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Shultz & White House tour group on White House tours and Cabinet Room

Friday, May 5, 1972 · 11:37 AM–9:10 AM ET · Cabinet Room

ParticipantsShultz, George P.;  White House tour groupConversation100-009 onTape 100StartFriday, May 5, 1972 at 11:37 AMEndMonday, May 8, 1972 at 9:10 AMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 100-009 ↗

AI Summary

Secretary of Labor George P. Shultz hosted a tour group in the White House Cabinet Room to discuss the environment and functions of the executive workspace. During the informal visit, Shultz fielded questions regarding the administration’s economic outlook and its commitment to improving the general welfare of the public. He concluded the meeting by providing brief historical anecdotes about the room's furnishings, including the Cabinet table and the new carpeting.

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1:45:41Ydych chi'n gweld, dyma'r peth rydw i ddim yn gallu gwneud gyda'r pethau hyn.
1:45:56Mae'r enwau ymarferwyr yn y tŷ.
1:45:58Mae'r siarad yn y tŷ.
1:46:02Mae'r siarad yn y tŷ.
1:46:10Diolch yn fawr.
1:46:10Diolch yn fawr.
1:46:10Diolch yn fawr.
1:46:37Felly, Becky, beth fyddwch chi'n hoffi ei ddysgu?
1:46:39Ydych chi'n meddwl y byddwn ni'n gwella'r economi?
1:46:45Ie.
1:46:45Ydych chi'n gwneud hynny?
1:46:46Ie.
1:46:46Iawn.
1:46:46Beth ydych chi'n meddwl y byddwn ni'n ei wneud?
1:46:51Ydyn ni'n meddwl y byddwn ni'n bwydo pobl yn well?
1:46:56Ie.
1:46:58Susan, os oes gennych chi'r holl bethau y byddwch chi eisiau eu gael, beth fyddwch chi'n ei wneud?
1:47:12Diolch yn fawr.
1:47:13Diolch yn fawr.
1:47:41This is the new carpet that we put in here.
1:47:54This is the only one that I've attributed to this new carpet.
1:48:00I sit here, see if I can get it up.
1:48:04So I came back in and I can put this here.
1:48:10Mae hwnna'n dda.
1:48:11Ie.
1:50:22Mae'r Prif Weinidog wedi prynu'r tabl hwn.
1:50:46Mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud rhywbeth.
1:50:53Mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud rhywbeth.
1:51:09Diolch yn fawr.
1:51:11Diolch yn fawr.
1:51:47Diolch yn fawr

NARA Description

George P. Shultz and 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 100-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 100-9

Date: Unknown between May 5 and May 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:37 am, May 5 and 9:10 am, May 8, 1972
Location: Cabinet Room

George P. Shultz met with a tour group

     Cabinet Room

           -Table
           -Seating
                 -Secretary of Labor

Shultz, et al. left at an unknown time before 9:10 am, May 8, 1972

Also recorded on May 5, 1972

  • 100-002 11:37 AM · 3 min — 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.
  • 100-003 11:37 AM · 2 min — 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.
  • 100-004 11:37 AM · 16 sec — 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.
  • 100-005 11:37 AM · 2 min — 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.
  • 100-006 11:37 AM · 1 min — 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.
  • 100-007 11:37 AM · 3 min — Ronald L. Ziegler and 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.
  • 100-008 11:37 AM · 2 min — 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.
  • 100-010 11:37 AM · 40 sec — Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 100-009, May 5, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/100-009 (accessed September 18, 2026).