{"conversationCode":"251-007","tapeNumber":251,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-251-007","startDateTime":"1971-04-20T19:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-20T19:46:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Apr-1971","startTime":"2:45 PM","endDate":"20-Apr-1971","endTime":"2:46 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Arends, Leslie C.;","description":"On April 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Leslie C. Arends met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:45 pm to 2:46 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 251-007 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. 251-7\n\nDate: April 20, 1971\nTime: 2:45 pm - 2:46 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Leslie C. Arends\n\n[See Conversation No. 42-61]","filename":["251-007.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:04:46","tapeEnd":"00:05:38","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Arends, Leslie C."],"prevCode":"251-006","nextCode":"251-008","transcript":[{"start":1.65,"end":8.31,"text":"Well, I just wanted to thank you for your nice little comment at the meeting today."},{"start":8.34,"end":10.6,"text":"Yeah, you said, boy, it's all good."},{"start":10.68,"end":12.22,"text":"You feel all right after your trip?"},{"start":12.24,"end":12.58,"text":"Good, good."},{"start":12.6,"end":28.23,"text":"Well, you know, actually, the country here is kind of drunk with the poor folks who, you know, I mean, you can report a lot of times, but in particular, you say you're one and a half."},{"start":28.25,"end":30.47,"text":"It's pretty solid, isn't it?"},{"start":31.6,"end":35.34,"text":"You know, they all want to get the name of the war."},{"start":35.36,"end":36.66,"text":"They're beginning to realize we're doing it."},{"start":36.7,"end":37.12,"text":"You know what?"},{"start":37.24,"end":38.72,"text":"I think we're our democratic race."},{"start":39.42,"end":40.34,"text":"They're afraid it might work."},{"start":43.12,"end":45.3,"text":"We'll try to get it done."},{"start":45.32,"end":47.62,"text":"Anyway, we'll do it."},{"start":47.64,"end":52.55,"text":"Keep the war in charge of us."},{"start":53.09,"end":53.52,"text":"All right."},{"start":53.55,"end":53.6,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met briefly with Congressman Leslie C. Arends to express gratitude for Arends’ supportive remarks during an earlier meeting. The two men briefly discussed the public's changing perception of the Vietnam War and the administration's progress in achieving its objectives. Nixon emphasized his determination to maintain control over the war effort despite opposition from Democrats who feared the administration's policies might succeed.","topics":["Vietnam War","Republican Party","Democratic Party","Public opinion","Foreign policy","Congressional relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:44:29.177Z"},"topicSlugs":["vietnam-war","republican-party","democratic-party","public-opinion","foreign-policy","congressional-relations"],"audioDurationSec":54,"audioFiles":[{"file":"251-007.mp3","bytes":2164820,"durationSec":53.99,"bitrate":320767,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/251-007.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/251-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/251/conversation-251-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}