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Conversation 106-002

TapeTape 106StartTuesday, September 5, 1972 at 12:00 AMEndTuesday, September 5, 1972 at 8:04 AMParticipantsWhite House tour groupRecording deviceCabinet Room
AI Summary

An unidentified guide leads a White House tour group through the Cabinet Room, offering logistical details about the space and its furnishings. The discussion covers the tradition of outgoing cabinet members purchasing their chairs and the room's secondary function as a waiting area for appointments. The tour concludes with informal observations regarding the room's atmosphere, seating, and climate.

White House toursCabinet RoomCabinet traditionsHistorical site interpretationWhite House furnishings
AudioNARA Description

On September 5, 1972, a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:00 am and 8:04 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 106-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 106-2

Date: Unknown between September 5 and September 7, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:00 am, September 5 and 8:04 am, September 7, 1972
Location: Cabinet Room

Unknown people [tour group] met

     [Unintelligible]

     Cabinet Room
          -Chairs
          -National Security Council

The unknown people [tour group] left at an unknown time before 8:04 am, September 7, 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 Do not cite this transcript as authoritative.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.

Now, the chairs now, of course, the plot to that, you know, a chair, when a member of the cabinet resigns and he leaves, then all of the other members get together and they purchase his chair for him and he takes it with him.
So that's not taxpayers' expense.
The national security comes in here as well.
Sometimes you're at the appointments waiting in here when things get too jammed.
They'll have them sitting in here, sitting out here.
It's a comfort to hear your religion.
People are smoking in here.
There's a lot of smokers in here.
You know, there's kind of a cold.
There's a band in here.
It's chilling, but it's good.
Yeah.
Right.
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