Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 127 › Conversation 127-011

White House tour group on White House tour and Cabinet Room

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

ParticipantsWhite House tour groupConversation127-011 on Tape 127StartFriday, June 22, 1973 at 12:29 PMEndTuesday, July 10, 1973 at 8:32 AMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 127-011 ↗

AI Summary

A White House tour group was guided through the Cabinet Room, where they were provided with historical context regarding the facility's purpose and furnishings. The briefing covered the seating arrangements for the President and Vice President, the significance of presidential portraits, and general administrative history involving past administrations. The discussion also included anecdotes regarding Tricia Nixon Cox’s wedding in the Rose Garden and the interior operations of the West Wing.

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4:07:41Diolch yn fawr iawn.
4:08:00Diolch yn fawr.
4:08:38Mr. Ash, Mr. Fitch, all hynny'n golygu'r ffaith bod hwnnw'n presennol.
4:08:48Mae'n gwneud sefydliad.
4:08:53Mae'n gwneud sefydliad.
4:08:59Mae'n gwneud sefydliad.
4:25:11Diolch.
4:27:55Rwy'n meddwl eich bod chi'n gwneud gweithio gyda'r rhain yn unigol iawn.
4:27:57Mae'n rhaid i'r rhain gweithio gyda'r rhain.
4:27:58Mae'n rhaid i'r rhain gweithio gyda'r rhain.
4:28:06ac roedd hynny'n ymwneud â'r amgylchedd, a'r amgylchedd sy'n gweithio yma.
4:28:10Ac wrth gwrs, roedd gweithwyr yn gweithio yma.
4:28:14Ac wrth gwrs, roedd gweithwyr yn gweithio yma.
4:28:18Ac wrth gwrs, roedd gweithwyr yn gweithio yma.
4:28:21Ac wrth gwrs, roedd gweithwyr yn gweithio yma.
4:28:23Ac wrth gwrs, roedd gweithwyr yn gweithio yma.
4:28:25Ac wrth gwrs, roedd gweithwyr yn gweithio yma.

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 127-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 127-11

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
          -Offices
                -John F. Kennedy administration
                     -John F. Kennedy, Jr.
                -Uses
          -Cabinet Room
                -Uses
                -Furnishings
                     -Chairs
                           -President
                           -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
                           -Seating arrangements
                                 -John Adams
                           -George P. Shultz
                           -Elliot L. Richardson
                           -Arrangement
                           -Purchase
                     -Portraits
                           -Dwight D. Eisenhower, Theodore (“Teddy”) Roosevelt, [Thomas]
                                 Woodrow Wilson
                           -Wilson
                                 -Comparison with portrait in East Wing

     Tricia Nixon Cox’s wedding
           -Rose Garden

     Lyndon B. Johnson
         -Lights
         -Apollo space program

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.
  • 127-008 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.
  • 127-012 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 127-011, 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/127-011 (accessed October 17, 2026).