Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 127 › Conversation 127-007

White House tour group on White House and Cabinet Room

Friday, June 22, 1973 · 12:29 PM–8:32 AM ET · Cabinet Room · 3 min

ParticipantsWhite House tour groupConversation127-007 on Tape 127StartFriday, June 22, 1973 at 12:29 PMEndTuesday, July 10, 1973 at 8:32 AMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 127-007 ↗

AI Summary

A White House tour group was provided with an informal orientation of the Cabinet Room and the West Wing of the White House. The discussion focused on the architectural layout, seating arrangements for cabinet members and high-ranking officials, and the room's historical usage for meetings of the National Security Council and the Cost of Living Council. The group also learned about the history associated with specific portraits displayed in the room, including Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Dwight D. Eisenhower.

White House
Cabinet Room
Guided Tour
West Wing
Presidential History

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Mae'n fawr yma, Tony.

Gwyl!

Mae'r Prif Weinidog yn cael ei siarad.

Bydd y Prif Weinidog yn cael ei siarad ei hun, a bydd y Prif Weinidog yn cael ei siarad ei hun.

Nid ydym yn ariannu amdanyn nhw.

Oherwydd pan fyddant yn gadael i'r Prif Weinidog, byddant yn cymryd y siarad gyda nhw fel fomento.

Yn ystod hynny, yn ôl i'r siarad, mae'r siarad yn cael fflac.

Nid yw'r prif weinidog yn rhoi'r sgîm i'r Prif Weinidog, ond yn rhoi ei swydd i'w swydd.

Yn ystod hynny, mae un ddyn ar y Prif Weinidog sydd â hanes arbennig yn unig, ac mae'

Yn yr wythnos o'r blynyddoedd, roedd y Prif Weithredwr yna.

Roedd y Prif Weithredwr yna.

ond roedd hi'n cael trefn a ddwy o'i gyfnodau blynyddoedd, oherwydd y Prif Weinidog a'r Prif Weinidog wedi, ers bod y Prif Weinidog wedi bod yng Nghymru.

Felly, rydyn ni'n mynd ymlaen.

Rwy'n sylweddoli y byddwn i'n seilio ar yr ymgyrch Prif Weinidog.

Ydych chi'n mynd ymlaen?

Ydych chi'n sylweddoli?

Rydyn ni hefyd wedi cyfarfod y Cyngor Diogelwch Cymru.

Mae'r Prif Weinidog yn gyfarfod y Cyngor Diogelwch Cymru.

Rydyn ni wedi cyfarfod y Cyngor Diogelwch Cymru.

Gwna i ddweud y gwna i ddweud y gwna i

Mae pawb yn cael penderfyniadau, felly rwy'n mynd ymlaen.

Iawn, rwy'n mynd ymlaen.

Rwy'n mynd ymlaen.

NARA Description

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 127-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 127-7

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

     Cabinet Room
          -Temperature
          -Table
          -Members of the Cabinet
          -Chairs
               -John A. Scali
               -Anne L. Armstrong
               -President
               -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
               -Cabinet members
                     -Purchase
               -George P. Shultz
                     -Positions
               -Elliot L. Richardson
                     -Positions
               -President

     Photos

     Uses of Cabinet Room

          -National Security Council [NSC]
               -Agnew
          -Cost of Living Council [COLC]

     Photos

     Souvenirs
         -Paper
         -Pens and pencils

     West Wing
          -Offices
                -General Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
                -Melvin R. Laird
                -Henry A. Kissinger
                -Roy L. Ash
                -Robert H. Finch
                -Oval office

     [Unintelligible]

The unknown people [tour group] left at an unknown time before 8:32 am, July 10, 1973

Also recorded on June 22, 1973

127-003 12:29 PM · 43 sec — 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.
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.
127-008 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 127-007, 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/127-007 (accessed October 17, 2026).