{"conversationCode":"246-020","tapeNumber":246,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-246-020","startDateTime":"1971-04-07T21:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-07T21:10:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Apr-1971","startTime":"4:09 PM","endDate":"7-Apr-1971","endTime":"4:10 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary;","description":"On April 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:09 pm to 4:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 246-020 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 246-020\n\nDate: April 7, 1971\nTime: 4:09 pm - 4:10 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Rose Mary Woods\n\n     President’s forthcoming speech on Vietnam, April 7, 1971\n           -Press copy\n           -President’s forthcoming conversation with Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["246-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:09:40","tapeEnd":"04:10:00","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Woods, Rose Mary"],"prevCode":"246-019","nextCode":"246-021","transcript":[{"start":4.32,"end":14.77,"text":"Rose, hold the press copy a moment."},{"start":14.79,"end":17.62,"text":"I did want to talk to you for a second before, so just hold it."},{"start":17.64,"end":19.24,"text":"I'll call you back."},{"start":19.44,"end":20.59,"text":"It's on the last page, so I'm okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, regarding the handling of his forthcoming speech on Vietnam. He directed Woods to temporarily hold the distribution of the press copy as he prepared for a subsequent strategy meeting with National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. This brief interaction served as a logistical pause to ensure the speech materials remained controlled before final adjustments were made.","topics":["Vietnam speech","Rose Mary Woods","Henry Kissinger","media relations","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:33:26.737Z"},"topicSlugs":["vietnam-speech","rose-mary-woods","henry-kissinger","media-relations","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"246-020.mp3","bytes":827350,"durationSec":20.55,"bitrate":322073,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.481Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/246-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/246-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/246/conversation-246-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}