President Nixon utilized this session in his Old Executive Office Building suite to conduct a rehearsal for an upcoming public address. The meeting served as a final practice run, allowing the President to refine his delivery and pacing for the broadcast. This preparation ensured the President was adequately ready for his scheduled national communication later in October 1971.
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 5:43 pm and 5:50 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 281-052 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 281-52 Date: October 21, 1971 Time: Unknown between 5:43 pm and 5:50 pm 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]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.