{"conversationCode":"640-010","tapeNumber":640,"conversationNumber":10,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-640-010","startDateTime":"1971-12-22T18:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-22T18:16:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Dec-1971","startTime":"1:13 PM","endDate":"22-Dec-1971","endTime":"1:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On December 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:13 pm and 1:16 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 640-010 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. 640-10\n\nDate: December 22, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:13 pm and 1:16 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     The President’s request for a tour for previous guests\n          -Christmas decorations\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 1:16 pm.","filename":["640-010.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:51:02","tapeEnd":"02:51:37","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"640-009","nextCode":"640-011","transcript":[{"start":0.21,"end":0.79,"text":"Stay."},{"start":0.81,"end":3.16,"text":"Stay."},{"start":4.2,"end":4.68,"text":"Not me."},{"start":5.21,"end":5.59,"text":"Stay."},{"start":5.75,"end":6.01,"text":"Not me."},{"start":7.53,"end":8.01,"text":"Not me."},{"start":8.13,"end":10.42,"text":"Not me."},{"start":10.54,"end":11.1,"text":"Not me."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to coordinate a logistical request regarding White House tour arrangements. The discussion specifically focused on facilitating a tour for recent guests to view the executive mansion's holiday decorations. Bull was tasked with overseeing the execution of this request before departing the Oval Office.","topics":["White House tours","Christmas decorations","Stephen B. Bull","logistics","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:39:02.924Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-tours","christmas-decorations","stephen-b-bull","logistics","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"640-010.mp3","bytes":144841,"durationSec":14.06,"bitrate":82384,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.662Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/640-010.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/640-010","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/640/conversation-640-010","catalogNaId":417183161,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417183161","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}