Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 127 › Conversation 127-008

White House tour group on White House tour and Cabinet Room

Friday, June 22, 1973 · 12:29 PM–8:32 AM ET · Cabinet Room · 1 min

ParticipantsWhite House tour groupConversation127-008 on Tape 127StartFriday, June 22, 1973 at 12:29 PMEndTuesday, July 10, 1973 at 8:32 AMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 127-008 ↗

AI Summary

A White House tour group explored the Cabinet Room, receiving an overview of the room’s historical significance and interior design. The tour highlighted specific room furnishings, including the arrangement of chairs for the President and Vice President, as well as the placement of various historical plaques and portraits. Participants discussed the room’s function as the site of Cabinet meetings and compared the portraits of former presidents.

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Rydyn ni hefyd yn cyfarfod y Cyngor Diogelwch Cenedlaethol yma.
Mae'r Prif Weinidog yn gyfarfod y Cyngor Diogelwch Cenedlaethol yma.
Rydym ni i gyd wedi cyrraedd y Cyngor Diogelwch Cenedlaethol yma.
Rydym ni i gyd wedi cyrraedd y Cyngor Diogelwch.
Mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud y gwahaniaeth.
Mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud y gwahaniaeth.
Mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud y gwahaniaeth.
Mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud y gwahaniaeth.
Fyrainwch ymlaen i fynd ymlaen i fynd 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 127-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 127-8

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

     West Wing
          -Construction
               -Theodore (“Teddy”) Roosevelt
               -President’s office
               -Cabinet meetings
          -Cabinet Room
               -Furnishings
                     -Chairs

                            -President
                            -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
                      -Cabinet
                      -John Adams
                      -Plaques
                      -George P. Shultz
                      -Elliot L. Richardson
                -Portraits
                      -Dwight D. Eisenhower, Theodore (“Teddy”) Roosevelt, [Thomas]
                            Woodrow Wilson
                      -Wilson
                            -Comparison with another portrait
                                  -Effect of presidency
          -President’s office

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.
  • 127-007 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.
  • 127-009 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 127-008, 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/127-008 (accessed October 17, 2026).