{"conversationCode":"618-034","tapeNumber":618,"conversationNumber":34,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-618-034","startDateTime":"1971-11-15T19:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-15T19:19:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Nov-1971","startTime":"2:13 PM","endDate":"15-Nov-1971","endTime":"2:19 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 2:13 pm and 2:19 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 618-034 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. 618-34\n\nDate: November 15, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:13 pm and 2:19 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Briefing paper\n          -George P. Shultz\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 2:19 pm.","filename":["618-034.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:25:20","tapeEnd":"05:26:07","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"618-033","nextCode":"618-035","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":15.74,"text":"A greeting paper hasn't arrived."},{"start":15.76,"end":16.42,"text":"Mr. President is on his way over."},{"start":16.44,"end":17.27,"text":"Mr. President, do you need to see him or?"},{"start":17.29,"end":18.07,"text":"I need to read the reading paper first."},{"start":18.09,"end":18.29,"text":"All right."},{"start":18.31,"end":18.41,"text":"Wait."},{"start":18.43,"end":18.59,"text":"See him."},{"start":18.61,"end":19.15,"text":"I've got to read the paper."},{"start":19.17,"end":19.37,"text":"All right."},{"start":19.39,"end":19.59,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate an upcoming appointment with George P. Shultz. The primary focus was the President's requirement to review a specific briefing paper before proceeding with the meeting. Nixon ultimately directed Bull to facilitate the appointment once he had completed his preparatory reading.","topics":["Presidential schedule","George P. Shultz","Briefing papers","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:57:23.021Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","george-p-shultz","briefing-papers","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"618-034.mp3","bytes":787640,"durationSec":19.54,"bitrate":322432,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.996Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/618-034.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/618-034","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/618/conversation-618-034","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}