{"conversationCode":"639-013","tapeNumber":639,"conversationNumber":13,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-639-013","startDateTime":"1971-12-18T19:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-18T19:10:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Dec-1971","startTime":"2:06 PM","endDate":"18-Dec-1971","endTime":"2:10 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 2:06 pm and 2:10 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 639-013 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. 639-013\n\nDate: December 18, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:06 pm and 2:10 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     President's schedule\n           -Meeting with Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 2:10 pm.","filename":["639-013.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:23:51","tapeEnd":"01:25:34","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"639-012","nextCode":"639-014","transcript":[{"start":0.19,"end":2.4,"text":"Oh, it's a good girl."},{"start":2.46,"end":3.1,"text":"Hey, come back in."},{"start":3.16,"end":4.13,"text":"I'll be over here."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met briefly in the Oval Office to coordinate the President's upcoming schedule. The primary purpose of the discussion was to arrange a subsequent meeting between the President and General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. Following these brief administrative instructions, Bull departed the office.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Alexander Haig","Stephen Bull","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:36:20.735Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","alexander-haig","stephen-bull","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"639-013.mp3","bytes":227328,"durationSec":5.57,"bitrate":326268,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.662Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:11.552Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/639-013.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/639-013","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/639/conversation-639-013","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}