Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 888 › Conversation 888-007

Nixon, Boggs & Jacobs on Oval Office and White House photography

Tuesday, March 27, 1973 · 3:02 PM–3:15 PM ET · Oval Office · 13 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Boggs, Corrine (Clairborne) (Lindy); Jacobs, Corinne; Boggs, Thomas Hale, Jr.; Boggs, Hale, III; Boggs, Elizabeth; Boggs, Douglas; Sigmund, Paul; Sigmund, Paul (Mrs.); Paul Sigmund; Sigmund, David; Sigmund, Stephen; Boggs, Archie; Boggs, Archie (Mrs.); Shoemaker, Dan; Shoemaker, Dan (Mrs.); Shoemaker, Bobby; Shoemaker, Dan; Kearney, TomConversation888-007 on Tape 888StartTuesday, March 27, 1973 at 3:02 PMEndTuesday, March 27, 1973 at 3:15 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 888-007 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon hosted Representative Corinne "Lindy" Boggs and her extended family for a courtesy visit and photo session in the Oval Office. The meeting served as a social engagement during which the President introduced his guests to various historical artifacts and presidential mementos located in the room. Conversations centered on casual exchanges, family introductions, and observations regarding the office's decor, including the Roosevelt seal and the Rose Garden.

Lindy Boggs
Oval Office
White House photography
Ceremonial visit
Presidential artifacts

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Oh, Mrs. Madden, I'm here.

Here she is.

Oh, thank you.

I love you.

Thank you.

Oh, we're coming.

And he said to Taylor, brother, aren't you just too close to Alibaba?

And it's about you, Tom Carney.

My God, you have a powerful life.

And it's about you, Tom Carney.

And it's about you.

We'll find one with you alone first, you know, for us.

But we'll do is to have one for the press.

Let's have one for just you and me.

And then I'll have one for my friends.

So I want to say right here that we, as Martin said, need that land anyway, and also a very, very, very important thing to do for a new country.

And I suppose that many of us don't really have to do much to do this.

I know that the back of the U.S. is quite a big problem for us.

Over those of us who know her, as I know her, she is here at home.

She belongs in my spirit.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

the the the

All right.

Now let's start this family here. .

Let's see now.

Oh my goodness.

Yeah.

Okay.

This map takes a long time to get out of here.

Well, now this is, uh, Jim on the bench, I think.

Yeah, and then she gets her mother in here.

You stand on my right, like this.

And we'll look at you.

I think you can see this.

Everyone's out there on the green plate.

You know what I'm saying?

Thank you.

This is a piece of jade, which is 3,000 years old.

Oh, around here.

There is a middle.

You can see it there.

One of the many parts up here.

This, of course, was made in the 17th century, and that was made in the 17th century.

I mean, when this room was switched in, right when the page was up, it was the first president.

See, that's the difference.

If you count the stars, how many of that is over?

One second.

He doesn't have a wig on there.

There's the girls.

That's the Rose Garden, or Trish's Garden.

Down the right is the John Boston.

And we will be just as happy to be there in the meantime.

You're all being purged into this life.

Everything in the room is just purged.

Well, I'm afraid you're staying so long.

I'm afraid you're staying so long.

Oh, I think they put that there so she can go back and forth.

You know, I mean, it's like a chair.

Otherwise, the rug is going to make it, uh, make it too pretty.

The rug is made under 240.

It gets a lot of wear.

Thank you very much.

NARA Description

On March 27, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Corrine ("Lindy") (Clairborne) Boggs, Corinne Jacobs, Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr., Hale Boggs, III, Elizabeth Boggs, Douglas Boggs, Paul Sigmund, Mrs. Paul Sigmund, Paul Sigmund, David Sigmund, Stephen Sigmund, Archie Boggs, Mrs. Archie Boggs, Dan Shoemaker, Mrs. Dan Shoemaker, Bobby Shoemaker, Dan Shoemaker, and Tom Kearney met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:02 pm to 3:15 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 888-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 888-7

Date: March 27, 1973
Time: 3:02 pm -3:15 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Corinne C. ("Lindy") Boggs, Mrs. Corinne Jacobs, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Hale Boggs, Jr., Hale Boggs III, Elizabeth Boggs, Douglas Boggs, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sigmund,
Paul Sigmund, David Sigmund, Stephen Sigmund, Mr. and Mrs. Archie Boggs, Mr. and Mrs.
Dan Shoemaker, Bobby Shoemaker, Dan Shoemaker, Tom Kearny and Richard K. Cook. The
White House photographer and members of the press were present at the beginning of the
meeting.

       Introductions
             -Hale Boggs, III
             -David Sigmund
             -Paul Sigmund
             -Archie Boggs
             -Mother [?]
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                            Conversation No. 888-7 (cont’d)

       Photographs
            -Lindy Boggs
                 -Press photograph

       [General conversation]

       Lindy Boggs
            -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
            -Tenure in Congress
            -Louisiana [?]
            -Election to Congress

       Prime minister

       Photographs
            -Members of family
                  -Children
                  -Relatives
            -Mrs. Boggs's mother
            -Copies

       Artifacts in Oval Office
             -Jade
                    -Age
                         -Fifth Century B.C.
             -National seal
                    -Theodore (“Teddy”) Roosevelt
             -Pictures
                    -George Washington

       Rose Garden
            -Tricia Nixon Cox's wedding ceremony

       Boehm bird figurines

       Rug
             -Age

Lindy Boggs, et al., left at 3:15 pm.
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                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Also recorded on March 27, 1973

888-006 2:57 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:57 pm and 3:02 pm.
423-009 3:18 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:18 pm and 3:27 pm.
423-010 3:18 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:18 pm and 3:27 pm.
888-008 3:18 PM · 28 sec — unknown person(s) and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:18 pm and 11:59 pm.
423-011 3:27 PM · 51 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:27 pm and 4:16 pm.
423-012 4:16 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:16 pm and 4:20 pm.
044-026 4:20 PM · 7 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:20 pm and 4:57 pm.
044-027 4:20 PM · 5 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and John W. Dean, III talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:20 pm and 4:57 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 888-007, March 27, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/888-007 (accessed October 2, 2026).