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Conversation 105-002

TapeTape 105StartFriday, September 8, 1972 at 5:31 PMEndMonday, September 11, 1972 at 10:06 AMParticipantsWhite House tour groupRecording deviceCabinet Room
AI Summary

A White House tour group explored the Cabinet Room while receiving an informal briefing on the facility's layout and historical significance. The participants discussed the seating arrangements for the President and Cabinet members and noted the room's view of the Rose Garden, specifically referencing its role as the site of Tricia Nixon Cox’s wedding. The conversation concluded as the group observed the connections between the Cabinet Room and the main residential and administrative sections of the White House.

White House tourCabinet RoomRose GardenTricia Nixon CoxWhite House architecture
AudioNARA Description

a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:31 pm on September 8, 1972 and 10:06 am on September 11, 1972. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 105-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 105-2

Date: Unknown between September 8 and September 11, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:31 pm, September 8 and 10:06 am, September 11, 1972
Location: Cabinet Room

A tour group met

     Cabinet Room
          -Chairs
               -The President, Vice President, the Cabinet members
          -[Thomas] Woodrow Wilson’s portrait
          -View from window
               -Rose Garden
                     -Tricia Nixon Cox’s wedding to Edward R. F. Cox
          -Access to White House offices

The tour group left at an unknown time before 10:06 am, September 11, 1972
Transcript (AI-Generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.

Look down here.
Look down here, Ruby.
Well, in our church, the beach is very, very nice.
And there's your rose garden.
And she got married right here.
It looks larger.
It always does.
She got married right here at the steps.
We can go on that way.
Is that the kind of a back door over there?
Well, that leads on to the main part of the White House.
Oh, is that going to join on to the White House?
Yeah, that'd be the White House.
We're just at the corner of it.
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