Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 97 › Conversation 097-003

Nixon White House recording on White House maintenance and Cabinet Room

Tuesday, March 28, 1972 · 10:01 AM–12:00 PM ET · Cabinet Room

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation097-003 onTape 97StartTuesday, March 28, 1972 at 10:01 AMEndTuesday, March 28, 1972 at 12:00 PMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 097-003 ↗

AI Summary

This recording captures brief, non-substantive interactions between members of the White House cleaning crew in the Cabinet Room. The segment consists of routine maintenance activity rather than administrative discussions or policy deliberations. Due to the nature of the audio, no historical developments or presidential actions are documented in this file.

Audio

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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2:30:30Yeah.

NARA Description

On March 28, 1972, unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:01 am and 12:00 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 097-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 97-3

Date: March 28, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:01 am and 12:00 pm
Location: Cabinet Room

Unknown men [cleaning crew] met

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Non-historical]
[Duration: 2m 8s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Recording was cut off at an unknown time before 12:00, March 28, 1972

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 097-003, March 28, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/097-003 (accessed September 18, 2026).