{"conversationCode":"407-019","tapeNumber":407,"conversationNumber":19,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-407-019","startDateTime":"1973-01-24T00:23:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-24T01:08:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Jan-1973","startTime":"7:23 PM","endDate":"23-Jan-1973","endTime":"8:08 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On January 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:23 pm and 8:08 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 407-019 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.3","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part III","chronReleaseDate":"23-Jun-2009","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 407-19\n\nDate: January 23, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 7:23 pm and 8:08 pm.\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President rehearsed his Address to the Nation Announcing Conclusion of an Agreement on\nEnding the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam.\n\n[See Public Papers of the Presidents, 1973, pp. 18-20]","filename":["407-019.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"407-018","nextCode":"407-020","transcript":[{"start":96.74,"end":108.74,"text":"... ... ..."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon rehearsed his televised address to the nation regarding the imminent conclusion of the peace agreement in Vietnam. This session served as a final preparation for his public announcement to the American people that the war was ending. The President focused on refining his delivery and messaging to ensure the historic news was communicated effectively.","topics":["Vietnam War","Paris Peace Accords","Presidential rhetoric","Foreign policy","Public address"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:34:25.474Z"},"topicSlugs":["vietnam-war","paris-peace-accords","presidential-rhetoric","foreign-policy","public-address"],"audioDurationSec":167,"audioFiles":[{"file":"407-019.mp3","bytes":4012409,"durationSec":167.04,"bitrate":192165,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.439Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/407-019.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/407-019","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/407/conversation-407-019","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}