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Nixon White House recording on White House maintenance and Electrical repairs

Tuesday, June 13, 1972 · 9:39 AM–5:20 PM ET · Cabinet Room ·4 min

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation103-003 onTape 103StartTuesday, June 13, 1972 at 9:39 AMEndTuesday, June 13, 1972 at 5:20 PMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 103-003 ↗

AI Summary

Contractors or repair personnel were present in the White House Cabinet Room to perform maintenance tasks, specifically involving electrical work. The conversation centers on the technical requirements for locating and installing a double-pole, 20-amp circuit breaker for an air conditioning unit. No political or policy-related discussions occurred, as the participants focused exclusively on hardware logistics and regional directions for finding parts.

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Yeah, that's what it was.
That's what it was.
Yeah, but they got it off of here.
Here's your house, brother.
Well, we can use it to look safe.
Do they have anything around here like a square D circuit breaker, a 20 amp with a double pole to it?
I can't find one in this place.
You know, we sell them in there.
All right.
Not in the harbor, so go to the left of this plow.
Where do you live?
I live out in Maryland.
Where?
I live in Laurel.
There's a couple places that have them.
I'll tell you what you do.
You go to Laurel.
Go to the left of this plow.
Go to the left of this plow.
Go to the left of this plow.
Well, I just wondered, I tell you.
I've got one in my fuse box that's 30 amp agent that's used, you know, to use for the dryer.
Yeah.
You don't put it in the air conditioner?
Yeah, I already got it in.
Yeah, it needs to pull 20 amps.
Yeah, it needs 20 amps.
And, uh, this?
I've found several places where they sell them for any circuit breakers, but they don't have, uh, any with a double pump to it.
That's probably, I'm here, that's probably the most time I've spent with a hullabaloo break, but that's who it is, with people putting in, you know, arguments.
Any other questions for that house?
Which way did you go home from here?
Out of New York Avenue?
There's a Columbia...
Thank you.
You got a big one?
Come on.
That's your battlefield.

NARA Description

On June 13, 1972, unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:39 am and 5:20 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 103-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 103-3

Date: Unknown between June 13 and June 22, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:39 am, June 13 and 5:20 pm, June 22, 1972
Location: Cabinet Room

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

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Recording ends at an unknown time before 5:20 pm, June 22, 1972

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 103-003, June 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/103-003 (accessed September 18, 2026).