{"conversationCode":"598-002","tapeNumber":598,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-598-002","startDateTime":"1971-10-21T15:42:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-21T15:45:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Oct-1971","startTime":"11:42 AM","endDate":"21-Oct-1971","endTime":"11:45 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:42 am and 11:45 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 598-002 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. 598-2\n\nDate: October 21, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:42 am and 11:45 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Photographs\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 11:45 am.","filename":["598a.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:01:39","tapeEnd":"00:02:22","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"598-001","nextCode":"598-003","tapeTranscriptFile":"598a.mp3","transcript":[{"start":99.62,"end":112.99,"text":"Ond mae'n... Mae'n... Mae'n... Mae'n... Mae'n... Mae'n... Mae'n... Mae'n... Mae'n... Mae'n..."},{"start":117.01,"end":118.19,"text":"Diolch yn fawr."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":99.625,"end":140,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, for a brief administrative discussion regarding the President's daily schedule. The primary focus of the meeting was the coordination and management of photographic opportunities. No substantive policy matters were addressed during this short session.","topics":["Presidential schedule","White House photography","Administrative coordination","Stephen B. Bull"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:27:07.610Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","white-house-photography","administrative-coordination","stephen-b-bull"],"audioDurationSec":43,"audioFiles":[{"file":"598a.mp3","bytes":89637197,"durationSec":3734.81,"bitrate":192004,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.635Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/598a.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/598-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/598/conversation-598-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}