Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 329 › Conversation 329-030
Nixon alone in his EOB office on Canada and Public diplomacy
Thursday, April 13, 1972 · 1:30 PM–2:00 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon practiced his delivery of a formal address in French, focusing on the proper pronunciation of titles for various Canadian government officials. This rehearsal was in preparation for his official visit to Canada, where he would be delivering remarks before the Canadian Parliament. The session served as a linguistic drill to ensure he could correctly address the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Speaker of the Senate, and the Prime Minister.
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NARA Description
On April 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:30 pm and 2:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 329-030 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 329-30 Date: April 13, 1972 Time: Unknown between 1:30 pm and 2:00 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President rehearsed a speech in French. [A transcript of the final form of this speech appears in PPP 1972, pp. 537-541.]
Also recorded on April 13, 1972
- 329-027 1:30 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:30 pm and 2:00 pm.
- 329-028 1:30 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:30 pm and 2:00 pm.
- 329-029 1:30 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:30 pm and 2:00 pm.
- 329-031 1:30 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:30 pm and 2:00 pm.
- 329-032 2:00 PM · 1 hr 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Rose Mary Woods, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm.
- 022-122 2:56 PM · 2 min — the White House operator, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, President Richard M. Nixon, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 2:56 pm to 2:57 pm.
- 708-001 4:05 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:05 pm and 4:10 pm.
- 708-002 4:10 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Michael A. Dively, Christiane Garcia, Alan Cameron, Stephen Hess, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Rayburn D. Hanzlik, Howard A. Cohen, Stephen B. Bull, White House photographer, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:10 pm and 4:28 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 329-030, April 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/329-030 (accessed October 1, 2026).