Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 102 › Conversation 102-007

Nixon White House recording on Congressional relations and Republican Party

Tuesday, May 30, 1972 · 12:01 AM–8:01 AM ET · Cabinet Room

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation102-007 onTape 102StartTuesday, May 30, 1972 at 12:01 AMEndTuesday, May 30, 1972 at 8:01 AMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 102-007 ↗

AI Summary

White House staff members conducted preparations in the Cabinet Room for a scheduled 9:00 a.m. meeting with Republican Congressional leadership. The discussion focused on logistical arrangements, specifically identifying the President's official chair and ensuring the recording equipment would be deactivated prior to the arrival of the legislators. This brief exchange served as a preparatory briefing for the staff managing the physical space and protocol for the upcoming high-level session.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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3:26:12Teksting av Nicolai Winther
3:47:14Teksting av Nicolai Winther
4:26:12Teksting av Nicolai Winther
5:11:29We're in here going to have all of the Republican leaders of Congress in here for a meeting at 9 o'clock.
5:11:34We'll all be shut off then.
5:11:36This is the president's cabin.
5:11:39The chair is a little bit taller than the rest of them.
5:11:42This is the president's chair.
5:11:43That's his official seat.
5:11:44I think the cabin meeting is going to start right now.
5:11:47We're going to have all the Republican leaders of Congress in here for a meeting at 9 o'clock.
5:11:59Det var inge fløs.

NARA Description

On May 30, 1972, unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:01 am and 8:01 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 102-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 102-7

Date: Unknown between May 30 and June 13, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:01 am, May 30 and 8:01 am, June 13, 1972
Location: Cabinet Room

Unknown people met
[Recording begins while the conversation is in progress]

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Non-historical]
[Duration: 15m 1s ]

An unknown person left at an unknown time before 8:01 am, June 13, 1972

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 12:01 am, May 30, 1972

     Cabinet Room meeting

          -Congressional leaders
          -Chairs
          -Upcoming meeting

The unknown people left at an unknown time before 8:01 am, June 13, 1972

Also recorded on May 30, 1972

  • 102-001 12:01 AM — Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Robert J. McCloskey, Charles N. Brower, Reggie Thompson, Joseph Hancock, Ralph T. Smith, William L. Gifford, Charles D. Ablard, Thomas C. Korologos, Fred F. Fielding, Dr. James R. Schlesinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:01 am and 8:01 am.
  • 102-002 12:01 AM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:01 am and 8:01 am.
  • 102-003 12:01 AM — United States Secret Service agents met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:01 am and 8:01 am.
  • 102-004 12:01 AM — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:01 am and 8:01 am.
  • 102-005 12:01 AM — Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. and unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:01 am and 8:01 am.

Cite this conversation

Conversation 102-007, May 30, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/102-007 (accessed September 18, 2026).