Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 333 › Conversation 333-029
Nixon alone in his EOB office on Vietnam War and Speechwriting
Wednesday, April 26, 1972 · 5:16 PM–5:50 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon utilized this session to rehearse his upcoming televised address regarding the intensified North Vietnamese invasion of South Vietnam. The recording captures the President practicing his rhetoric intended to justify the administration's military response to the recent enemy offensive. Following the rehearsal, Nixon briefly took an incoming telephone call, though the conversation appears to have been a mistaken connection.
Audio
Transcript (AI-generated)
This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Names and numbers are often wrong; speakers are not identified. Do not cite it as authoritative — verify against the audio and the finding aid.
Download transcript (.txt) · JSON data
Each line starts with a timestamp button; press it to play the audio from that point.
NARA Description
On April 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:16 pm and 5:50 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 333-029 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 333-29
Date: April 26, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:16 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 of the United States,1972, pp. 550-554.]
The President answered the phone at an unknown time between 5:16 and 5:50 pm.
[Conversation No. 333-29A]
[Mistaken connection?]Also recorded on April 26, 1972
- 023-087 4:34 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 4:34 pm to 4:37 pm.
- 333-024 4:37 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:37 pm and 5:01 pm.
- 333-025 4:37 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:37 pm and 5:01 pm.
- 333-026 5:01 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:01 pm to 5:10 pm.
- 333-027 5:14 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:14 pm to 5:16 pm.
- 333-045 5:15 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:15 pm and 5:50 pm.
- 333-028 5:16 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:16 pm and 5:50 pm.
- 333-030 5:50 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:50 pm to 6:06 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 333-029, April 26, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/333-029 (accessed October 9, 2026).