Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 51 › Conversation 051-011

White House tour group on White House tour and Cabinet Room

Thursday, March 25, 1971 · 11:30 AM–5:00 PM ET · Cabinet Room · 1 min

ParticipantsWhite House tour groupConversation051-011 on Tape 51StartThursday, March 25, 1971 at 11:30 AMEndThursday, March 25, 1971 at 5:00 PMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 051-011 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417174129 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon hosted a tour group in the Cabinet Room, providing them with an informal overview of the space's layout and historical significance. The President engaged with the visitors by highlighting specific features of the room, including the location of his chair and the mechanisms for the taping system. No substantive policy decisions were made during this brief interaction, which served primarily as a ceremonial engagement.

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NARA Description

On March 25, 1971, a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 11:30 am and 5:00 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 051-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 51-11

Date: March 25, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:30 am and 5:00 pm
Location: Cabinet Room

Unknown people [a tour group] met

     Cabinet Room
          -President’s chair
          -A button
          -Roosevelt Room
          -Cabinet Room
          -Chairs
                -Cost

The unknown people [tour group] left at an unknown time before 5:00 pm

Transcript (AI-generated)

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Come on, let's press this chair and make a wish.
You know, just make yourself a private wish.
All right?
This is it.
Now press the button and I'll start a war.
Okay.
And, uh...
Yeah, this is made up.
This is the road we're on.
There's no roads in there.
That patio over there has to be built.
That out there is not.
Okay.
This is what they say.

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  • 051-007 11:25 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 11:25 am to 11:30 am.
  • 473-007 11:25 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 11:30 am.
  • 051-008 11:30 AM · 8 min — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 11:30 am and 5:00 pm.
  • 051-009 11:30 AM · 11 min — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 11:30 am and 5:00 pm.
  • 051-010 11:30 AM · 30 sec — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 11:30 am and 5:00 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 051-011, March 25, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417174129). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/051-011 (accessed November 2, 2026).