Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 127 › Conversation 127-003

Kissinger & White House tour group on Cabinet Room and White House tours

Friday, June 22, 1973 · 12:29 PM–8:32 AM ET · Cabinet Room · 43 sec

ParticipantsKissinger, Henry A.; White House tour groupConversation127-003 on Tape 127StartFriday, June 22, 1973 at 12:29 PMEndTuesday, July 10, 1973 at 8:32 AMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 127-003 ↗

AI Summary

Henry A. Kissinger provided an informal tour of the Cabinet Room to a group of visitors, focusing on the room's historical decor and furnishings. The conversation touched upon the specific placement of presidential portraits, including those of Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt, and the seating arrangements for cabinet members and staff. No policy or administrative decisions were made during this brief social engagement.

Henry A. Kissinger
Cabinet Room
White House tours
Presidential portraits
Interior design

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Mae pob beth yma ychydig yn fach na'r un sydd gen i. Ie, mae hynny yw hynny.

Rydw i'n gofyn amdanyn nhw.

Mae hynny'n ddiddorol.

Ie.

NARA Description

Henry A. Kissinger and a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 12:29 pm on June 22, 1973 and 8:32 am on July 10, 1973. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 127-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 127-3

Date: Unknown between June 22 and July 10, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:29 pm, June 22 and 8:32 am, July 10, 1973
Location: Cabinet Room

Henry A. Kissinger met with unknown people

     Furnishings of Cabinet Room
          -Portraits of [Thomas] Woodrow Wilson and Theodore (“Teddy”) Roosevelt
          -President’s choices
          -Chairs
                -Cabinet members
                -Assistants

Kissinger and the unknown people left at an unknown time before 8:32 am, July 10, 1973

Also recorded on June 22, 1973

127-004 12:29 PM · 7 min — Unknown person(s) [likely cleaning crew] met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 12:29 pm on June 22, 1973 and 8:32 am on July 10, 1973.
127-005 12:29 PM · 3 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 12:29 pm on June 22, 1973 and 8:32 am on July 10, 1973.
127-007 12:29 PM · 3 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 12:29 pm on June 22, 1973 and 8:32 am on July 10, 1973.
127-008 12:29 PM · 1 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 12:29 pm on June 22, 1973 and 8:32 am on July 10, 1973.
127-009 12:29 PM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 12:29 pm on June 22, 1973 and 8:32 am on July 10, 1973.
127-010 12:29 PM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 12:29 pm on June 22, 1973 and 8:32 am on July 10, 1973.
127-011 12:29 PM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 12:29 pm on June 22, 1973 and 8:32 am on July 10, 1973.
127-012 12:29 PM · 33 sec — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 12:29 pm on June 22, 1973 and 8:32 am on July 10, 1973.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 127-003, June 22, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/127-003 (accessed October 17, 2026).