Nixon White House TapesTape 37 › Conversation 037-124

Nixon phone call with Acker on Presidential correspondence

Thursday, March 15, 1973 · 5:34 PM–5:35 PM ET · White House Telephone · 18 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Acker, Marjorie P.Conversation037-124 on Tape 37StartThursday, March 15, 1973 at 5:34 PMEndThursday, March 15, 1973 at 5:35 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 037-124 ↗

President Nixon calls his secretary, Marjorie P. Acker, to confirm the status of a dictated note intended for Bob Wilson. Upon confirming that the document has been transcribed, Nixon requests that Acker bring the note to him immediately for his signature. This brief interaction serves as a routine administrative task to finalize official presidential correspondence.

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Hello.
Marge, do you have a note that I dictated to Bob Wilson?
Did you get that run off?
Yeah.
Would you bring it in to me to sign, please?
Sure.
Yeah.

On March 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker talked on the telephone from 5:34 pm to 5:35 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-124 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 37-124

Date: March 15, 1973
Time: 5:34 pm-5:35 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Marjorie P. Acker.

       President's note to Robert C. (“Bob”) Wilson
              -Instructions
  • 037-121 5:30 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:30 pm and 5:31 pm.
  • 880-019 5:30 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:30 pm and 5:31 pm.
  • 880-020 5:30 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:30 pm and 5:31 pm.
  • 037-122 5:31 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 5:31 pm to 5:33 pm.
  • 880-022 5:31 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:31 pm to 5:33 pm.
  • 037-123 5:33 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:33 pm and 5:34 pm.
  • 880-023 5:33 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:33 pm to 5:34 pm.
  • 880-024 5:36 PM · 47 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John W. Dean, III, Richard A. Moore, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:36 pm to 6:24 pm.

Conversation 037-124, March 15, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-124 (accessed September 21, 2026).