{"conversationCode":"650-001","tapeNumber":650,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-650-001","startDateTime":"1972-01-18T14:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-18T14:48:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Jan-1972","startTime":"9:25 AM","endDate":"18-Jan-1972","endTime":"9:48 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On January 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:25 am and 9:48 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 650-001 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 650-1\n\nDate: January 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:25 am and 9:48 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     President's schedule\n           -John D. Ehrlichman and George P. Shultz\n                 -Forthcoming afternoon meeting with the President\n                       -West Coast dock strike\n                       -Scheduling after the President's meeting with John B. Connally and\n                            Arthur F. Burns\n           -Barber\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 9:48 am.","filename":["650-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:00:33","tapeEnd":"00:20:05","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"649-002","nextCode":"650-002","transcript":[{"start":4.25,"end":17.25,"text":"She said, all right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull to coordinate his daily schedule and manage upcoming appointments. The discussion focused on arranging meetings with key advisors, including John Ehrlichman, George Shultz, John Connally, and Arthur Burns, to address economic concerns such as the West Coast dock strike. Bull was tasked with finalizing the sequence of these engagements to ensure efficient management of the President's afternoon agenda.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","West Coast dock strike","Economic policy","John D. Ehrlichman","George P. Shultz","John B. Connally","Arthur F. Burns"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:51:40.039Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","west-coast-dock-strike","economic-policy","john-d-ehrlichman","george-p-shultz","john-b-connally","arthur-f-burns"],"audioDurationSec":23,"audioFiles":[{"file":"650-001.mp3","bytes":922432,"durationSec":22.92,"bitrate":321986,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.663Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/650-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/650-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/650/conversation-650-001","catalogNaId":417180417,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417180417","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}