{"conversationCode":"621-003","tapeNumber":621,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-621-003","startDateTime":"1971-11-18T12:49:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-18T13:01:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Nov-1971","startTime":"7:49 AM","endDate":"18-Nov-1971","endTime":"8:01 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On November 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:49 am and 8:01 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 621-003 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. 621-3\n\nDate: November 18, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 7:49 am and 8:01 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man [Stephen B. Bull?].\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\nThe unknown man [Bull?] left at an unknown time before 8:01 am.","filename":["621-003-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:03:38","tapeEnd":"00:04:33","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"621-002","nextCode":"621-004","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide, Stephen B. Bull, to review and finalize the President’s daily schedule. The primary focus of the discussion concerned upcoming engagements, specifically highlighting a meeting with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. No major policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative briefing.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Alexander M. Haig Jr.","White House administration","Stephen B. Bull"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:02:15.557Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","alexander-haig","white-house-administration","stephen-b-bull"],"audioDurationSec":58,"audioFiles":[{"file":"621-003-splice.mp3","bytes":1389967,"durationSec":57.89,"bitrate":192092,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-10-27T04:38:02.230Z","originalFilename":["621a.mp3","621b.mp3","621c.mp3","621d.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["621a.mp3"],"cutStart":221.79,"cutEnd":279.67,"adjustedStart":221.79,"adjustedEnd":279.67,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"medium","splicedAt":"2026-10-27T04:38:02.230Z"},"transcript":[{"start":223.91,"end":227.02,"text":"General, the gate is not opening, I can't see it, sir."},{"start":227.04,"end":227.32,"text":"Copy that."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":223.29,"end":278.17,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"medium","transcriptSource":"bigtape","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/621-003-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/621-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/621/conversation-621-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}