President Nixon hosted a private tour group in the Cabinet Room, providing them with an overview of the room's historical significance and administrative layout. The discussion focused on the specific seating arrangements for the President, Vice President, and Cabinet members, as well as the historical portraits and artwork displayed in the room. The President also referenced personal family milestones, including Tricia Nixon Cox's wedding, while showing the group the neighboring Rose Garden.
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 127-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 127-5
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
Unknown people [tour group] entered
Furnishings of Cabinet Room
-Chairs
-President
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Cabinet members
-George P. Shultz
-Elliot L. Richardson
-James T. Lynn
Rose Garden
Tricia Nixon Cox’s wedding
Furnishings of Cabinet Room
-Portraits
-[Thomas] Woodrow Wilson, Theodore (“Teddy”) Roosevelt, Dwight D.
Eisenhower
The tour group left at an unknown time after 12:29 pm, June 22, 1973
[Unintelligible]
The tour group re-entered at an unknown time before 8:32 am, July 10, 1973
Painting of Signing of Declaration
-Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin
-Artist
-Value
[Unintelligible]
The unknown people [tour group] left at an unknown time before 8:32 am, July 10, 1973This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.