Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 115 › Conversation 115-001
Nixon White House recording on Maintenance and Cabinet Room
Friday, February 16, 1973 · 11:59 AM–10:00 AM ET · Cabinet Room
AI Summary
Unidentified maintenance personnel accessed the Cabinet Room to perform work in the White House. This brief, one-minute recording captures routine operations rather than substantive political or policy discussions. No decisions or developments of historical significance occurred during this encounter.
- Maintenance
- White House operations
- Cabinet Room
- Facility management
Audio
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
Unknown persons [likely maintenance] met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 11:59 am on February 16, 1973 and 10:00 am on March 6, 1973. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 115-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 115-1 Date: Unknown between February 16 and March 6, 1973 Time: Unknown between 11:59 am, February 16 and 10:00 am, March 6, 1973 Location: Cabinet Room Unknown men [maintenance] met ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Non-historical] [Duration: 1m 6s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ****************************************************************************** The unknown men [maintenance] left at an unknown time before 10:00 am, March 6, 1973
Also recorded on February 16, 1973
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- 115-003 11:59 AM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 11:59 am on February 16, 1973 and 10:00 am on March 6, 1973.
- 115-004 11:59 AM — Unknown persons (likely maintenance) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 11:59 am on February 16, 1973 and 10:00 am on March 6, 1973.
- 858-005 11:59 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:59 am and 12:07 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 115-001, February 16, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/115-001 (accessed October 12, 2026).