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Haig & White House tour group on Cabinet Room and National Security Council

Friday, May 5, 1972 · 11:37 AM–9:10 AM ET · Cabinet Room · 40 sec

ParticipantsHaig, Alexander M., Jr.; White House tour groupConversation100-010 on Tape 100StartFriday, May 5, 1972 at 11:37 AMEndMonday, May 8, 1972 at 9:10 AMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 100-010 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417174347 ↗

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.

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NARA 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

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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.

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.
100-009 11:37 AM · 30 min — 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 100-010, May 5, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417174347). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/100-010 (accessed November 3, 2026).