Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 281 › Conversation 281-012

Nixon alone in his EOB office on Speech rehearsal and Public relations

Thursday, October 21, 1971 · 9:51 AM–10:06 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation281-012 on Tape 281 (tape position 00:58:47–01:00:46)StartThursday, October 21, 1971 at 9:51 AMEndThursday, October 21, 1971 at 10:06 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 281-012 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon utilized time in his Executive Office Building office to conduct a private rehearsal of an upcoming public address. The session focused on refining the rhetoric and delivery of the speech to ensure clarity and effective messaging for the intended national audience. This preparation was finalized for the official broadcast subsequently recorded in the Public Papers of the Presidents.

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In the debate of the confirmation of the two men, of the two individuals I have selected, who will be charged, they are conservatives.

The charge is true.

I, too, am a conservative.

During my campaign, I placed the nominee to the Supreme Court.

and who shared my, individuals who shared my whole, my judicial philosophy, which is basically a conservative philosophy.

Let me, there is one area which,

There's one example which are very specific to that point.

Many cases over the past few years have come before the court involving the development, the development, the development of

between the rights of society and the rights of defendants accused of crimes against society.

I've denigrated constitutional organs and disagreed with them.

I'm still aware of how they maintain that balance.

Mr. Waller, the defendant in 1967 said that the balance in this country

at two-part extant piece courses and four criminal courses.

Okay, thank you.

NARA Description

On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:51 am and 10:06 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 281-012 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 281-12

Date: October 21, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:51 am and 10:06 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President rehearsed a speech.

[A transcript of the final broadcast of this speech appears in Public Papers of the Presidents,
Richard M. Nixon, 1971, pp. 1053-1057]

Also recorded on October 21, 1971

281-008 9:39 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:39 am and 9:45 am.
012-029 9:45 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:45 am.
012-030 9:45 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 9:45 am to 9:51 am.
281-009 9:45 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:45 am to 9:51 am.
012-031 9:51 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:51 am and 10:51 am.
012-032 9:51 AM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:51 am and 10:51 am.
281-010 9:51 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:51 am and 10:06 am.
281-011 9:51 AM · 35 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 9:51 am and 10:06 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 281-012, October 21, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/281-012 (accessed October 12, 2026).