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White House tour group on White House tour and Cabinet Room

Wednesday, November 29, 1972 · 6:20 PM–11:59 PM ET · Cabinet Room

ParticipantsWhite House tour groupConversation110-008 on Tape 110StartWednesday, November 29, 1972 at 6:20 PMEndWednesday, November 29, 1972 at 11:59 PMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 110-008 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with an unknown man and woman in the Cabinet Room to provide a tour of the executive facilities. The brief exchange primarily focused on the seating arrangement within the room, specifically identifying the positions occupied by Nixon and Treasury Secretary George P. Shultz. No major policy decisions or significant political developments resulted from this informal interaction.

Audio

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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3:09:48Yr un gyda'r tri enwau arno.
3:09:50Y un gyda'r tri enwau arno.

NARA Description

On November 29, 1972, a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 6:20 pm and 11:59 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 110-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 110-8

Date: November 29, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:20 pm and 11:59 pm
Location: Cabinet Room

An unknown man and woman met

     Layout of Cabinet Room
         -Seating
               -George P. Shultz
               -The President

The unknown man and woman left at an unknown time before 11:59 pm

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  • 816-004 5:32 PM · 34 sec — Unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:32 pm on November 29, 1972 and 8:34 am on November 30, 1972.
  • 816-005 5:32 PM · 14 sec — Unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:32 pm on November 29, 1972 and 8:34 am on November 30, 1972.
  • 816-006 5:32 PM · 3 min — Unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:32 pm on November 29, 1972 and 8:34 am on November 30, 1972.
  • 110-006 5:36 PM · 42 min — President Richard M. Nixon and African American administration officials and other staffers, including Robert J. Brown, Art Reid, John Calhoun, Frank Kent, Connie Mack Higgins, George W. Haley, Colston A. Lewis, Alfred Sweeney, T. M. Alexander, Gloria E. A. Toote, Norman B. Houston, Samuel C. Jackson, John L. Jenkins, Stanley S. Scott, Norris Sydnor, Lois Hobson, Samuel P. Singletary, Brig. Gen. Daniel ("Chappie") James, Jr., James E. Johnson, William W. Parker, Stanley B. Thomas, Samuel G. Adams, Jr., Elizabeth D. Koontz, Jerome Shuman, Donald L. Miller, Joseph W. Daniels, Sallyanne Payton, Edward E. Mitchell, Reuben R. Jones, Alfred Edwards, Barbara M. Watson, Jewell S. LaFontant, Theodore R. Britton, Jr., John L. Blake, Thad Ware, Ted Brown, Arthur B. McCaw, Benjamin F. Holman, William H. Brown, III, John D. Ehrlichman, Frederick V. Malek, White House photographer, and members of the press, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 5:36 pm to 6:20 pm.
  • 110-009 6:20 PM · 1 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 6:20 pm and 11:59 pm.
  • 110-010 6:20 PM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 6:20 pm and 11:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 110-008, November 29, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/110-008 (accessed October 12, 2026).