Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 36 › Conversation 036-012

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

Friday, January 19, 1973 · 4:12 PM–7:29 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation036-012 on Tape 36StartFriday, January 19, 1973 at 4:12 PMEndFriday, January 19, 1973 at 7:29 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 036-012 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417194469 ↗

A 13-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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NARA Description

On January 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:12 pm and 7:29 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-012 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 36-12

Date: January 19, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:12 pm and 7:29 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

       Request for a telephone calls to Marjorie P. Acker
            -Rose Mary Woods

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Operator, if you can't give me this, try Mrs. Acker.
She's all right.
Thank you.

Also recorded on January 19, 1973

  • 036-007 4:12 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:12 pm.
  • 036-010 4:12 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:12 pm and 7:29 pm.
  • 036-011 4:12 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:12 pm and 7:29 pm.
  • 036-013 4:12 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:12 pm and 7:29 pm.
  • 398-002 4:12 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:12 pm.
  • 398-003 4:12 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:12 pm to 4:29 pm.
  • 398-004 4:29 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:29 pm and 4:40 pm.
  • 398-005 4:29 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:29 pm and 4:40 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 036-012, January 19, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417194469). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-012 (accessed October 29, 2026).