Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 50 › Conversation 050-006

White House tour group on White House protocol and Diplomatic relations

Tuesday, March 9, 1971 · 9:43 AM–3:06 PM ET · Cabinet Room

ParticipantsWhite House tour groupConversation050-006 on Tape 50StartTuesday, March 9, 1971 at 9:43 AMEndTuesday, March 9, 1971 at 3:06 PMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 050-006 ↗

AI Summary

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.

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NARA Description

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 Aid

Conversation 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, 1971

Also recorded on March 9, 1971

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  • 050-001 8:05 AM · 1 hr 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Republican Congressional Leaders, including Clifford M. Hardin, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, Margaret Chase Smith, Norris Cotton, Gordon L. Allott, Peter H. Dominick, Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends, John B. Anderson, Robert T. Stafford, Richard H. Poff, John J. Rhodes, Barber B. Conable, Jr., Robert C. ("Bob") Wilson, H. Allen Smith, Robert J. Dole, George P. Shultz, John D. Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, Herbert G. Klein, Kenneth E. BeLieu, Patrick J. Buchanan, Harry S. Dent, Ronald L. Ziegler, Bryce N. Harlow, John R. Price, Jr., and Edwin L. Harper, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 8:05 am to 9:43 am.
  • 050-002 9:43 AM — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:43 am and 3:06 pm.
  • 050-004 9:43 AM — 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.
  • 050-005 9:43 AM — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:43 am and 3:06 pm.
  • 464-005 9:58 AM · 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:58 am to 10:36 am.
  • 464-006 10:36 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:36 am and 10:40 am.
  • 464-007 10:40 AM · 46 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John L. ("Jack") Swigert, Jr., William R. Pogue, Jack R. Lousma, William A. Anders, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Jeb Stuart Magruder, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:40 am to 11:28 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 050-006, March 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/050-006 (accessed October 12, 2026).