{"conversationCode":"246-032","tapeNumber":246,"conversationNumber":32,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-246-032","startDateTime":"1971-04-07T22:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-07T23:01:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Apr-1971","startTime":"5:55 PM","endDate":"7-Apr-1971","endTime":"6:01 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","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 5:55 pm and 6:01 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 246-032 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. 246-032\n\nDate: April 7, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:55 pm and 6:01 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President rehearsed a speech\n\n[A transcript of the final version of this speech appears in Public Papers of the Presidents,\nRichard M. Nixon, 1971, pp. 522-527]","filename":["246-032.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:16:47","tapeEnd":"05:17:53","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"246-031","nextCode":"246-033","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":11.66,"text":"I'm going to ask you about one thing I really accomplished when I was a young man."},{"start":11.68,"end":12.34,"text":"And it's not for you, but for me."},{"start":12.36,"end":14,"text":"I'm going to ask you about one thing I really accomplished when I was a young man."},{"start":14.02,"end":14.68,"text":"And it's not for you, but for me."},{"start":15.27,"end":32.23,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":32.21,"end":61.46,"text":"The world where they wouldn't have to fight anymore."},{"start":61.81,"end":65.07,"text":"Woof!"},{"start":65.09,"end":65.19,"text":"Woof!"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon utilized this session to rehearse portions of an upcoming public address, focusing on personal anecdotes and themes of global peace. The brief recording captures the President practicing lines concerning his early life accomplishments and his vision for a future free from conflict. These remarks were subsequently refined for inclusion in his formal presidential papers.","topics":["Speechwriting","Public Speaking","Presidential Rhetoric","Vietnam War","Personal Anecdotes"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:34:35.000Z"},"topicSlugs":["speechwriting","public-speaking","presidential-rhetoric","vietnam-war","personal-anecdotes"],"audioDurationSec":65,"audioFiles":[{"file":"246-032.mp3","bytes":2612036,"durationSec":65.15,"bitrate":320734,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/246-032.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/246-032","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/246/conversation-246-032","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}