Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 57 › Conversation 057-002

Nixon White House recording on Cabinet Room and Maintenance

Thursday, May 13, 1971 · 12:50 PM–4:31 PM ET · Cabinet Room

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation057-002 onTape 57StartThursday, May 13, 1971 at 12:50 PMEndThursday, May 13, 1971 at 4:31 PMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 057-002 ↗

AI Summary

This recording captures members of a cleaning crew performing routine maintenance tasks in the Cabinet Room. The audio contains no substantive policy discussions, political deliberations, or official presidential business. As the participants are not identified public officials and the content is non-historical, the segment is primarily classified as administrative noise.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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40:33Mae'n sicr yn cael ei wneud.
40:36O ran y prifysgol, mae hynny'n rhywbeth sy'n rhywbeth sy'n rhywbeth sy'n rhywbeth sy'n rhywbeth sy'n rhywbeth sy'n rhywbeth sy'n rhywbeth sy'n rhywbeth sy'n rhywbeth sy'n rhywbeth sy'n rhywbeth sy'n rhywbeth
41:00Nawr, y pwynt yw bod yn dod i'r tref yna.
41:05Mae'r rheswm y maen nhw'n ymdrin â hynny, wrth gwrs, yw eu bod nhw ddim yn mynd i'r tref hwnnw.
41:09Felly byddwn yn dweud, os nad yw'r tref yn mynd i'r tref,

NARA Description

On May 13, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:50 pm and 4:31 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 057-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 57-2

Date: May 13, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:50 pm and 4:31 pm
Location: Cabinet Room

Unknown men [cleaning crew] entered at an unknown time after 12:50 pm

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Non-historical]
[Duration: 6m 32s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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The unknown men [cleaning crew] left at an unknown time before 4:31 pm

                             NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIAL STAFF

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 057-002, May 13, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/057-002 (accessed September 18, 2026).