Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 67 › Conversation 067-003

White House tour group on White House tours and Cabinet Room

Friday, July 30, 1971 · 9:54 AM–10:10 AM ET · Cabinet Room · 3 min

ParticipantsWhite House tour groupConversation067-003 on Tape 67StartFriday, July 30, 1971 at 9:54 AMEndFriday, July 30, 1971 at 10:10 AMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 067-003 ↗

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.

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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.

NARA 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

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 067-003, July 30, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/067-003 (accessed October 13, 2026).