Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 51 › Conversation 051-003

Nixon White House recording on Cabinet Room and Meeting logistics

Tuesday, March 23, 1971 · 4:45 PM–10:12 AM ET · Cabinet Room ·49 sec

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation051-003 onTape 51StartTuesday, March 23, 1971 at 4:45 PMEndThursday, March 25, 1971 at 10:12 AMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 051-003 ↗

AI Summary

This recording captures unidentified individuals engaged in logistical preparations for an upcoming meeting within the Cabinet Room. The discussion focuses on the physical arrangement of the space, specifically involving the placement of a chair and the movement of an unknown object. These administrative efforts were intended to ready the room for a subsequent gathering of participants.

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I can read the figure, I don't have to.
So when he changed his mind, well, then we had the thing.
Yeah, so we could just put him back up against the chair there sometimes.
Right against the wall here.
Right against the wall here.
Yeah.
Right, right.
Yeah.
Now you'd probably just pull the plane foot.
Get out there in the corner, and I just want you to get ready to start a flea battle.
Then I'll leave you outside and see if you can carry it around.
All right, fine.
So there you go.
All right.

NARA Description

Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:45 pm on March 23, 1971 and 10:12 am on March 25, 1971. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 051-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 51-3

Date: Unknown between March 23 and March 25, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:45 pm, March 23, and 10:12 am, March 25, 1971
Location: Cabinet Room

Unknown people met

     Preparation for an upcoming meeting
          -Placement of a chair
          -Movement of an unknown object

The unknown people left at an unknown time before 10:12 am, March 25, 1971

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 051-003, March 23, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/051-003 (accessed September 18, 2026).