President Nixon hosted a group of private visitors in the Cabinet Room to discuss formal White House protocol and upcoming diplomatic events. The conversation touched upon the logistics of hosting high-level officials, specifically mentioning the care taken for presidential gifts and the arrangements for an arrival ceremony and state dinner for the French Foreign Minister. No major policy decisions were reached, as the meeting served primarily as an informal interaction between the President and his guests.
On March 9, 1971, a White House tour group 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 050-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 50-6
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 [a tour group] met
Table
-Care
-President’s gift
An arrival ceremony
-French Foreign Minister
-State dinner
The unknown people [tour group] 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.