Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 106-002 Date: Tuesday, September 5, 1972 at 12:00 AM Participants: White House tour group Recording device: Cabinet Room Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/106-002 This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite it as authoritative. [3:09:02] 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. [3:09:17] So that's not taxpayers' expense. [3:09:50] The national security comes in here as well. [3:09:53] Sometimes you're at the appointments waiting in here when things get too jammed. [3:09:59] They'll have them sitting in here, sitting out here. [3:10:02] It's a comfort to hear your religion. [3:10:12] People are smoking in here. [3:10:14] There's a lot of smokers in here. [3:10:16] You know, there's kind of a cold. [3:10:22] There's a band in here. [3:10:23] It's chilling, but it's good. [3:10:25] Yeah. [3:10:25] Right.