Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 708 › Conversation 708-007
Nixon alone in the Oval Office on Canada and Speech preparation
Thursday, April 13, 1972 · 4:34 PM–4:37 PM ET · Oval Office · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon utilized this session to rehearse portions of an upcoming speech in French ahead of his diplomatic visit to Canada. The brief meeting focused exclusively on linguistic preparation for the international trip. No substantive policy matters or broader political strategies were addressed during this practice session.
- Richard Nixon
- Canada
- Speech preparation
- French language
- Diplomacy
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Position in tape: 00:28:33 – 00:29:48
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NARA Description
On April 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:34 pm and 4:37 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 708-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 708-7
Date: April 13, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:34 pm and 4:37 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President rehearsed French portions of a speech for his Canadian trip.
Speech
-Rehearsal in FrenchTranscript (AI-generated)
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- 708-005 4:31 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:31 pm.
- 708-006 4:31 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Frank DeMarco, Jr., and John W. Dean, III met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:31 pm to 4:34 pm.
- 708-008 4:34 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:34 pm and 4:37 pm.
- 708-009 4:37 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Henry A. Kissinger, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:37 pm to 4:46 pm.
- 022-123 4:38 PM · 9 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:38 pm and 4:46 pm.
- 022-124 4:38 PM · 11 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:38 pm and 4:46 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 708-007, April 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/708-007 (accessed November 15, 2026).