{"conversationCode":"611-017","tapeNumber":611,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-611-017","startDateTime":"1971-11-02T17:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-02T17:47:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Nov-1971","startTime":"12:43 PM","endDate":"2-Nov-1971","endTime":"12:47 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On November 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:43 pm and 12:47 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 611-017 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. 611-17\n\nDate: November 2, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:43 pm and 12:47 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\fThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     Requested Henry A. Kissinger be asked to join him\n         -State Department\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 12:47 pm.","filename":["611-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:08:31","tapeEnd":"04:08:53","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"611-016","nextCode":"611-018","transcript":[{"start":3.68,"end":8.49,"text":"I don't want to take him out for lunch."},{"start":8.51,"end":9.03,"text":"All right, see you, sir."},{"start":9.05,"end":9.94,"text":"He may be at that same time."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to coordinate his schedule and facilitate a meeting with National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. The President specifically requested that Kissinger be summoned from the State Department to join him for a discussion. The brief interaction focused primarily on administrative logistics regarding the President’s upcoming appointments.","topics":["Henry A. Kissinger","White House scheduling","Presidential communication","State Department"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:42:45.523Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-a-kissinger","white-house-scheduling","presidential-communication","state-department"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"611-017.mp3","bytes":441779,"durationSec":10.92,"bitrate":323712,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.996Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/611-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/611-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/611/conversation-611-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}