{"conversationCode":"281-062","tapeNumber":281,"conversationNumber":62,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-281-062","startDateTime":"1971-10-21T22:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-21T22:44:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Oct-1971","startTime":"6:37 PM","endDate":"21-Oct-1971","endTime":"6:44 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","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 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.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 281-62\n\nDate: October 21, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:37 pm and 6:44 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President rehearsed a speech.\n\n[A transcript of the final broadcast of this speech appears in Public Papers of the Presidents,\nRichard M. Nixon, 1971, pp. 1053-1057]","filename":["281-062-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:53:48","tapeEnd":"04:54:37","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"281-061","nextCode":"281-063","tapeTranscriptFile":"281a.mp3,281b.mp3,281c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":17624.91,"end":17628.19,"text":"And he has a superb, an absolutely superb job."},{"start":17628.21,"end":17642.05,"text":"He has shared his responsibility with such great distinction that among the thousands of able lawyers who serve in the federal government, William Reynolds rates him as the very top constitutional lawyer and as a legal scholar."},{"start":17647.36,"end":17659.75,"text":"Mr. Powell, your request will add distinction and excellence to the highest degree in the Supreme Court of the United States."},{"start":17659.87,"end":17667.36,"text":"I am asking the Senate to approve their nominations promptly so that the Court can move forward on the backlog that is building up because of the debate that has occurred recently."},{"start":17669.51,"end":17679.12,"text":"Let me add a final word with regard to a subject that is very close to my heart because of my legal background, because of my years of study with the American system of government."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":17628,"end":17677,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"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.","topics":["public speaking","speech rehearsal","presidential communications","media preparation"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:14:59.169Z"},"topicSlugs":["public-speaking","speech-rehearsal","presidential-communications","media-preparation"],"audioDurationSec":52,"audioFiles":[{"file":"281-062-splice.mp3","bytes":832618,"durationSec":52.01,"bitrate":128070,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:32.142Z","originalFilename":["281a.mp3","281b.mp3","281c.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["281c.mp3"],"cutStart":17626.5,"cutEnd":17678.5,"adjustedStart":17626.5,"adjustedEnd":17678.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:32.142Z"},"transcriptPrev":{"segments":7,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T14:14:09.033Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/281-062-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/281-062","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/281/conversation-281-062","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}