Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 52 › Conversation 052-005
White House tour group on Cabinet Room and White House tours
Thursday, April 8, 1971 · 4:30 PM–7:13 PM ET · Cabinet Room · 3 min
AI Summary
An unidentified White House guide provided a tour of the Cabinet Room to a group of visitors. The discussion focused on the room’s organizational structure, specifically detailing the seating arrangements for Cabinet members and the hierarchical ranking system based on their appointment dates. The recording concludes as the group observes the layout and receives explanations regarding the executive branch's formal seating protocol.
- Cabinet Room
- White House tours
- Executive branch organization
- Protocol
- Cabinet seating arrangement
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NARA Description
On April 8, 1971, a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 7:13 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 052-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 52-5
Date: April 8, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:30 pm and 7:13 pm
Location: Cabinet Room
Unknown people [a tour group?] met
Cabinet Room seating arrangements
-President
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-John N. Mitchell
-Department of Transportation
-John B. Connally
-Department of Defense
-Rank
-Department of Agriculture
-President’s office
The unknown people [tour group?] left at an unknown time before 7:13 pmAlso recorded on April 8, 1971
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 052-005, April 8, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/052-005 (accessed October 12, 2026).