President Nixon utilized this brief meeting to rehearse a public address regarding his Vietnam War policy. He focused on articulating his administration's strategy for troop withdrawal while maintaining stability in the region. The rehearsal served as a final refinement for the speech prior to its public delivery.
On April 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:11 pm and 3:15 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 246-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 246-016 Date: April 7, 1971 Time: Unknown between 3:11 pm and 3:15 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President rehearsed a speech [A transcript of the final version of this speech appears in Public Papers of the Presidents, Richard M. Nixon, 1971, pp. 522-527]
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