{"conversationCode":"619-002","tapeNumber":619,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-619-002","startDateTime":"1971-11-16T12:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-16T13:07:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Nov-1971","startTime":"7:56 AM","endDate":"16-Nov-1971","endTime":"8:07 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On November 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:56 am and 8:07 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 619-002 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. 619-2\n\nDate: November 16, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 7:56 am and 8:07 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Norris Cotton and Barber B. Conable, Jr.\n          -Margaret Chase Smith\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 8:07 am.","filename":["619-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:05:09","tapeEnd":"00:06:28","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"619-001","nextCode":"619-003","transcript":[{"start":0.45,"end":1.21,"text":"I was present."},{"start":2.31,"end":3.64,"text":"Who was next?"},{"start":3.68,"end":5.66,"text":"Uh, Senator Cotten and Barbara Cotten."},{"start":5.94,"end":6.72,"text":"Barbara, she's the next."},{"start":6.86,"end":10.99,"text":"Good job, Cotten."},{"start":11.01,"end":11.93,"text":"Cotten, over."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to review and organize his daily schedule. The two men briefly discussed the upcoming appointments with Senators Norris Cotton and Margaret Chase Smith, as well as Representative Barber Conable. This meeting served as a routine administrative coordination to confirm the sequence and participants of the President's morning agenda.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Norris Cotton","Barber Conable","Margaret Chase Smith","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:57:50.237Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","norris-cotton","barber-conable","margaret-chase-smith","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"619-002.mp3","bytes":730175,"durationSec":18.12,"bitrate":322300,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.998Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/619-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/619-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/619/conversation-619-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}