{"conversationCode":"635-005","tapeNumber":635,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-635-005","startDateTime":"1971-12-10T13:48:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-10T14:10:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Dec-1971","startTime":"8:48 AM","endDate":"10-Dec-1971","endTime":"9:10 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On December 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:48 am and 9:10 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 635-005 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. 635-005\n\nDate: December 10, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:48 am and 9:10 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -9:15 meeting\n                -Rescheduling\n                -Henry A. Kissinger\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 9:10 am.","filename":["635-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:17:45","tapeEnd":"00:25:19","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"635-004","nextCode":"635-006","transcript":[{"start":0.45,"end":2.71,"text":"It says that the 9-15 meeting will be rescheduled."},{"start":2.75,"end":10.43,"text":"Do you still want to see him there at this time?"},{"start":10.45,"end":12.71,"text":"Well, no, he took that."},{"start":12.91,"end":22.12,"text":"I'd like to see him about 20 minutes before the 10 o'clock meeting."},{"start":22.28,"end":26.54,"text":"I need about 20 minutes of it before the other meeting, see?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull discussed logistical adjustments to the President's daily schedule regarding an upcoming meeting with Henry Kissinger. The President directed Bull to reschedule their appointment, requesting a twenty-minute briefing session immediately preceding a separate 10:00 a.m. engagement. This brief interaction served to refine the timing of high-level foreign policy coordination.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Henry Kissinger","White House operations","Time management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:29:30.106Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","henry-kissinger","white-house-operations","time-management"],"audioDurationSec":30,"audioFiles":[{"file":"635-005.mp3","bytes":299486,"durationSec":29.52,"bitrate":81165,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.362Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/635-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/635-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/635/conversation-635-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}