President Nixon hosted a tour group in the Cabinet Room to provide an informal look at the executive workspace. During the brief interaction, the President gestured toward the specific seating arrangements, including the designated chairs for Cabinet members and the Counselor to the President. No formal policy decisions were made during this social visit, which served primarily as a public relations gesture for the visitors.
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 100-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 100-16
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
-Chairs
-Nameplates
-Counselor to the President
Recording ends at an unknown time before 9:10 am, May 8, 1972No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.