President Nixon utilized this time to rehearse a public address in his Old Executive Office Building suite. The practice session served as a final preparation for the speech, which was subsequently published in the 1971 Public Papers of the Presidents. The exercise allowed the President to refine his delivery prior to the formal broadcast.
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 6:37 pm and 6:44 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 281-062 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 281-62 Date: October 21, 1971 Time: Unknown between 6:37 pm and 6:44 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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