{"conversationCode":"639-008","tapeNumber":639,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-639-008","startDateTime":"1971-12-18T18:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-19T04:11:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Dec-1971","startTime":"1:09 PM","endDate":"18-Dec-1971","endTime":"11:11 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On December 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:09 pm and 11:11 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 639-008 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. 639-008\n\nDate: December 18, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:09 pm and 1:11 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     Meeting with Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 1:11 pm.","filename":["639-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:26:11","tapeEnd":"00:27:59","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"639-007","nextCode":"639-009","transcript":[{"start":0.09,"end":0.77,"text":"Herr Hesel, ich lasse."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and his personal aide Stephen B. Bull met briefly in the Oval Office to coordinate logistics for an upcoming discussion with General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The primary purpose of the brief interaction was to facilitate Haig's arrival and manage the President's schedule. Bull departed immediately after addressing these preparatory matters.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","Scheduling","White House logistics","Presidential aides"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:35:51.592Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","scheduling","white-house-logistics","presidential-aides"],"audioDurationSec":2,"audioFiles":[{"file":"639-008.mp3","bytes":96256,"durationSec":2.28,"bitrate":337975,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.662Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/639-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/639-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/639/conversation-639-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}