{"conversationCode":"104-007","tapeNumber":104,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-104-007","startDateTime":"1972-07-01T14:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-21T14:16:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Jul-1972","startTime":"10:40 AM","endDate":"21-Jul-1972","endTime":"10:16 AM","dateCertainty":"estimated","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"White House tour group;","description":"a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 10:40 am on July 1, 1972 and 10:16 am on July 21, 1972. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 104-007 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CAB","recordingDevice":"Cabinet Room","latitudeEstimated":38.8975,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"Cabinet","chronRelease":"Cabinet Room Release","chronReleaseDate":"16-Oct-1997","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 104-7\n\nDate: Unknown between July 1 and July 21, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:40 am, July 1 and 10:16 am, July 21, 1972\nLocation: Cabinet Room\n\nUnknown people [tour group] met\n\n     Cabinet Room\n          -Purpose\n          -Chairs\n\n     [Unintelligible -- helicopter noise]\n\nThe tour group left at an unknown time before 10:16 am, July 21, 1972","filename":["104a.mp3","104b.mp3","104c.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["White House tour group"],"prevCode":"104-006","nextCode":"104-009","tapeTranscriptFile":"104a.mp3,104b.mp3,104c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":750.26,"end":751.5,"text":"We did the same thing here."},{"start":751.66,"end":758.13,"text":"We had shelves, crud, they had those all up there."},{"start":758.25,"end":761.01,"text":"We left one Democrat in it."},{"start":761.13,"end":764.27,"text":"And they had a funny kind of cornice up there."},{"start":764.51,"end":765.89,"text":"We changed the table."},{"start":765.97,"end":767.82,"text":"This is where I sit."},{"start":767.86,"end":772.98,"text":"The president sits there."},{"start":773.72,"end":778.94,"text":"The vice president over there, then you go out and they take your apartment."},{"start":779.46,"end":780.12,"text":"Oh, oh."},{"start":780.16,"end":786.16,"text":"These are the third set of chairs we've had."},{"start":786.46,"end":789.94,"text":"Each time, you get a fine."},{"start":791.16,"end":792.68,"text":"And they buy the chair for you."},{"start":792.98,"end":796.98,"text":"You have a chair."},{"start":797.02,"end":798.88,"text":"He's not going to let $480 in."},{"start":798.92,"end":799.9,"text":"He's that guy."},{"start":801.3,"end":803.88,"text":"So I'm going to keep the two I have."},{"start":803.94,"end":805.2,"text":"I just picked mine, you know."},{"start":805.24,"end":807.57,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":809.08,"end":813.52,"text":"After I came back in the 80's."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":750.26,"end":813.52,"startMethod":"gemini","endMethod":"gemini"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","originalFilename":["104a.mp3","104b.mp3","104c.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["104a.mp3","104b.mp3","104c.mp3"],"cutStart":750.26,"cutEnd":813.52,"adjustedStart":749.76,"adjustedEnd":814.02,"boundaryMethod":"gemini","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-03-14T18:27:18.173Z"},"aiSummary":{"text":"An unnamed guide provides a group of visitors with an informal tour of the White House Cabinet Room. The discussion focuses on the room's historical decor, seating arrangements, and the specific procurement process for Cabinet chairs. No official policy or political business is conducted, as the conversation serves strictly to orient the public on the room's function and physical history.","topics":["White House tour","Cabinet Room","Cabinet chairs","White House interior design","public engagement"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:05:51.811Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-tour","cabinet-room","cabinet-chairs","white-house-interior-design","public-engagement"],"audioDurationSec":null,"audioFiles":[{"file":"104a.mp3","bytes":116228629,"durationSec":7264.29,"bitrate":128000,"missing":false},{"file":"104b.mp3","bytes":120598810,"durationSec":7537.42,"bitrate":128000,"missing":false},{"file":"104c.mp3","bytes":23187153,"durationSec":1449.2,"bitrate":128000,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.704Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/104a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/104b.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/104c.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/104-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/104/conversation-104-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}