{"conversationCode":"329-030","tapeNumber":329,"conversationNumber":30,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-329-030","startDateTime":"1972-04-13T18:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-13T19:00:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Apr-1972","startTime":"1:30 PM","endDate":"13-Apr-1972","endTime":"2:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","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.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 329-30\n\nDate: April 13, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:30 pm and 2:00 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President rehearsed a speech in French.\n\n[A transcript of the final form of this speech appears in PPP 1972, pp. 537-541.]","filename":["329-030.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:51:19","tapeEnd":"01:53:34","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"329-029","nextCode":"329-031","transcript":[{"start":5.75,"end":22.95,"text":"."},{"start":22.97,"end":29.6,"text":"."},{"start":35.11,"end":35.49,"text":"."},{"start":38.47,"end":60.2,"text":"É assim que eu vou te chamar de amigável."},{"start":60.22,"end":60.8,"text":"Eu vou te chamar de amigável."},{"start":60.82,"end":61.41,"text":"Eu vou te chamar de amigável."},{"start":61.42,"end":62.15,"text":"Eu vou te chamar de amigável."},{"start":62.17,"end":63.15,"text":"Eu vou te chamar de amigável."},{"start":68.93,"end":79.99,"text":"O senhor é o orador da Câmara das Comunas."},{"start":80.01,"end":94.67,"text":"O senhor é o orador do Senado."},{"start":94.69,"end":95.31,"text":"O senhor é o primeiro-ministro."},{"start":95.33,"end":96.83,"text":"O senhor é o membro da Câmara de... Salamacal."},{"start":96.85,"end":97.05,"text":"Canadiens."},{"start":97.07,"end":97.69,"text":"O senhor é o primeiro-ministro."},{"start":97.71,"end":98.55,"text":"O senhor é o primeiro-ministro."},{"start":99.27,"end":100.78,"text":"Obrigado."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"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.","topics":["Richard M. Nixon","Canada","Public diplomacy","Speech preparation","Foreign policy","French language"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:21:12.886Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-m-nixon","canada","public-diplomacy","speech-preparation","foreign-policy","french-language"],"audioDurationSec":102,"audioFiles":[{"file":"329-030.mp3","bytes":4101015,"durationSec":102.39,"bitrate":320434,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.906Z","transcriptGapSeconds":39,"transcriptGapShare":0.38,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/329-030.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/329-030","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/329/conversation-329-030","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}