Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 84 › Conversation 084-008

White House tour group on White House tours and Cabinet Room

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

ParticipantsWhite House tour groupConversation084-008 onTape 84StartTuesday, November 16, 1971 at 10:56 AMEndWednesday, December 1, 1971 at 9:57 AMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 084-008 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon hosted a private tour group in the Cabinet Room, providing them an informal opportunity to view the facility and presidential seating arrangements. During the brief interaction, the group discussed the room’s aesthetics and features, including its portraits and table dimensions. No policy decisions or official business were conducted during this ceremonial visit.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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39:25Well, don't let me take too much of your time.
39:28This is really awesome.
39:29It's great.
39:30It is beautiful, but I've never met a base like Alcatraz.
39:33Oh, tremendous size tables.
39:34This is where they're not the biggest, but I don't think they're that bad.
39:38Why can't we spot them?
39:40Wouldn't bad things align?
39:41They usually, now, bad things are happening to some kids too.

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 084-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 84-8

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

     Cabinet Room
          -Chairs
               -The President’s

                     -Height
                -Transportation Secretary
                     -John A. Volpe
                -Commerce Secretary
                     -Maurice H. Stans
                -Secretary of State
                -Treasury Secretary
                -Secretary of Defense
                -Attorney General
                -The Vice President
          -Portraits
                -Dwight D. Eisenhower
                -Theodore (“Teddy”) Roosevelt
                -[Thomas] Woodrow Wilson
          -United Nations Ambassador
                -George H. W. Bush

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

Also recorded on November 16, 1971

  • 084-002 10:56 AM — 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 — 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.
  • 084-004 10:56 AM — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 084-008, November 16, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/084-008 (accessed September 18, 2026).