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White House tour group on Cabinet Room and White House tours

Monday, May 8, 1972 · 9:44 PM–11:03 AM ET · Cabinet Room · 2 min

ParticipantsWhite House tour groupConversation101-008 on Tape 101StartMonday, May 8, 1972 at 9:44 PMEndTuesday, May 16, 1972 at 11:03 AMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 101-008 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon hosted a private tour group in the Cabinet Room, providing them with an informal overview of the space. The discussion centered on the physical layout and decor of the room, including the arrangement of seating, the President’s specific chair, and the maintenance of the facility's furnishings and floral arrangements. This interaction served as a ceremonial engagement, offering the guests an intimate glimpse into the executive working environment.

Cabinet Room
White House tours
interior decor
presidential furniture
public relations

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Now, if you'll notice, each chair has the name of the person that sits here.

This is to the president, councilor to the president, and he was sworn in in December.

And this is the secretary of housing and urban affairs.

And that's the president's very tall one.

Ie.

Mae'r rhain wedi'u dylunio yn arbennig ac mae'n rhaid i chi weld eu defnyddio.

Ac nawr rydyn ni'n mynd i'r seiliedig.

NARA Description

a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 9:44 pm on May 8, 1972 and 11:03 am on May 16, 1972. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 101-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 101-8

Date: Unknown between May 8 and May 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:44 pm, May 8 and 11:03 am, May 16, 1972
Location: Cabinet Room

A tour group met

     Cabinet Room
          -Chairs
               -Nameplates
               -Dates
               -Arrangement of seats
               -The President’s chair
               -Disposition
          -Rugs
          -Cleanliness
          -Flowers
               -White House florist

     [Unintelligible]

The tour group left at an unknown time before 11:03 am, May 16, 1972

Also recorded on May 9, 1972

101-004 9:44 PM · 1 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 9:44 pm on May 8, 1972 and 11:03 am on May 16, 1972.
101-006 9:44 PM · 2 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 9:44 pm on May 8, 1972 and 11:03 am on May 16, 1972.
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024-019 9:57 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Melvin R. Laird talked on the telephone from 9:57 pm to 10:00 pm.
024-020 10:00 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:00 pm and 10:04 pm.
024-021 10:04 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 10:04 pm to 10:06 pm.
024-022 10:23 PM · 9 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:23 pm and 10:42 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 101-008, May 9, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/101-008 (accessed October 9, 2026).