{"conversationCode":"601-021","tapeNumber":601,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-601-021","startDateTime":"1971-10-23T16:17:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-23T16:21:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Oct-1971","startTime":"12:17 PM","endDate":"23-Oct-1971","endTime":"12:21 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On October 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:21 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 601-021 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. 601-21\n\nDate: October 23, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:17 pm and 12:21 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     Charles W. Colson's schedule\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 12:21 pm.","filename":["601-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:18:09","tapeEnd":"03:18:30","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"601-020","nextCode":"601-022","transcript":[{"start":1.16,"end":11.11,"text":"It's cold still out here east of Porter Grove Street."},{"start":11.13,"end":11.59,"text":"And it's taking a turn."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull in the Oval Office to conduct a brief administrative review of Charles W. Colson's upcoming schedule. The discussion served as a routine check on the President's staffing logistics and time management. No significant policy decisions were reached during this short interaction.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House scheduling","Presidential staff","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:31:04.463Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-scheduling","presidential-staff","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"601-021.mp3","bytes":507607,"durationSec":12.56,"bitrate":323201,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.636Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/601-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/601-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/601/conversation-601-021","catalogNaId":417179303,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417179303","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}