{"conversationCode":"106-002","tapeNumber":106,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-106-002","startDateTime":"1972-09-05T04:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-09-05T12:04:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Sep-1972","startTime":"12:00 AM","endDate":"5-Sep-1972","endTime":"8:04 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"White House tour group;","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.","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. 106-2\n\nDate: Unknown between September 5 and September 7, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:00 am, September 5 and 8:04 am, September 7, 1972\nLocation: Cabinet Room\n\nUnknown people [tour group] met\n\n     [Unintelligible]\n\n     Cabinet Room\n          -Chairs\n          -National Security Council\n\nThe unknown people [tour group] left at an unknown time before 8:04 am, September 7, 1972","filename":["106-002-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["White House tour group"],"prevCode":"106-001","nextCode":"106-003","tapeTranscriptFile":"106a.mp3,106b.mp3,106c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":11342.03,"end":11357.19,"text":"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."},{"start":11357.22,"end":11358.88,"text":"So that's not taxpayers' expense."},{"start":11390.46,"end":11393.83,"text":"The national security comes in here as well."},{"start":11393.95,"end":11399.73,"text":"Sometimes you're at the appointments waiting in here when things get too jammed."},{"start":11399.75,"end":11402.37,"text":"They'll have them sitting in here, sitting out here."},{"start":11402.45,"end":11404.35,"text":"It's a comfort to hear your religion."},{"start":11412.86,"end":11414.64,"text":"People are smoking in here."},{"start":11414.68,"end":11416.62,"text":"There's a lot of smokers in here."},{"start":11416.7,"end":11422.07,"text":"You know, there's kind of a cold."},{"start":11422.08,"end":11423.37,"text":"There's a band in here."},{"start":11423.47,"end":11425.55,"text":"It's chilling, but it's good."},{"start":11425.59,"end":11425.95,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":11425.97,"end":11426.17,"text":"Right."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":11342,"end":11435,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","originalFilename":["106a.mp3","106b.mp3","106c.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["106b.mp3"],"cutStart":11340.5,"cutEnd":11436.5,"adjustedStart":11340.5,"adjustedEnd":11436.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:21.034Z"},"aiSummary":{"text":"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.","topics":["White House tours","Cabinet Room","Cabinet traditions","Historical site interpretation","White House furnishings"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:07:40.662Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-tours","cabinet-room","cabinet-traditions","historical-site-interpretation","white-house-furnishings"],"audioDurationSec":96,"audioFiles":[{"file":"106-002-splice.mp3","bytes":1536485,"durationSec":96,"bitrate":128040,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:21.034Z","transcriptPrev":{"segments":13,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T05:42:15.347Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/106-002-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/106-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/106/conversation-106-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}