Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 104-013
Date: Tuesday, July 25, 1972 at 5:13 PM
Participants: [Unknown person(s)]
Recording device: Cabinet Room
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/104-013

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[8:44] UNKNOWN: So, this is the Cabinet Room.
[8:47] UNKNOWN: The president meets in here with the National Security Council and the Domestic Council. And the Vice President, the offices here. To the right and left of those two are the Cabinet officers by the seniority of their department.
[9:00] UNKNOWN: Look across at the portraits.
[9:04] UNKNOWN: Uh, State and Treasury, I think, two of the oldest. So, they're the closest. And down at the other end [unintelligible]
[9:10] UNKNOWN: Well, they It's alternate. For instance, the Secretary of State is at the President's right. And then the Secretary of Treasury, being the next oldest, is at the Vice President's right.
[9:24] UNKNOWN: That leaves the President's left.
[9:28] UNKNOWN: In here, and it looks across at the [unintelligible]
[9:32] UNKNOWN: Do they live upstairs? Yes, on the second floor is