{"conversationCode":"407-021","tapeNumber":407,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-407-021","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 407-021 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. 407-21\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]\n\f                                              -20-\n\n                      NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["407-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"407-020","nextCode":"407-022","transcript":[{"start":13.67,"end":14.29,"text":"Undertexter av Amara.org-gemenskapen"},{"start":142.93,"end":167.33,"text":"... ... ... ... ..."},{"start":172.91,"end":174.2,"text":"Takk for watching!"},{"start":204.08,"end":208.86,"text":"Now that you have used an arm of the beast, let us depart."},{"start":208.88,"end":209.52,"text":"And as we have not suffered yet,"},{"start":239.99,"end":242.22,"text":"Thank you for watching!"},{"start":269.8,"end":271.1,"text":"Fungus."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Richard Nixon utilized his office in the Old Executive Office Building to rehearse his televised Address to the Nation regarding the Vietnam peace agreement. This session served as a final preparation for the formal announcement of the conclusion of hostilities and the restoration of peace. The president focused on refining his delivery to ensure the historical significance of the agreement was clearly communicated to the American public.","topics":["Vietnam War","Paris Peace Accords","Presidential rhetoric","Public address","Foreign policy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:34:36.637Z"},"topicSlugs":["vietnam-war","paris-peace-accords","presidential-rhetoric","public-address","foreign-policy"],"audioDurationSec":353,"audioFiles":[{"file":"407-021.mp3","bytes":8467436,"durationSec":352.65,"bitrate":192085,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:46.738Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:35.014Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/407-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/407-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/407/conversation-407-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}