Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 68 › Conversation 068-001

Nixon White House recording on Cabinet Room and Television technology

Sunday, August 1, 1971 · 12:00 AM–5:22 PM ET · Cabinet Room · 2 min

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation068-001 on Tape 68StartSunday, August 1, 1971 at 12:00 AMEndSunday, August 1, 1971 at 5:22 PMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 068-001 ↗

AI Summary

Staff members or guests discussed the technical installation and operation of a new multi-screen television console located in the Cabinet Room. The participants evaluated the equipment's functionality, including the ability to toggle between various network broadcasts and adjust audio controls. The conversation also briefly touched upon recent television coverage by CBS and NBC regarding agricultural issues in Illinois and environmental programming.

  • Cabinet Room
  • Television technology
  • CBS
  • NBC
  • Broadcast media
  • White House facilities

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And everything has a button.
And those kind of buttons open the windows.
And they can push this button.
Panel doors open up.
And pop off three television screens coming on.
And you can change which one you're listening to or turn off the sound or increase it.
It's a great option.
So it looks good.
Thanks.
If you think of it, can you go back a few minutes to the gal that you said on the left is hungry?
I can call Linda to get it.
Yeah, I've seen you ask that.
Yeah, I've seen it on the left.
Yeah.
I haven't seen you ask me at all.
We're going to get a little hot tonight.
Well, I heard one man say it.
I just didn't know you had one.
Once in a while we have a reception over here that also makes a great bar.
Did you see the CBS news show on the corner of the light where the boy said that these girls were out in the field trying to get the tassels off before the light spread?
I understand we had the ecologist on the other morning.
I missed it today, so.
You know, right after they had, I think it was NBC sent a crew out to Illinois for Nature's Acre.
Got a pretty good show on that.
Well, they didn't come visit all the next morning.

NARA Description

On August 1, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:00 am and 5:22 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 068-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 068-001

Date: Unknown between August 1 and August 5, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:00 am, August 1 and 5:22 pm, August 5, 1971
Location: Cabinet Room

Unknown people met

     Television
          -Television sets
          -Unknown woman
                -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
          -”Today” show
                -National Broadcasting Company [NBC]
                -Illinois
                       -[Forename unknown] Baker [?]

Recording was cut off at an unknown time before 5:22 pm, August 5, 1971

Cite this conversation

Conversation 068-001, August 1, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/068-001 (accessed October 13, 2026).