{"conversationCode":"630-017","tapeNumber":630,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-630-017","startDateTime":"1971-12-06T20:58:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-06T21:01:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Dec-1971","startTime":"3:58 PM","endDate":"6-Dec-1971","endTime":"4:01 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On December 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:58 pm and 4:01 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 630-017 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. 630-017\n\nDate: December 6, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:58 pm and 4:01 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Henry A. Kissinger\n                -Location\n          -National Security Council [NSC]\n          -National Broadcasting Company [NBC] film crew\n          -Press corps\n          -Photographs\n          -Pierre E. Trudeau\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 4:01 pm.","filename":["630-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:11:44","tapeEnd":"02:14:31","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"630-016","nextCode":"630-018","transcript":[{"start":1.27,"end":6.99,"text":"He's going to come in after the program starts."},{"start":7.05,"end":12.45,"text":"Yeah, and after this whole thing is following the program."},{"start":12.49,"end":20.34,"text":"Yeah, they can't stay here this evening, correct?"},{"start":20.45,"end":29.04,"text":"You want to let them stay, but I assume that's after the press photo, or you want to have them go out at the same time?"},{"start":31.38,"end":34.32,"text":"May they come in and head for it?"},{"start":34.98,"end":35.36,"text":"Oh, yes."},{"start":35.5,"end":46.19,"text":"And they can see you come in and hear the chit-chat as it comes in a little bit."},{"start":46.25,"end":49.74,"text":"But you cannot expect him to talk on record."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull coordinated logistics for upcoming presidential meetings and public appearances. The discussion focused on scheduling Henry Kissinger and managing the presence of an NBC film crew and the press corps during these events. They also addressed the protocol for photo opportunities and whether observers could remain in the Oval Office for informal conversations.","topics":["Presidential Scheduling","Press Relations","Henry Kissinger","Media Access","White House Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:22:53.605Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","press-relations","henry-kissinger","media-access","white-house-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":58,"audioFiles":[{"file":"630-017.mp3","bytes":2316326,"durationSec":57.78,"bitrate":320703,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.998Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/630-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/630-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/630/conversation-630-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}