Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 35 › Conversation 035-029

Nixon phone call with Acker on Raymond K. Price, Jr. and Memorandum

Thursday, December 28, 1972 · 2:39 PM–2:40 PM ET · White House Telephone · 43 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Acker, Marjorie P.Conversation035-029 on Tape 35StartThursday, December 28, 1972 at 2:39 PMEndThursday, December 28, 1972 at 2:40 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 035-029 ↗

President Nixon calls Marjorie P. Acker to verify the status of a memorandum intended for Raymond K. Price, Jr. Nixon instructs Acker to ensure the document is delivered to Price before he follows up with a phone call to discuss its contents. The exchange confirms that the draft is nearing completion and establishes a specific sequence for the upcoming communication with Price.

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Marge, did you get off the little memorandum to Ray Price?
Did you get it over to you?
I have it here, yeah.
I just about have it typed up.
Oh, fine.
Do you know whether he's in town?
As soon as you've delivered it to him, let me know because I want to talk to him on the phone about it.
Okay.
No hurry.
There's no hurry.
It'll be just a few minutes.
Because I didn't want to...
I don't want to...
Talk to him until he's got it in front of him, okay?
Okay.
Thank you, Marge.
Okay.

On December 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker talked on the telephone from 2:39 pm to 2:40 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-029 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 35-29

Date: December 28, 1972
Time: 2:39 pm and 2:40 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Marjorie P. Acker.

[See Conversation No. 380-30]

       Memorandum to Raymond K. Price, Jr.
           -Delivery
                 -The President's forthcoming conversation with Price
  • 380-026 2:20 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 2:26 pm.
  • 035-028 2:26 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Maurice J. Williams talked on the telephone from 2:26 pm to 2:30 pm.
  • 380-028 2:26 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Maurice J. Williams met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:26 pm to 2:30 pm.
  • 035-156 2:30 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:30 pm and 2:39 pm.
  • 380-029 2:30 PM · 10 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 2:30 pm and 2:39 pm.
  • 380-030 2:39 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:39 pm to 2:40 pm.
  • 035-030 2:40 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 3:14 pm.
  • 380-031 2:40 PM · 11 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 2:40 pm and 3:14 pm.

Conversation 035-029, December 28, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-029 (accessed October 11, 2026).