{"conversationCode":"616-003","tapeNumber":616,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-616-003","startDateTime":"1971-11-10T17:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-10T18:00:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Nov-1971","startTime":"12:56 PM","endDate":"10-Nov-1971","endTime":"1:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On November 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 1:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 616-003 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. 616-3\n\nDate: November 10, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:56 pm and 1:00 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Henry A. Kissinger\n               -Schedule\n          -Melvin R. Laird\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 1:00 pm.","filename":["616-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:11:42","tapeEnd":"00:12:17","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"616-002","nextCode":"616-004","transcript":[{"start":0.93,"end":1.61,"text":"Press ."},{"start":1.63,"end":8.87,"text":"Henry is out of the building at lunch until 2 o'clock."},{"start":8.89,"end":8.99,"text":"Okay."},{"start":9.01,"end":9.87,"text":"Do you want to stay in the front time room?"},{"start":9.89,"end":12.54,"text":"Uh, we have Larry at 3 o'clock."},{"start":13.7,"end":13.8,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":13.82,"end":14.02,"text":"I see him."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to review and manage his daily appointments. The discussion focused on coordinating the schedules of key administration figures, specifically Henry Kissinger and Melvin Laird. They confirmed Kissinger’s unavailability until the afternoon and verified the timing for a 3:00 p.m. meeting with Larry.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Henry Kissinger","Melvin Laird","White House operations","Staff coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:50:38.939Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","henry-kissinger","melvin-laird","white-house-operations","staff-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"616-003.mp3","bytes":856603,"durationSec":21.28,"bitrate":322072,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.997Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/616-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/616-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/616/conversation-616-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}