Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 12 › Conversation 012-046
Woods phone call on Marjorie P. Acker and Communication logistics
Thursday, October 21, 1971 · 3:59 PM–5:00 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec
AI Summary
Rose Mary Woods requests that the White House operator place a telephone call to Marjorie P. Acker. The interaction serves as a brief administrative coordination to facilitate communication between the two parties. No substantive policy matters or further developments are discussed during this brief exchange.
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NARA Description
On October 21, 1971, Rose Mary Woods and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:59 pm and 5:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-046 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 012-046
Date: October 21, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:59 pm and 5:00 pm
Location: White House Telephone
Rose Mary Woods talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 281-71A]
Request for call to Marjorie P. Acker
[This is the original beginning of conversation No. 012-047, which has been merged with
conversation 012-046.]
Rose Mary Woods talked with an unknown woman.
[See Conversation No. 281-71B]
Rose Mary Woods’ office
-Marjorie P. Acker
-Woods
Woods talked with Acker at an unknown time between 3:59 pm and 5:00 pm.
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Woods conferred with the President at an unknown time.Also recorded on October 21, 1971
- 012-042 3:53 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore talked on the telephone from 3:53 pm to 3:54 pm.
- 281-045 3:53 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:53 pm to 3:54 pm.
- 012-043 3:54 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:54 pm and 3:58 pm.
- 012-044 3:54 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:54 pm and 3:58 pm.
- 281-046 3:54 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:54 pm and 3:55 pm.
- 281-047 3:55 PM · 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Richard A. Moore, White House operator, and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:55 pm to 4:25 pm.
- 012-045 3:58 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 3:58 pm to 3:59 pm.
- 012-047 3:59 PM · 48 sec — Rose Mary Woods, unknown person(s), Marjorie P. Acker, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:59 pm and 5:00 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 012-046, October 21, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-046 (accessed September 28, 2026).