{"conversationCode":"006-135","tapeNumber":6,"conversationNumber":135,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-006-135","startDateTime":"1971-07-03T22:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-03T22:17:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Jul-1971","startTime":"6:16 PM","endDate":"3-Jul-1971","endTime":"6:17 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Andrews, John K., Jr.;","description":"On July 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and John K. Andrews, Jr. talked on the telephone from 6:16 pm to 6:17 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-135 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 6-135\n\nDate: July 3, 1971\nTime: 6:16 pm - 6:17 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with John K. Andrews, Jr.\n\n     Pronunciation of \"valedictory\"\n\n     President's forthcoming address","filename":["006-135.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:46:49","tapeEnd":"02:47:30","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Andrews, John K., Jr."],"prevCode":"006-134","nextCode":"006-136","transcript":[{"start":1.21,"end":1.69,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.71,"end":2.53,"text":"Mr. Andrews there."},{"start":2.55,"end":2.77,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":3.68,"end":4.26,"text":"Yes, sir, Mr. President."},{"start":4.28,"end":4.56,"text":"Hello."},{"start":4.8,"end":8.69,"text":"Say, what is, what do you, how do you pronounce the, that valedictory?"},{"start":8.71,"end":10.85,"text":"Do you put the, on the dick or the tory?"},{"start":11.99,"end":12.87,"text":"Is it valedictory?"},{"start":12.97,"end":14.12,"text":"It's, you see what I mean?"},{"start":14.84,"end":15.16,"text":"Well."},{"start":15.88,"end":17.54,"text":"It's a rather awkward, awkward word."},{"start":17.88,"end":18.98,"text":"Valedictorian."},{"start":19.08,"end":23.41,"text":"Well, valedictorian is the way you pronounce that, but when you call it valedictory address."},{"start":23.81,"end":27.76,"text":"I think the accented syllable is D-I-C, valedictory."},{"start":28.04,"end":28.78,"text":"Valedictory."},{"start":28.8,"end":29.82,"text":"That would be my thought."},{"start":30.07,"end":30.39,"text":"Okay."},{"start":30.75,"end":31.13,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":31.49,"end":33.59,"text":"You got it all ironed out, ready to go?"},{"start":33.71,"end":33.93,"text":"Oh, yeah."},{"start":33.97,"end":34.41,"text":"It's fine."},{"start":34.61,"end":34.95,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":34.98,"end":37.2,"text":"I made a couple, a few more changes, but we're all set."},{"start":37.22,"end":38.08,"text":"Well, we'll look forward to it."},{"start":38.1,"end":38.66,"text":"It's all set."},{"start":38.68,"end":39.16,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":39.18,"end":40.05,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with John K. Andrews, Jr. to clarify the correct pronunciation of the word \"valedictory\" for an upcoming presidential address. The brief exchange confirmed the stress placement on the third syllable and verified that preparations for the speech were finalized. Andrews informed the President that his requested revisions had been incorporated and the text was ready for delivery.","topics":["Presidential speeches","Linguistic consultation","Speechwriting","Preparation","Communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:17:55.164Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-speeches","linguistic-consultation","speechwriting","preparation","communication"],"audioDurationSec":41,"audioFiles":[{"file":"006-135.mp3","bytes":992126,"durationSec":41.25,"bitrate":192400,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.079Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/006-135.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-135","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/6/conversation-006-135","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}