A White House tour group visits the Cabinet Room to view the historic chamber, including the seating arrangements for the President, Vice President, and various Cabinet members. During the brief interaction, participants discuss portraits of past presidents and exchange remarks regarding Andrew Jackson and historical civil rights litigation. The recording serves as a routine documentation of public access to the executive workspace.
On December 3, 1971, a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:00 am and 10:08 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 085-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 85-9
Date: Unknown between December 3 and December 6, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:00 am, December 3 and 10:08 am, December 6, 1971
Location: Cabinet Room
A tour group met
Cabinet Room
-The President’s and Vice President’s chairs
-Members’ chairs
-George W. Romney
-Counselor to the President
-Attorney General
-Secretary of Labor
-David M. Kennedy
-Photographs
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Theodore (“Teddy”) Roosevelt
-[Thomas] Woodrow Wilson
-The Presidents’ chair
-Earl L. Butz’s chair
The tour group left at an unknown time before 10:08 am, December 6, 1971This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.