Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 10 › Conversation 010-133

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Marjorie P. Acker

Thursday, October 7, 1971 · 1:02 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation010-133 on Tape 10 (tape position 04:17:55–04:18:02)StartThursday, October 7, 1971 at 1:02 PMEndThursday, October 7, 1971 at 1:02 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 010-133 ↗

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a personal telephone call to Marjorie P. Acker. This brief administrative exchange served solely to facilitate a connection with the requested individual. No further policy or political discussions occurred during the brief communication.

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Mr. Acker, please.

On October 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:02 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-133 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 10-133

Date: October 7, 1971
Time: 1:02 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 285-24]

     Request for a call to Marjorie P. Acker
  • 010-131 12:48 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire talked on the telephone from 12:48 pm to 12:51 pm.
  • 010-132 12:51 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:51 pm and 1:02 pm.
  • 285-023 12:51 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:51 pm and 1:02 pm.
  • 285-024 12:51 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:51 pm and 1:02 pm.
  • 010-134 1:02 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker talked on the telephone from 1:02 pm to 1:03 pm.
  • 285-025 1:02 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:02 pm to 1:03 pm.
  • 010-135 1:03 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, Marjorie P. Acker, and William L. Safire talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:03 pm and 1:20 pm.
  • 285-026 1:05 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Marjorie P. Acker, White House operator, and William L. Safire met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 2:43 pm.

Conversation 010-133, October 7, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/010-133 (accessed October 25, 2026).