{"conversationCode":"623-020","tapeNumber":623,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-623-020","startDateTime":"1971-11-23T21:33:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-23T21:33:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Nov-1971","startTime":"4:33 PM","endDate":"23-Nov-1971","endTime":"4:33 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 4:33 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 623-020 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. 623-020\n\nDate: November 23, 1971\nTime: 4:33 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Ronald L. Ziegler\n          -William L. Waller\n                -James O. Eastland\n\nBull left at 4:33 pm.","filename":["623-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:50:19","tapeEnd":"04:50:46","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"623-019","nextCode":"623-021","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":12.22,"text":"Mr. President, Ron Ziegler is playing a secret."},{"start":12.24,"end":13.7,"text":"Protect two minutes before Governor Waller comes in between these ladies."},{"start":13.72,"end":13.92,"text":"All right."},{"start":13.94,"end":15.85,"text":"Senator Eastland is going to show up at the meeting with Governor Waller and will be coming in."},{"start":15.87,"end":16.07,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met briefly to coordinate logistical adjustments for the President's upcoming schedule. The discussion focused on managing the arrival of Mississippi Governor William L. Waller and Senator James O. Eastland. They specifically addressed the need to insert a two-minute window into the briefing process to accommodate the Senator's addition to the meeting.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","William L. Waller","James O. Eastland","White House logistics","Ronald Ziegler"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:09:32.647Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","william-l-waller","james-o-eastland","white-house-logistics","ronald-ziegler"],"audioDurationSec":22,"audioFiles":[{"file":"623-020.mp3","bytes":897024,"durationSec":22.31,"bitrate":321631,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.996Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/623-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/623-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/623/conversation-623-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}