{"conversationCode":"711-020","tapeNumber":711,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-711-020","startDateTime":"1972-04-18T20:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-18T20:09:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Apr-1972","startTime":"3:03 PM","endDate":"18-Apr-1972","endTime":"3:09 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On April 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:03 pm and 3:09 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 711-020 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. 711-20\n\nDate: April 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:03 pm and 3:09 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Stephen B. Bull.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Meeting with Earl L. Butz\n               -Timing\n                      -Change\n               -Henry A. Kissinger\n               -Length\n\nBull left at an unknown time before 3:09 pm.","filename":["711-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:03:12","tapeEnd":"05:06:59","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"711-019","nextCode":"711-021","transcript":[{"start":2.9,"end":4.48,"text":"It's got to be"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to reorganize the scheduling of upcoming appointments. The discussion focused primarily on adjusting the timing and duration of a meeting with Secretary of Agriculture Earl L. Butz. Nixon also addressed the coordination of Butz's visit in relation to the schedule of National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Earl L. Butz","Henry A. Kissinger","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T03:05:22.154Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","earl-l-butz","henry-a-kissinger","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"711-020.mp3","bytes":683150,"durationSec":16.94,"bitrate":322567,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:55.376Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/711-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/711-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/711/conversation-711-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}