Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 87 › Conversation 087-007

White House tour group on White House and Cabinet Room

Monday, January 3, 1972 · 4:44 PM–2:45 PM ET · Cabinet Room · 3 min

ParticipantsWhite House tour groupConversation087-007 on Tape 87StartMonday, January 3, 1972 at 4:44 PMEndThursday, January 20, 1972 at 2:45 PMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 087-007 ↗

AI Summary

A White House tour group received an informational walkthrough of the Cabinet Room, guided by an unidentified staff member. The briefing covered the historical arrangement of seating by protocol, the significance of the presidential chair and its integrated service buttons, and the selection of portraits displayed in the room. The tour also highlighted the aesthetic and ceremonial history of the adjacent Rose Garden, including its use for wedding ceremonies.

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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 4:44 pm on January 3, 1972 and 2:45 pm on January 20, 1972. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 087-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 87-7

Date: Unknown between January 3 and January 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:44 pm, January 3 and 2:45 pm, January 20, 1972
Location: Cabinet Room

Unknown people met

     Cabinet Room
          -Table
          -President
          -Seating arrangement
                -President
                -Secretaries
                      -Maurice H. Stans
                -Henry A. Kissinger
                -Ownership of chairs

           -President’s chair
                 -Lyndon B. Johnson
                      -Call buttons by his chair
                            -Soda
                            -Service request button
           -Cabinet Secretaries

     Portraits

     The White House Rose Garden
         -Wedding

The unknown people left at an unknown time before 2:45 pm, January 20, 1972

Transcript (AI-generated)

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This is the captain's room.
This is the captain's room.
I remember the decision as we were behaving here.
The table was presented to my husband, my president, Nixon.
He used to be sort of a non-long-talker, rather than a long-talker.
Rick Daniels' table.
And it was hard for one person to sit here at the edge to see the speaker who was talking, to see someone who was sitting in this area.
So President Nixon, I hope the table might be a little bit nicer, so we're able to see each other and hear each other and so on.
No, I don't, the kitchener doesn't have, the kitchener doesn't have a camera here.
Who's scared?
By the way, only mine.
Mine's a member, it's a cabinet member, or a cabinet-level officer.
And I'll take these with me when they leave the office.
This one's about to depart.
Is that on speech?
Yeah, it's on speech.
There's two of them.
This one is...
President Johnson has a little story.
President Johnson has a little story down there.

Also recorded on January 3, 1972

  • 018-013 4:44 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:44 pm and 5:15 pm.
  • 018-014 4:44 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William P. Rogers, unknown person(s), and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:44 pm and 5:15 pm.
  • 087-002 4:44 PM · 5 min — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:44 pm on January 3, 1972 and 2:45 pm on January 20, 1972.
  • 087-003 4:44 PM · 3 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:44 pm on January 3, 1972 and 2:45 pm on January 20, 1972.
  • 087-004 4:44 PM · 12 sec — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:44 pm on January 3, 1972 and 2:45 pm on January 20, 1972.
  • 087-005 4:44 PM · 7 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:44 pm on January 3, 1972 and 2:45 pm on January 20, 1972.
  • 087-006 4:44 PM · 1 min — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:44 pm on January 3, 1972 and 2:45 pm on January 20, 1972.
  • 087-008 4:44 PM — Michael J. Farrell, David N. Parker, and unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:44 pm on January 3, 1972 and 2:45 pm on January 20, 1972.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 087-007, January 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/087-007 (accessed November 2, 2026).