Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 56 › Conversation 056-002

Nixon White House recording on White House maintenance and Cabinet Room

Thursday, May 6, 1971 · 4:15 PM–11:48 AM ET · Cabinet Room · 11 min

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation056-002 on Tape 56StartThursday, May 6, 1971 at 4:15 PMEndFriday, May 7, 1971 at 11:48 AMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 056-002 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417174157 ↗

AI Summary

This recording captures routine administrative activity within the Cabinet Room, specifically involving the entry of White House staff to perform maintenance or cleaning tasks. The dialogue consists solely of brief, polite exchanges between unidentified individuals facilitating these services. No substantive political, policy, or historical matters were discussed during this interaction.

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NARA Description

Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:15 pm on May 6, 1971 and 11:48 am on May 7, 1971. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 056-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 56-2

Date: Unknown between May 6 and May 7, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:15 pm, May 6 and 11:48 am, May 7, 1971
Location: Cabinet Room

Unknown people [cleaning crew?] entered

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Non-historical]
[Duration: 11m 7s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Recording was cut off at an unknown time before 11:48 am, May 7, 1971

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Thank you very much.
Oh yeah.
Oh yeah.
Nothing in the box, come on in y'all.
Thank you, sir.
Sure.
Appreciate it.
Have a good one.
Thank you, sir.
Walk you into the box to the guy.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 056-002, May 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417174157). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/056-002 (accessed November 2, 2026).