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Conversation 067-003

TapeTape 67StartFriday, July 30, 1971 at 9:54 AMEndFriday, July 30, 1971 at 10:10 AMParticipantsWhite House tour groupRecording deviceCabinet Room
AI Summary

A White House tour group explored the Cabinet Room, where they discussed the history and seating arrangements of the room, including the tradition of gifting chairs to departing officials. An author among the group shared insights into her transition from journalism to writing fiction, specifically regarding a project centered on women's experiences. The participants also exchanged observations about the room's physical layout and views of the Rose Garden.

White House toursCabinet RoomWritingWomen's fictionPresidential traditions
AudioNARA Description

On July 30, 1971, a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:54 am and 10:10 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 067-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 67-3

Date: Unknown between July 30 and August 5, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:54 am, July 30 and 10:10 am, August 5, 1971
Location: Cabinet Room

An unknown woman and unknown people met

     Cabinet Room
          -Chairs
               -Presentation to departing officials
               -Table
                    -Comparison to previous tables

     Unknown man
         -Writing book
              -Women’s liberation
         -Background

     Rose Garden

     Chandeliers

The unknown people left at an unknown time before 10:10 am, August 5, 1971
Transcript (AI-Generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.

This is the cabinet where we put all the great minds together.
This is the presence of the chair.
This is my chair here.
This is my chair to date.
And all the cameras are straight across.
And then when they leave off, they take the chair.
I guess that's it.
And I keep this.
That's it.
I don't know what it is, but I know they put it down just block by block.
That took them quite a while.
I think they did it a few minutes before.
I think so, yeah.
To my knowledge, there isn't a new table.
Do you ever have a new table before?
I vaguely, but I must remember it wrong.
I thought so, but then I noticed you at the corners.
You know what I'm doing for you.
Well, I'm just getting some little details for some writing, some fiction.
It's more, it's more...
I just got some humor in it, I hope.
It's supposed to be in women's lives and so forth.
Yeah, I've got two chapters.
What did he say?
It must have been, okay, I don't remember any scandals, but I don't think any controversies...
Well, I've been a reporter all my life, and switching to fiction is just a different town.
First of all, the writer, she just writes as little as she can.
This person is fussing, you know.
All the details in the fiction writing, set scenes and all that, it's often hard for me to get used to.
The turn of that window is the rose garden.
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