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White House tour group on White House Cabinet Room and Tour groups

Friday, May 19, 1972 · 5:23 PM–8:01 AM ET · Cabinet Room

ParticipantsWhite House tour groupConversation101-022 onTape 101StartFriday, May 19, 1972 at 5:23 PMEndTuesday, June 13, 1972 at 8:01 AMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 101-022 ↗

AI Summary

A White House tour group was hosted in the Cabinet Room, where they were given an orientation regarding the room's function and historical significance. The discussion centered on the room's seating arrangements, the specific placement of cabinet members' chairs, and the significance of the presidential chair and its telephone. This session served to provide visitors with an educational overview of the executive office's layout and decor.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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6:16:36Rwy'n meddwl y byddwch chi'n gallu gwneud hynny.
6:16:36Mae hynny'n bwysig iawn.
6:18:55Mae'r brifysgolion yn y cadarn, lle mae'r penderfyniadau pwysig yn cael eu gwneud.
6:18:59Yn ôl i mi, mae unrhyw un o'r ceiriau yn cyfrifol i bob swyddfa yn y Llywodraeth, sy'n rhan o'r cadarn y Prifysgolion.
6:19:09Hefyd, fel yma, mae gennym ni'r Cyngor Cyngor a'r Prifysgol.
6:19:13Mae hynny'n mynd i'r Prifysgol yng Nghymru.
6:19:16a byddwch chi'n dweud, ardal arbenigol.
6:19:19Hefyd, mae gennym y Prif Weinidog Cymru, a'r Prif Weinidog Cymru.
6:19:23Dydw i ddim yn gwybod a oedd ganddyn nhw'n cael ei ddweud yn ôl.
6:19:27Mae hwn yn... Mae hwn yn Prif Weinidog.
6:19:34Nawr mae ganddyn nhw'n ei ddweud yn ôl.
6:19:36Mae'r Prif Weinidog Cymru.
6:19:37Mae'r Prif Weinidog Cymru.
6:19:38Mae'r Prif Weinidog Cymru wedi ysgrifennu fel Prif Weinidog Cymru.
6:19:41Roedd cymorth newydd wedi'i lleoli yma yn yr ystafell.
6:19:44Ac...
6:19:45ac rydyn ni wedi cael rhywun yn ymwneud â hyn ar ddiwrnod diwrnod, ond nid oedd ganddyn nhw unrhyw beth ar ôl.
6:19:48Yr unrhyw unrhyw unrhyw unrhyw unrhyw unrhyw unrhyw unrhyw unrhyw unrhyw unrhyw unrhyw unrhyw unrhyw unrhyw unrhyw unrhyw
6:19:57ond nid yw'n gwneud hynny mewn gwirionedd, nid yw'n gwneud hynny mewn gwirionedd, nid yw'n gwneud hynny mewn gwirionedd, nid yw'n gwneud hynny mewn gwirionedd, nid yw'n gwneud hynny mewn gwirionedd, nid yw'n gwneud hynny mewn gwirionedd, nid yw'n gwneud hynny mewn gwirionedd, nid yw'n gwneud hynny mewn gwirionedd, nid yw'n gwneud hynny mewn gwirionedd,
6:20:24Mae'r Prif Weinidog yn cefnogi'r ffordd byddai'r Prif Weinidog yn gwneud.
6:20:31Mae'r Prif Weinidog yn gwneud.
6:20:35Mae'r Prif Weinidog yn gwneud.

NARA Description

a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:23 pm on May 19, 1972 and 8:01 am on June 13, 1972. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 101-022 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 101-22

Date: Unknown between May 19 and June 13, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:23 pm, May 19 and 8:01 am, June 13, 1972
Location: Cabinet Room

A tour group met

     Cabinet Room
          -Functions
          -Seating arrangements
                -Plaques
                -Chairs
                     -Counselor to the President
                     -Secretary of the Treasury
                     -John B. Connally
                           -Previous ceremony
                     -Secretary of Commerce
                     -Cost
          -The President’s chair
                -The President’s phone
          -Portraits

Recording was cut off at an unknown time before 8:01 am, June 13, 1972

Also recorded on May 19, 1972

  • 101-011 5:23 PM — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:23 pm on May 19, 1972 and 8:01 am on June 13, 1972.
  • 101-012 5:23 PM — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:23 pm on May 19, 1972 and 8:01 am on June 13, 1972.
  • 101-013 5:23 PM — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:23 pm on May 19, 1972 and 8:01 am on June 13, 1972.
  • 101-014 5:23 PM — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:23 pm on May 19, 1972 and 8:01 am on June 13, 1972.
  • 101-015 5:23 PM — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:23 pm on May 19, 1972 and 8:01 am on June 13, 1972.
  • 101-016 5:23 PM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:23 pm on May 19, 1972 and 8:01 am on June 13, 1972.
  • 101-018 5:23 PM — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:23 pm on May 19, 1972 and 8:01 am on June 13, 1972.
  • 101-019 5:23 PM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:23 pm on May 19, 1972 and 8:01 am on June 13, 1972.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 101-022, May 19, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/101-022 (accessed September 18, 2026).