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Conversation 100-015

TapeTape 100StartFriday, May 5, 1972 at 11:37 AMEndMonday, May 8, 1972 at 9:10 AMParticipantsWhite House tour groupRecording deviceCabinet Room
AI Summary

A White House staffer or guide provided an informal briefing to a tour group inside the Cabinet Room. The participants discussed the room's historical function, seating arrangements, and the significance of the presidential portraits on display, including those of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Woodrow Wilson, and Theodore Roosevelt. The tour concluded with brief anecdotes regarding the former White House swimming pool and general commentary on the room's layout.

White House tourCabinet RoomPresidential portraitsWhite House historyPublic relations
AudioNARA 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 100-015 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 100-15

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

A tour group met

     Cabinet Room
          -Function
                -Press
          -Seating
          -Portraits
                -Dwight D. Eisenhower
                -[Thomas] Woodrow Wilson
                -Theodore (“Teddy”) Roosevelt

     Roosevelt Room

     Swimming pool

The tour group left at an unknown time before 9:10 am, May 8, 1972
Transcript (AI-Generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.

And that's the official seat of the press back then.
Since the credits of January 29, 1969.
And the various staff members.
So that's all of that.
And it's three-factor credits now and now.
Woodrow Wilson and Teddy Roosevelt.
Oh, really?
That's the same reason?
And here is the, it's what's called a road stop.
It's got a way up there.
There's a white one over here on that thing.
Well, it's the end of the time of the year.
It's what's in there.
Well, the swimming pool used to be over there now.
It's under a white house.
The way the West got to this, he told them, you know, this is chicken.
Oh, boy, that's candy.
Boy, that's good candy.
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