Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 281 › Conversation 281-052
Nixon alone in his EOB office on Public address and Speech rehearsal
Thursday, October 21, 1971 · 5:43 PM–5:50 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 56 sec
AI Summary
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.
- Public address
- Speech rehearsal
- Communication strategy
- Presidential media
Audio
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Position in tape: 04:14:00 – 04:14:53
part C, 8:58
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 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 Aid
Conversation 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]
Transcript (AI-generated)
No speech has been transcribed for this recording. An AI model that listened to the whole recording reported: The President rehearses a brief remark; the remainder of the recording contains room noise, movement, and silence.
Also recorded on October 21, 1971
- 012-049 5:42 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:42 pm.
- 012-050 5:42 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 5:42 pm to 5:43 pm.
- 281-050 5:42 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 5:42 pm.
- 281-051 5:42 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:42 pm to 5:43 pm.
- 281-053 5:43 PM · 12 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 5:43 pm and 5:50 pm.
- 281-054 5:43 PM · 2 min — 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.
- 281-055 5:50 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:50 pm and 5:55 pm.
- 012-051 5:52 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 5:52 pm to 5:53 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 281-052, 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/281-052 (accessed November 12, 2026).