Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 42 › Conversation 042-012

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

Tuesday, April 6, 1971 · 11:03 AM–11:10 AM ET · White House Telephone · 3 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation042-012 on Tape 42 (tape position 00:17:47–00:17:57)StartTuesday, April 6, 1971 at 11:03 AMEndTuesday, April 6, 1971 at 11:10 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 042-012 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417187779 ↗

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NARA Description

On April 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:03 am and 11:10 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 042-012 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 42-12

Date: April 6, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:03 am and 11:10 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 245-9]

     Call to Marjorie P. Acker

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Marge, please.
Thank you.

Also recorded on April 6, 1971

  • 042-010 11:03 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:03 am and 11:10 am.
  • 042-011 11:03 AM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:03 am and 11:10 am.
  • 245-007 11:03 AM · 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 11:03 am and 11:10 am.
  • 245-008 11:03 AM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:03 am and 11:10 am.
  • 245-009 11:03 AM · 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 11:03 am and 11:10 am.
  • 042-013 11:10 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker talked on the telephone from 11:10 am to 11:11 am.
  • 245-010 11:10 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:10 am to 11:11 am.
  • 042-014 11:11 AM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:11 am and 11:13 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 042-012, April 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417187779). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/042-012 (accessed October 31, 2026).