This recording captures an unidentified group of participants convening in the Cabinet Room for discussions that remain obscured due to the lack of an available transcript. Because the dialogue is unintelligible, the specific purpose and substantive outcomes of the meeting cannot be determined. The interaction represents a gap in the archival record regarding the internal deliberations of the Nixon administration during this period.
On March 9, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:43 am and 3:06 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 050-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 50-5
Date: Unknown between March 9 and March 16, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:43 am, March 9 and 3:06 pm, March 16, 1971
Location: Cabinet Room
Unknown people met
[Unintelligible]
The unknown people left at an unknown time before 3:06 pm, March 16, 1971No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.