{"conversationCode":"599-018","tapeNumber":599,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-599-018","startDateTime":"1971-10-22T12:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-22T12:50:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Oct-1971","startTime":"8:08 AM","endDate":"22-Oct-1971","endTime":"8:50 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On October 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:08 am and 8:50 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 599-018 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. 599-018\n\nDate: October 22, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:08 am and 8:50 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     [Unintelligible]\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 8:50 am.","filename":["599-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:02:21","tapeEnd":"00:08:05","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"599-017","nextCode":"601-001","transcript":[{"start":7.22,"end":8.29,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal aide, Stephen B. Bull, in the Oval Office to discuss administrative or scheduling matters. Due to the unintelligible nature of the audio recording, no specific policy decisions or substantive outcomes were captured. The interaction serves as a routine record of the President's daily engagement with his immediate staff.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","White House administration","Staff interaction","Oval Office operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:29:06.942Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","white-house-administration","staff-interaction","oval-office-operations"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"599-018.mp3","bytes":333824,"durationSec":8.24,"bitrate":324061,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.635Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:05.741Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/599-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/599-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/599/conversation-599-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}