{"conversationCode":"639-026","tapeNumber":639,"conversationNumber":26,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-639-026","startDateTime":"1971-12-18T23:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-18T23:38:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Dec-1971","startTime":"6:35 PM","endDate":"18-Dec-1971","endTime":"6:38 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 6:35 pm and 6:38 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 639-026 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. 639-026\n\nDate: December 19, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:35 pm and 6:38 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n**************************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 06/14/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[639-026-w001]\n[Duration: 47s]\n\n      Football\n           -San Francisco 49ers\n                -Score: 39-27\n\n      Request\n          -Door open\n\n**************************************************************************\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 6:38 pm.","filename":["639-026.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:54:12","tapeEnd":"03:56:49","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"639-025","nextCode":"639-027","transcript":[{"start":0.09,"end":2.09,"text":"President, the 49ers won 31-27."},{"start":3.83,"end":5.45,"text":"Well, there I am."},{"start":5.49,"end":7.65,"text":"This is Sunday at 4 p.m. Eastern time."},{"start":10.27,"end":12.55,"text":"Well, I just want to say, what?"},{"start":12.85,"end":17.95,"text":"What do you think, sir?"},{"start":17.99,"end":19.93,"text":"What do you think, sir?"},{"start":19.99,"end":23.39,"text":"Well, I just want to say, what they've done by 49ers is 31-27."},{"start":23.5,"end":24.07,"text":"It's a real thing."},{"start":24.09,"end":28.48,"text":"31-27, what they've done by it, it's a real thing, so I'll tell you all the way through."},{"start":28.5,"end":29.58,"text":"I think it's a great thing, and"},{"start":41.33,"end":44.45,"text":"Take the money and get it from there?"},{"start":45.25,"end":45.51,"text":"Yeah."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull engaged in a brief, informal discussion regarding the outcome of a San Francisco 49ers football game. The conversation centered on confirming the 31-27 final score and expressing general enthusiasm about the result. No significant policy decisions or official business were conducted during this exchange.","topics":["San Francisco 49ers","Professional football","Sports scores","Informal communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:37:35.633Z"},"topicSlugs":["san-francisco-49ers","professional-football","sports-scores","informal-communication"],"audioDurationSec":47,"audioFiles":[{"file":"639-026.mp3","bytes":1884160,"durationSec":47,"bitrate":320707,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.662Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:11.556Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/639-026.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/639-026","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/639/conversation-639-026","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}