Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 85 › Conversation 085-010

White House tour group on White House tours and Cabinet Room

Friday, December 3, 1971 · 12:00 AM–10:08 AM ET · Cabinet Room · 1 min

ParticipantsWhite House tour groupConversation085-010 on Tape 85StartFriday, December 3, 1971 at 12:00 AMEndFriday, December 3, 1971 at 10:08 AMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 085-010 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon provided an informal briefing to a visiting tour group inside the Cabinet Room regarding the structure and hierarchy of his administration. During the session, he highlighted the roles of Cabinet members, including the Secretaries of State, Treasury, and the Interior, while referencing historical figures like Theodore Roosevelt. The exchange concluded with brief, unintelligible remarks regarding financial matters involving an individual named White.

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I got Mr. Buck standing up here in the early morning.

I was glad he was here.

I feel like I'm a different person.

Thank you very much.

NARA Description

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 085-010 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 85-10

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 chair
          -Members
               -Rank
               -Secretary of State
               -Secretary of the Treasury
               -Secretary of the Interior
          -Theodore (“Teddy”) Roosevelt

[Pause]

     Cabinet rank
          -John B. Connally

     [Unintelligible]

The tour group left at an unknown time before 10:08 am, December 6, 1971

Also recorded on December 3, 1971

085-001 12:00 AM — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:00 am and 10:08 am.
085-002 12:00 AM — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:00 am and 10:08 am.
085-003 12:00 AM — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:00 am and 10:08 am.
085-004 12:00 AM — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:00 am and 10:08 am.
085-006 12:00 AM — 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.
085-007 12:00 AM — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:00 am and 10:08 am.
085-008 12:00 AM — 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.
085-009 12:00 AM — 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 085-010, December 3, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/085-010 (accessed October 12, 2026).