{"conversationCode":"100-008","tapeNumber":100,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-100-008","startDateTime":"1972-05-05T15:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-08T13:10:00.000Z","startDate":"5-May-1972","startTime":"11:37 AM","endDate":"8-May-1972","endTime":"9:10 AM","dateCertainty":"estimated","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"White House tour group;","description":"a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 11:37 am on May 5, 1972 and 9:10 am on May 8, 1972. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 100-008 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CAB","recordingDevice":"Cabinet Room","latitudeEstimated":38.8975,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"Cabinet","chronRelease":"Cabinet Room Release","chronReleaseDate":"16-Oct-1997","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 100-8\n\nDate: Unknown between May 5 and May 8, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:37 am, May 5 and 9:10 am, May 8, 1972\nLocation: Cabinet Room\n\nA tour group met\n\n     Cabinet Room\n          -Seating\n                -The President’s chair\n                -Secretaries of State and Defense\n                -The Vice President\n          -Table\n                -Cost\n          -Portrait\n\nThe tour group left at an unknown time before 9:10 am, May 8, 1972","filename":["100-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["White House tour group"],"prevCode":"100-007","nextCode":"100-009","transcript":[{"start":0.33,"end":2.61,"text":"The President purchased this table."},{"start":26.79,"end":28.87,"text":"for the cabinet's personal funds."},{"start":28.91,"end":29.97,"text":"And it costs 25, 30 bucks."},{"start":30.35,"end":32.63,"text":"You got it on sale."},{"start":32.71,"end":38.49,"text":"You carry it on the side of the various department heads to kind of testify."},{"start":38.55,"end":49.02,"text":"For example, if someone held a street smoker when he talked to the cabinet, you know, wanted to say something, and they lost that, and then they'd be coming out."},{"start":49.06,"end":49.58,"text":"It's good to see."},{"start":49.8,"end":50.88,"text":"I don't think he wants to go to bed."},{"start":88.08,"end":91.79,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon hosted a tour group in the Cabinet Room, providing them with an informal briefing on the history and function of the space. He highlighted specific details regarding the room's furnishings, notably explaining that the Cabinet table was purchased using the members' personal funds. The interaction served as an educational visit, offering the guests a unique perspective on the operational environment of the executive branch.","topics":["White House tour","Cabinet Room","Presidential history","Interior furnishings","Public relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:01:10.628Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-tour","cabinet-room","presidential-history","interior-furnishings","public-relations"],"audioDurationSec":97,"audioFiles":[{"file":"100-008.mp3","bytes":3882632,"durationSec":96.94,"bitrate":320424,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.704Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/100-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/100-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/100/conversation-100-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}