{"conversationCode":"623-018","tapeNumber":623,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-623-018","startDateTime":"1971-11-23T20:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-23T20:10:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Nov-1971","startTime":"3:09 PM","endDate":"23-Nov-1971","endTime":"3:10 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On November 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:09 pm and 3:10 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 623-018 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. 623-018\n\nDate: November 23, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:09 pm and 3:10 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Rogers C. B. Morton\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 3:10 pm.","filename":["623-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:27:55","tapeEnd":"03:28:15","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"623-017","nextCode":"623-019","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":7.62,"text":"He said, no, I better go."},{"start":7.64,"end":8.19,"text":"They don't come right away."},{"start":8.21,"end":9.33,"text":"Secretary Marks, could you please keep this to yourself?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate logistical details regarding the President's schedule. The brief discussion primarily concerned an upcoming appointment with Secretary of the Interior Rogers C. B. Morton. The conversation concluded with Nixon emphasizing the need for discretion regarding the meeting's arrangements.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Rogers C. B. Morton","White House logistics","Confidentiality"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:09:20.743Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","rogers-c-b-morton","white-house-logistics","confidentiality"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"623-018.mp3","bytes":493568,"durationSec":12.22,"bitrate":323237,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.996Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:09.118Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/623-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/623-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/623/conversation-623-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}