Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 116 › Conversation 116-007
White House tour group on White House tours and Cabinet Room
Tuesday, March 6, 1973 · 10:58 AM–3:04 PM ET · Cabinet Room · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon hosted a tour group in the Cabinet Room, providing them with an informal briefing on the layout of the space. During the brief interaction, the President explained the specific seating arrangements designated for the Vice President, various Cabinet officers, and other officials. The exchange served as a routine public engagement rather than a policy deliberation.
- White House tours
- Cabinet Room
- Seating arrangements
- Presidential public engagement
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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 10:58 am and 3:04 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 116-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 116-7
Date: March 6, 1973
Time: Unknown between 10:58 am and 3:04 pm
Location: Cabinet Room
A tour group met
Seating arrangements in Cabinet Room
-The Vice President
-Cabinet Officers
-Other seats
The tour group left at an unknown time before 3:04 pm
Conversation No. 116-8/117-1
Date: March 6, 1973
Time: Unknown between 10:58 am and 11:59 pm
Location: Cabinet Room
Roman S. Gribbs met with Louie Welch, E. J. (“Jake”) Garn, Dick Greco, Jr., Richard G. Lugar,
Jack D. Maltester, Lyman S. Parks, Tom Moody, Thomas P. Allen, Stanley A. Cmich, James L.
Taft, Jr., Kyle C. Testerman, John W. Driggs, Pete Wilson, Stephen May, James T. Lynn,
Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., James H. Falk, Dana G. Mead, and Paul H. O’Neill
[General conversation/Unintelligible]
Introductions
Attendance at meeting
-Thanks
Domestic policies
-Concerns of meeting participants
Prices and taxes
-Instability in economy
-Budget
-Ceiling
Budget
-Transfer of money and authority to localities
-Opinions
Budget
-General revenue sharing
-Bipartisan support
-The President’s support
-Benefits
Conference on cities
-Number attending
-Significance
-Concern about cities
-General revenue sharing
-Effectiveness
-Administration’s goals on urban policy
-Grant consolidation
-Impact of budget changes
-Transitional period
-Emergency Employment Act [EEA]
-Summer Youth Program
-Redevelopment funds
-Mayors’ concerns
-Differences between Administration and Congress
-Pressures
-Areas of reconciliation
-Adjustments
-Planning
Administration’s urban policies
-Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO] programs
-Critical problems
-Administration’s concerns
-Specific proposals
-Constraints
-Public misinformation
-Mayors’ actions to counteract
-OEO
-Partisan attacks
Recording ends at an unknown time before 3:39 pm
[This conversation continues as Conversation No. 117-1]Also recorded on March 6, 1973
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- 116-008 10:58 AM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and mayors representing the US Conference of Mayors and National League of Cities, including Roman S. Gribbs, Louie Welch, E. J. ("Jake") Garn, Dick Greco, Jr., Richard G. Lugar, Jack D. Maltester, Lyman S. Parks, Tom Moody, Thomas P. Allen, Stanley A. Cmich, James L. Taft, Jr., Kyle Testerman, John W. Driggs, Pete Wilson, Stephen May, James T. Lynn, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., James H. Falk, Dana G. Mead, and Paul H. O'Neill, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:58 am and 11:59 pm.
- 117-001 10:58 AM · 1 hr 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon and mayors representing the US Conference of Mayors and National League of Cities, including Roman S. Gribbs, Louie Welch, E. J. ("Jake") Garn, Dick Greco, Jr., Richard G. Lugar, Jack D. Maltester, Lyman S. Parks, Tom Moody, Thomas P. Allen, Stanley A. Cmich, James L. Taft, Jr., Kyle Testerman, John W. Driggs, Pete Wilson, Stephen May, James T. Lynn, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., James H. Falk, Dana G. Mead, and Paul H. O'Neill, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:58 am and 11:59 pm.
- 869-011 11:20 AM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:20 am and 11:49 am.
- 869-012 11:20 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:20 am and 11:49 am.
- 869-013 11:49 AM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John W. Dean, III met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:49 am to 12:00 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 116-007, 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/116-007 (accessed October 12, 2026).