Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 116 › Conversation 116-003
White House tour group on White House Tours and Brent Scowcroft
Tuesday, March 6, 1973 · 8:35 AM–10:00 AM ET · Cabinet Room
AI Summary
A White House tour group, including Captain Jerry A. Singleton and Major Robert D. Jeffrey, met with staff members including General Brent G. Scowcroft in the Cabinet Room. The participants discussed the history and artwork of the White House, while Scowcroft provided insight into his administrative duties supporting Henry Kissinger and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. Additionally, the conversation touched upon the reintegration of returning prisoners of war (POWs) into American society.
- White House Tours
- Brent Scowcroft
- Prisoners of War
- White House Artwork
- Presidential Schedule
Audio
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NARA Description
On March 6, 1973, a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 8:35 am and 10:00 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 116-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 116-3
Date: March 6, 1973
Time: Unknown after 8:35 am until 10:00 am
Location: Cabinet Room
An unknown man met with Captain Jerry A. Singleton, Mrs. Jerry A. Singleton, Major Robert D.
Jeffrey, and Mrs. Robert D. Jeffrey
Cabinet Room
-Uses
-Signing ceremonies
-Chairs
-Lyndon B. Johnson
East Wing
-Painting of [Thomas] Woodrow Wilson
-Compared to Cabinet Room paintings
Paintings in White House
-Cleaning
-The President’s favorites
-Unknown person’s favorite
-Theodore (“Teddy”) Roosevelt
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Meeting
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 8:35 am
Introductions
Refreshments
Schedule
Thomas Hart and General Brent G. Scowcroft entered at an unknown time after 8:35 am
The President’s schedule
-Meeting with Congressional leaders
Scowcroft
-Duties
-Henry A. Kissinger
The President’s schedule
Tour of the White House
Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Return to the United States
-Reaction to freedom
-Possessions
-Parking automobile
Scowcroft
-Duties
-Kissinger
-General Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Schedule
Singleton, et al. left at 10:00 amAlso recorded on March 6, 1973
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 116-003, March 6, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/116-003 (accessed October 12, 2026).