Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 84 › Conversation 084-003

White House tour group

Tuesday, November 16, 1971 · 10:56 AM–9:57 AM ET · Cabinet Room · 8 min

ParticipantsWhite House tour groupConversation084-003 on Tape 84StartTuesday, November 16, 1971 at 10:56 AMEndWednesday, December 1, 1971 at 9:57 AMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 084-003 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417174285 ↗

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NARA Description

a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 10:56 am on November 16, 1971 and 9:57 am on December 1, 1971. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 084-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 84-3

Date: Unknown between November 16 and December 1, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:56 am, November 16 and 9:57 am, December 1, 1971
Location: Cabinet Room

A tour group met

[Recording begins while the conversation is in progress]

     Creation of departments
          -Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD]
          -Transportation
          -Department of Health, Education, and Welfare [HEW]

     Cabinet Room
          -Meetings
          -Appropriations
          -Social Security
          -Government spending

     The President

     [Thomas] Woodrow Wilson

The tour group left at an unknown time before 9:57 am, December 1, 1971

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Also recorded on November 16, 1971

084-002 10:56 AM · 28 min — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 10:56 am on November 16, 1971 and 9:57 am on December 1, 1971.
084-004 10:56 AM · 24 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 10:56 am on November 16, 1971 and 9:57 am on December 1, 1971.
084-005 10:56 AM · 35 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 10:56 am on November 16, 1971 and 9:57 am on December 1, 1971.
084-006 10:56 AM · 4 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 10:56 am on November 16, 1971 and 9:57 am on December 1, 1971.
084-007 10:56 AM · 8 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 10:56 am on November 16, 1971 and 9:57 am on December 1, 1971.
084-008 10:56 AM · 1 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 10:56 am on November 16, 1971 and 9:57 am on December 1, 1971.
084-009 10:56 AM · 9 sec — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 10:56 am on November 16, 1971 and 9:57 am on December 1, 1971.
084-010 10:56 AM · 2 min — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 10:56 am on November 16, 1971 and 9:57 am on December 1, 1971.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 084-003, November 16, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417174285). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/084-003 (accessed November 2, 2026).