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Conversation 100-010

TapeTape 100StartFriday, May 5, 1972 at 11:37 AMEndMonday, May 8, 1972 at 9:10 AMParticipantsHaig, Alexander M., Jr.;  White House tour groupRecording deviceCabinet Room
AI Summary

General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. hosted a tour group in the Cabinet Room, providing an informal briefing on the functions and physical layout of the executive space. Haig explained the seating arrangements for the President and Vice President, while also clarifying the standard meeting frequency for both the Cabinet and the National Security Council. The interaction served as a public relations overview of the operational procedures within the White House.

Cabinet RoomAlexander M. Haig Jr.National Security CouncilWhite House operationsTour group
AudioNARA Description

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. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 100-010 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 100-10

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

General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met with a tour group

     Cabinet Room
          -Cabinet meetings
          -National Security Council [NSC] meetings
          -Chairs
               -Seating
                     -The President
                     -The Vice President
          -Cabinet meetings
               -Frequency
          -NSC meetings

     Rose Garden
          -Tricia Nixon Cox wedding

Haig, et al. left at an unknown time before 9:10 am, May 8, 1972
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Thank you.
And each guy gets to keep his chair when he leaves.
He has his brass plate on the back.
The other's got the biggest chair out there.
He's in the middle and the vice president's across from him.
The cabinet meets about maybe once or twice a month.
And it seems starting that day already,
Good morning.
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