,"text":"."},{"start":26.54,"end":26.55,"text":"."},{"start":26.57,"end":26.59,"text":"."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull and Ronald L. Ziegler to coordinate his immediate professional schedule. The discussion focused on upcoming engagements, specifically prioritizing arrangements for meetings with Henry Kissinger and various labor leaders. The session concluded with the participants aligning the President's calendar for these key consultations.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Henry Kissinger","Labor leaders","White House logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:16:30.290Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","henry-kissinger","labor-leaders","white-house-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":27,"audioFiles":[{"file":"588-010.mp3","bytes":1067673,"durationSec":26.55,"bitrate":321747,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.635Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/588-010.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/588-010","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/588/conversation-588-010","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}