{"conversationCode":"708-011","tapeNumber":708,"conversationNumber":11,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-708-011","startDateTime":"1972-04-13T21:47:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-13T21:47:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Apr-1972","startTime":"4:47 PM","endDate":"13-Apr-1972","endTime":"4:47 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On April 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:47 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 708-011 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 708-11\n\nDate: April 13, 1972\nTime: 4:47 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President rehearsed French portions of a speech for his Canadian speech.\n\n       Speech\n            -Rehearsal in French","filename":["708a.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:41:11","tapeEnd":"00:41:16","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"708-010","nextCode":"708-012","tapeTranscriptFile":"708a.mp3","transcript":[{"start":2450.67,"end":2454.09,"text":"And I said, well, congratulations, you have proved what I've said on that."},{"start":2454.31,"end":2460.56,"text":"I ought to say, I probably was the most Canadian parliament speaker."},{"start":2460.58,"end":2462.08,"text":"I still live in France, yeah."},{"start":2462.16,"end":2467.1,"text":"And I didn't have to be very good, but I came out of it well."},{"start":2467.12,"end":2468.62,"text":"I don't know if this is incorrect."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":2448,"end":2468.625,"startMethod":"silence+findingaid","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon utilized this session to rehearse French-language segments for his upcoming address before the Canadian Parliament. The discussion involved a review of his intended remarks and a brief assessment of his oratorical performance in previous international engagements. No major policy decisions were made, as the primary focus remained on refining the linguistic delivery of his speech.","topics":["Richard M. Nixon","Canada","Speechwriting","French language","Public diplomacy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T03:00:42.841Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-m-nixon","canada","speechwriting","french-language","public-diplomacy"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"708a.mp3","bytes":84716981,"durationSec":3529.8,"bitrate":192003,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:55.376Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/708a.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/708-011","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/708/conversation-708-011","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}