{"conversationCode":"639-015","tapeNumber":639,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-639-015","startDateTime":"1971-12-18T22:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-18T22:12:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Dec-1971","startTime":"5:05 PM","endDate":"18-Dec-1971","endTime":"5:12 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 5:05 pm and 5:12 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 639-015 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. 639-015\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nDate: December 18, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:05 pm and 5:12 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     President's schedule\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 5:12 pm.","filename":["639-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:47:08","tapeEnd":"01:48:23","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"639-014","nextCode":"639-016","transcript":[{"start":5.98,"end":8.62,"text":"The guardian is led to the stage by the driver."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull in the Oval Office to discuss administrative logistics and adjustments to the President's upcoming schedule. The conversation focused on coordination efforts regarding official engagements and internal appointments. No significant policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative briefing.","topics":["Presidential schedule","White House operations","Stephen B. Bull","administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:36:32.757Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","white-house-operations","stephen-b-bull","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"639-015.mp3","bytes":600064,"durationSec":14.91,"bitrate":321905,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.662Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:11.553Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/639-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/639-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/639/conversation-639-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}