{"conversationCode":"447-004","tapeNumber":447,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-447-004","startDateTime":"1973-06-18T20:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-18T20:27:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Jun-1973","startTime":"4:20 PM","endDate":"18-Jun-1973","endTime":"4:27 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; White House operator;","description":"On June 18, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:20 pm to 4:27 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 447-004 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":"Abuse of Governmental Power Release","aogpSegment":"Segment 0","lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 447-4\n\nDate: June 18, 1973\nTime: 4:20 pm - 4:27 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Rose Mary Woods.\n\n     Leonid I. Brezhnev’s visit\n          -President’s forthcoming toast, June 18, 1973\n                 -Editing\n                       -John Adams\n                       -Inserts\n\nAlexander M. Haig, Jr. talked with the President between 4:20 pm and 4:22 pm.\n\n[Conversation No. 447-4A]\n\n[Begin telephone conversation]\n\n[See Conversation No. 41-1]\n\n     Brezhnev’s visit\n          -President’s forthcoming toast\n                -Length\n                -Wording\n                -Stephen B. Bull\n\n[End telephone conversation]\n\nRose Mary Woods talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 4:22 and\n4:27 pm.\n\f                                              -3-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                          Conversation No. 447-40 (cont’d)\n\n[Conversation No. 447-4B]\n\n[Begin telephone conversation]\n\n[See Conversation No. 41-2]\n\n[End telephone conversation]\n\n     Brezhnev’s visit\n          -President’s forthcoming toast\n                -Editing\n                      -Length, wording\n                -Review\n\nWoods left at 4:27 pm.","filename":["447-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Woods, Rose Mary","Haig, Alexander M., Jr.","White House operator"],"prevCode":"447-003","nextCode":"447-005","transcript":[{"start":6.39,"end":25.08,"text":"Read the first page and cut off this paragraph that I meant to be in."},{"start":25.1,"end":30.32,"text":"On the next page, cut off this crap that they have in here about John Adams."},{"start":30.34,"end":30.43,"text":"See?"},{"start":30.45,"end":31.69,"text":"No thanks."},{"start":31.71,"end":31.81,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":31.83,"end":32.05,"text":"Yeah, okay."},{"start":32.07,"end":32.25,"text":"So, yeah."},{"start":45.16,"end":71.42,"text":"Yeah, I'm working on it."},{"start":71.44,"end":72.36,"text":"Well, can't we get the security foot on again?"},{"start":72.38,"end":73.2,"text":"It wasn't supposed to score a little bit."},{"start":73.22,"end":73.6,"text":"What happened here?"},{"start":73.62,"end":74.14,"text":"Oh, Texas, uh, we got one."},{"start":74.17,"end":74.61,"text":"What about the gunner?"},{"start":79.14,"end":100.59,"text":"That's your hospital, Scott."},{"start":100.61,"end":101.18,"text":"That's your hospital, Scott."},{"start":101.2,"end":101.76,"text":"That's your hospital, Scott."},{"start":102.58,"end":120.96,"text":"The guy was on my back every minute, giving pictures to the camera."},{"start":120.98,"end":124.82,"text":"It was unbelievable, unbelievable to say that to him and to picture to your camera."},{"start":124.84,"end":125.16,"text":"Okay, it's time."},{"start":125.18,"end":128.46,"text":"About a second or so."},{"start":128.48,"end":130.26,"text":"The answer, shall the world's new strongest man appear?"},{"start":130.28,"end":132.16,"text":"Shall the world's new strongest nation constantly confront one another"},{"start":132.92,"end":145.11,"text":"and areas which might lead to war, or shall work together for peace."},{"start":145.13,"end":150.98,"text":"The world watches and listens to see what our actions are."},{"start":151,"end":152.5,"text":"The world watches and listens to see what our actions are in question."},{"start":162.67,"end":183.64,"text":"I know that your answer is the same as mine."},{"start":183.66,"end":185.56,"text":"We shall be worthy of the hopes... ...and the hopes... ...of the world's... ...extraordination."},{"start":207.61,"end":232.12,"text":"We shall be worthy of the Holy Spirit from everywhere, before there is any disrespect."},{"start":248.53,"end":254.16,"text":"regardless of whether she's going to go to the line."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon, assisted by Rose Mary Woods and Alexander M. Haig, Jr., worked to finalize the text of his upcoming toast for the visit of Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev. The participants focused on editing the speech for appropriate length and tone, specifically requesting the removal of extraneous references, such as a passage regarding John Adams. Nixon reviewed the revised wording to ensure the toast effectively conveyed a message of peace and mutual responsibility between the two global powers.","topics":["Leonid Brezhnev","Speechwriting","Diplomatic relations","Soviet-American relations","Toast preparation"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:43:02.402Z"},"topicSlugs":["leonid-brezhnev","speechwriting","diplomatic-relations","soviet-american-relations","toast-preparation"],"audioDurationSec":262,"audioFiles":[{"file":"447-004.mp3","bytes":8394752,"durationSec":262.24,"bitrate":256093,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.740Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:42.327Z","transcriptGapSeconds":130,"transcriptGapShare":0.5,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/447-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/447-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/447/conversation-447-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). 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