{"conversationCode":"407-024","tapeNumber":407,"conversationNumber":24,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-407-024","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 407-024 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. 407-24\n\nDate: January 23, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 7:23 pm and 8:08 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\f                                              -21-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                              Conversation No. 407-24 (cont’d)\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":["407-024.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"407-023","nextCode":"407-025","transcript":[{"start":158.86,"end":159.25,"text":"Teksting av Nicolai Winther"},{"start":188.24,"end":190.72,"text":"1, 2, 3."},{"start":247.15,"end":267.99,"text":"1, 2, 3"},{"start":357.88,"end":358.3,"text":"Teksting av Nicolai Winther"},{"start":410.6,"end":411.62,"text":"Skål!"},{"start":479.84,"end":482.89,"text":"... ... ..."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Richard Nixon utilized this session to rehearse his upcoming televised address announcing the conclusion of the Paris Peace Accords. The focus of the recording was primarily on the delivery and tone of his speech regarding the end of the Vietnam War. This preparation served as a final refinement of his message to the nation before the formal restoration of peace.","topics":["Vietnam War","Paris Peace Accords","Public address","Speech rehearsal","Foreign policy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:34:53.347Z"},"topicSlugs":["vietnam-war","paris-peace-accords","public-address","speech-rehearsal","foreign-policy"],"audioDurationSec":493,"audioFiles":[{"file":"407-024.mp3","bytes":11845382,"durationSec":493.41,"bitrate":192056,"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/407-024.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/407-024","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/407/conversation-407-024","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}