{"conversationCode":"618-031","tapeNumber":618,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-618-031","startDateTime":"1971-11-15T18:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-15T18:53:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Nov-1971","startTime":"1:16 PM","endDate":"15-Nov-1971","endTime":"1:53 PM","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 1:16 pm and 1:53 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 618-031 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. 618-31\n\nDate: November 15, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:16 pm and 1:53 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Donald H. Rumsfeld, George H. Boldt and C. Jackson Grayson\n          -Gerald L. Warren\n               -Review\n                      -Cabinet Room\n               -Film\n          -Meeting with Congressional leaders\n               -Cabinet Room\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 1:53 pm.","filename":["618-031.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:12:17","tapeEnd":"05:13:02","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"618-030","nextCode":"618-032","transcript":[{"start":1.74,"end":25.7,"text":"the president, myself, and Judge Walters, to do the basic interview."},{"start":25.72,"end":26.1,"text":"All right, come on."},{"start":26.12,"end":27.6,"text":"After the jurors come in and just review it, we'll work in the cabin room."},{"start":27.62,"end":28.52,"text":"And when you're ready to sit, this is filmed."},{"start":28.54,"end":29.24,"text":"Yeah, you have to leave right away."},{"start":29.26,"end":29.46,"text":"That's it."},{"start":29.48,"end":31.18,"text":"That training day at 2.30 p.m. will be on the desk when you return to the cabin room."},{"start":31.2,"end":31.3,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met to finalize the logistics and scheduling for an upcoming interview involving Judge Boldt and other administration officials. The discussion focused on the coordination of a filmed session in the Cabinet Room and the subsequent meeting with Congressional leaders. Bull confirmed that the briefing materials for the 2:30 p.m. training session would be prepared and ready on the President’s desk upon his return.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Cabinet Room meetings","Media relations","Congressional leadership","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:57:05.891Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","cabinet-room-meetings","media-relations","congressional-leadership","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":32,"audioFiles":[{"file":"618-031.mp3","bytes":1271428,"durationSec":31.64,"bitrate":321473,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.995Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/618-031.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/618-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/618/conversation-618-031","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}