{"conversationCode":"618-016","tapeNumber":618,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-618-016","startDateTime":"1971-11-15T16:02:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-15T16:04:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Nov-1971","startTime":"11:02 AM","endDate":"15-Nov-1971","endTime":"11:04 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On November 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:02 am and 11:04 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 618-016 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. 618-16\n\nDate: November 15, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:02 am and 11:04 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins\n          -Photographs\n                 -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon\n\n     An envelope\n\fBull left at an unknown time before 11:04 am.","filename":["618-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:57:12","tapeEnd":"02:58:11","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"618-015","nextCode":"618-017","transcript":[{"start":0.59,"end":12.35,"text":"Did you get back to, uh..."},{"start":18.7,"end":19.64,"text":"I'm not sure how I get those to the house, too."},{"start":19.66,"end":20.5,"text":"Would you like me to take you to see them?"},{"start":20.52,"end":21.43,"text":"They should always go where I assume they do."},{"start":21.45,"end":23.29,"text":"It may be that he sends copies to the house, but I just know that there are several of them."},{"start":23.31,"end":24.07,"text":"The pictures have heard of them there."},{"start":24.09,"end":24.89,"text":"I want to be sure that we haven't, uh..."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate the delivery of personal photographs taken by White House photographer Oliver F. Atkins. The discussion focused on ensuring that copies of these images, particularly those featuring First Lady Pat Nixon, were properly routed to the White House residence. Nixon emphasized the importance of established distribution protocols for these materials to avoid oversight.","topics":["Pat Nixon","Oliver Atkins","Photography","White House logistics","Personal records"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:55:38.649Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","oliver-atkins","photography","white-house-logistics","personal-records"],"audioDurationSec":36,"audioFiles":[{"file":"618-016.mp3","bytes":1438611,"durationSec":35.82,"bitrate":321295,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.995Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/618-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/618-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/618/conversation-618-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}