{"conversationCode":"631-006","tapeNumber":631,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-631-006","startDateTime":"1971-12-07T21:29:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-07T21:33:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Dec-1971","startTime":"4:29 PM","endDate":"7-Dec-1971","endTime":"4:33 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On December 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:29 pm and 4:33 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 631-006 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. 631-006\nDate: December 7, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 4:29 pm and 4:33 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\nHenry A. Kissinger's call to Harold H. Saunders\n-Return call from Saunders\nBull left at an unknown time before 4:33 pm.","filename":["631-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:03:46","tapeEnd":"02:04:31","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"631-005","nextCode":"631-007","transcript":[{"start":2.29,"end":3.33,"text":"Yes, sir, he's out there."},{"start":3.35,"end":5.1,"text":"He was calling Saunders in here."},{"start":5.16,"end":6.6,"text":"Saunders just called in here."},{"start":6.62,"end":7.66,"text":"Oh, I told you, Tom."},{"start":7.74,"end":10.69,"text":"He's available for Kissinger whenever he's listening."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate communication between Henry Kissinger and Harold H. Saunders. The brief discussion focused on facilitating a return call from Saunders to Kissinger regarding ongoing foreign policy matters. Bull confirmed Saunders' availability to ensure the contact could be established immediately.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","Harold H. Saunders","Communication coordination","Foreign policy","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:24:10.911Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","harold-h-saunders","communication-coordination","foreign-policy","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"631-006.mp3","bytes":508652,"durationSec":12.57,"bitrate":323838,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.362Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/631-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/631-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/631/conversation-631-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}