Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 70 › Conversation 070-002
White House tour group on White House tour and Cabinet Room
Tuesday, August 17, 1971 · 12:54 PM–11:59 PM ET · Cabinet Room · 8 min
AI Summary
A White House tour group was guided through the Cabinet Room, where they received a briefing on the room's historical decor and functional purpose. The discussion highlighted specific furnishings, including presidential portraits of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Woodrow Wilson, and Theodore Roosevelt, as well as the communication systems installed for the President. The informal session served to provide visitors with an educational overview of the executive office environment.
- White House tour
- Cabinet Room
- Presidential furnishings
- White House history
- Public relations
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NARA Description
On August 17, 1971, a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:54 pm and 11:59 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 070-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 70-2
Date: August 17, 1971
Time: Unknown after 12:54 pm
Location: Cabinet Room
An unknown woman met with unknown people [tour group]
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[Previous non-historical (H) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 08/19/2019. Segment
cleared for release.]
[Non-Historical]
[070-002-w003]
[Duration: 25s]
Button press
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Cabinet Room
-Furnishings
-President’s chair
-Use
-Furnishings
-Chairs
-Flags
-Table
-Portraits
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, [Thomas] Woodrow Wilson, and Theodore
(“Teddy”) Roosevelt
-Lighting
-Wilson
-Buttons by President’s Chair
Wedding of Tricia Nixon Cox and Edward R. F. Cox
Oval Office
-Location
Stephen B. Bull
-Functions
Cabinet Room
-Furnishings
-President’s chair
-Telephones
Oval Office
-Unknown movie starring Richard Widmark
Cabinet Room
-Furnishings
-Telephone
-President, Vice President, Secret Service agent
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[This segment was declassified on 02/28/2002.]
[National Security]
[070-002-w002]
[Duration: 1m 6s]
White House Communications System
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Recording was cut off at an unknown time after 12:54 pmAlso recorded on August 17, 1971
- 566-002 12:55 PM · 15 min — Stephen B. Bull, Roger Robb, Dr. James R. Schlesinger, Cora Schlesinger, Charles Schlesinger, Ann Schlesinger, William Schlesinger, Emily Schlesinger, Thomas Schlesinger, Clara Schlesinger, Laura Martin, William O. Doub, Joseph Doub, Albert Doub, Albert A. Doub, Mrs. Albert A. Doub, Mrs. George M. Radcliffe, George M. Radcliffe, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, Gerald R. Ford, and Robert P. Griffin met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:55 pm to 1:10 pm.
- 566-003 1:10 PM · 3 min — Gerald R. Ford, Robert P. Griffin, President Richard M. Nixon, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:10 pm to 1:14 pm.
- 566-004 1:14 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles O. Finley, and Dick Williams met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:14 pm and 1:29 pm.
- 566-005 1:14 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:14 pm and 1:29 pm.
- 566-006 1:29 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:29 pm to 1:32 pm.
- 566-007 1:32 PM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R. Ford, Robert P. Griffin, Alexander P. Butterfield, Charles W. Colson, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:32 pm to 2:12 pm.
- 566-008 2:12 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:12 pm and 2:23 pm.
- 566-009 2:23 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:23 pm to 2:25 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 070-002, August 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/070-002 (accessed October 12, 2026).