President Nixon reviewed a draft of an upcoming speech, focusing on technical accuracy and clarity. During the rehearsal, he identified a specific error in the title of an assistant attorney general within the Office of Legal Counsel. Nixon ultimately decided against requesting a revision, concluding that the minor typographical error was not significant enough to necessitate reprinting the document.
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 281-054 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 281-54 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]
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