Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 12 › Conversation 012-047
Nixon, Woods & Acker on document preparation and clerical work
Thursday, October 21, 1971 · 3:59 PM–5:00 PM ET · White House Telephone · 48 sec
AI Summary
Rose Mary Woods and Marjorie P. Acker discuss specific revisions and formatting requirements for a document currently being typed. The conversation focuses on clarifying discrepancies in the text, specifically concerning a philosophy-related section that had been modified but was missing from the carbon copy. The participants resolve these administrative details to ensure the final typed set is accurate.
- White House administration
- document preparation
- Rose Mary Woods
- clerical work
- typing
Audio
NARA Description
On October 21, 1971, 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. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-047 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 12-47
Date: October 21, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:59 pm and 5:00 pm
Location: White House Telephone
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.
Typing
-Change
Woods conferred with the President at an unknown time.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 012-047, October 21, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417191599). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-047 (accessed November 1, 2026).