{"conversationCode":"639-022","tapeNumber":639,"conversationNumber":22,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-639-022","startDateTime":"1971-12-18T21:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-18T22:03:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Dec-1971","startTime":"4:43 PM","endDate":"18-Dec-1971","endTime":"5:03 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 4:43 pm and 5:03 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 639-022 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. 639-022\n\nDate: December 19, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 4:43 pm and 5:03 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     Time magazine interview\n          -Cameras\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 5:03 pm.","filename":["639-022.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:07:35","tapeEnd":"02:19:31","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"639-021","nextCode":"639-023","transcript":[{"start":4.83,"end":5.19,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate logistical arrangements for an upcoming interview with Time magazine. The discussion centered specifically on the placement and presence of cameras during the session. No further actions or major policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative meeting.","topics":["Time magazine","Media relations","Logistics","Photography","Presidential interviews"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:37:13.451Z"},"topicSlugs":["time-magazine","media-relations","logistics","photography","presidential-interviews"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"639-022.mp3","bytes":825344,"durationSec":20.53,"bitrate":321557,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.662Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/639-022.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/639-022","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/639/conversation-639-022","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}