{"conversationCode":"607-017","tapeNumber":607,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-607-017","startDateTime":"1971-10-29T16:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-29T16:36:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Oct-1971","startTime":"12:35 PM","endDate":"29-Oct-1971","endTime":"12:36 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On October 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:35 pm and 12:36 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 607-017 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. 607-017\n\nDate: October 29, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:35 pm and 12:36 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n      The President's schedule\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n            -Forthcoming meeting with John R. Price, Jr.\n\n     Sheep skin\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 12:36 pm.\n\nThe President left at 12:36 pm.","filename":["607-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:01:08","tapeEnd":"04:01:58","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"607-016","nextCode":"607-018","transcript":[{"start":8.78,"end":14.06,"text":"Well, it's probably not bad or something."},{"start":14.08,"end":14.68,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":14.88,"end":22.03,"text":"It's like a, it could go in one of the, one of the cabins up there."},{"start":22.39,"end":24.64,"text":"It may just be wasted."},{"start":25,"end":29.92,"text":"So it's a beautiful thing actually."},{"start":29.96,"end":30.32,"text":"It's cold."},{"start":31.5,"end":31.74,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull briefly met to discuss the potential placement of a sheepskin, weighing whether it should be utilized in one of the presidential cabins or if it might otherwise go to waste. The conversation reflects a casual administrative check-in regarding the disposition of personal or office items. No significant policy decisions were made during this brief exchange.","topics":["Presidential Schedule","Oval Office Administration","Personal Property","Stephen B. Bull"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:38:30.495Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","oval-office-administration","personal-property","stephen-b-bull"],"audioDurationSec":32,"audioFiles":[{"file":"607-017.mp3","bytes":1285607,"durationSec":32.02,"bitrate":321168,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.997Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:06.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/607-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/607-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/607/conversation-607-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}