President Richard M. Nixon utilized this time to rehearse his forthcoming nationally televised address regarding the Watergate scandal. The session served as a final preparation for his public attempt to address the ongoing political crisis and assert his administration's position. No dialogue with other participants was recorded, as the session focused exclusively on the delivery and refinement of his prepared remarks.
On April 30, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:25 pm and 8:58 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 432-044 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 432-44
Date: April 30, 1973
Time: Unknown between 8:25 pm and 8:58 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: Richard Nixon, Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of
the President, 1973, pages 328-333.]
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(rev. September-2011)No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.