Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 100-003
Date: Friday, May 5, 1972 at 11:37 AM
Participants: White House tour group
Recording device: Cabinet Room
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/100-003

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[0:01] This is probably the most important room in the nation.
[0:06] This is the captain room.
[0:09] This is where all of the decisions are made.
[0:14] Now each captain member, of course, has his own chair.
[0:19] And they all go out in front of the president in order of their department, in order of the majority of their department.
[0:26] State, yeah.
[0:27] He was running the Department of Defense.
[0:30] And then they go around, I think the Department of Urban Affairs is one of the endorsements.
[0:37] The Vice President sits right across from him.
[0:43] Where's Kissinger?
[0:45] Kissinger is the Counselor to the President.
[0:50] I think he's on the NGO.
[0:55] Or they put that on there so that he could, if it all depends on the meeting, he could have Alderman Earle or anybody there.
[1:03] Depends on what meeting.
[1:04] He purchased this table himself.
[1:05] Was there a president?
[1:07] No.
[1:08] The president said this is where they had the cabinet meeting.
[1:12] The chair.
[1:19] Excuse me, I noticed that the chair, the back of the chair, it's just a little bit different.
[1:26] That's right.
[1:27] And Eisenhower, Woodrow Wilson, they take most of those.
[1:31] Those are his three papers.
[1:32] Oh, I see.
[1:33] Whenever the president comes into office, the night before he takes office, his paper.
[1:37] The president's over in jail.
[1:39] I see.
[1:40] And the room's redecorated.
[1:41] So if you like boxing, that's all.
[1:48] and always stop standing.