Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 246 › Conversation 246-025

Nixon alone in his EOB office on Speechwriting and Public Relations

Wednesday, April 7, 1971 · 4:10 PM–4:30 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building ·29 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation246-025 onTape 246 (tape position 04:16:35–04:17:31)StartWednesday, April 7, 1971 at 4:10 PMEndWednesday, April 7, 1971 at 4:30 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 246-025 ↗

AI Summary

President Richard M. Nixon met in his office at the Old Executive Office Building to conduct a rehearsal for an upcoming public address. The President practiced the delivery of remarks that were subsequently published in the 1971 Public Papers of the Presidents. The session served as a final preparation for the articulation of his administration's policy positions.

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I've often asked my wife to accomplish more than me.

I've asked more often than any other woman.

NARA Description

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 4:10 pm and 4:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 246-025 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 246-025
Date: April 7, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:10 pm and 4:30 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]
Page | 37
White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

Also recorded on April 7, 1971

246-018 3:55 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:55 pm and 4:09 pm.
246-019 3:55 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:55 pm and 4:09 pm.
246-020 4:09 PM · 21 sec — 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.
246-021 4:10 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:10 pm and 4:30 pm.
246-022 4:10 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:10 pm and 4:30 pm.
246-023 4:10 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:10 pm and 4:30 pm.
246-024 4:10 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:10 pm and 4:30 pm.
246-026 4:30 PM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), White House operator, and John W. Dean, III met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:30 pm to 5:05 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 246-025, April 7, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/246-025 (accessed September 18, 2026).