Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 84 › Conversation 084-004

White House tour group on White House tour and Cabinet Room

Tuesday, November 16, 1971 · 10:56 AM–9:57 AM ET · Cabinet Room · 24 min

ParticipantsWhite House tour groupConversation084-004 on Tape 84StartTuesday, November 16, 1971 at 10:56 AMEndWednesday, December 1, 1971 at 9:57 AMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 084-004 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417174287 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon hosted a tour group in the Cabinet Room to provide an overview of the executive workspace. The discussion focused on the room's layout, specifically highlighting the seating arrangements for Cabinet Secretaries and the significance of the presidential portrait. No major policy decisions were made during this brief session as the President provided his guests with a general tour of the facilities.

Audio

Download MP3 · 21.6 MB

This clip was extracted from the full tape recording by Easy Nixon.

Listen to the full tape segment

part A, 39:18

084a.mp3
084b.mp3
084c.mp3
084d.mp3

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 084-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 84-4

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

     A portrait

     President’s offices

     Situation Room

     Chairs
          -Cabinet Secretaries

     Cabinet Room

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

Transcript (AI-generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Names and numbers are often wrong; speakers are not identified. Do not cite it as authoritative — verify against the audio and the finding aid.

Download transcript (.txt) · JSON data

Click a timestamp to play from that point; the page address then links to that moment (e.g. #t=125).

Well, don't let me take too much of your time.
This is really awesome.
It's great.
It is beautiful, but I've never met a base like Alcatraz.
This is where they're not the biggest, but I don't think they're that bad.
Why can't we spot them?
They usually, now, bad things are happening to some kids too.

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.
  • 084-003 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.
  • 084-005 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.

All 77 conversations from November 16, 1971 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 084-004, November 16, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417174287). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/084-004 (accessed November 2, 2026).