Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 184 › Conversation 184-004
Nixon phone call with Acker on White House social events
Monday, December 18, 1972 · 10:46 AM–10:48 AM ET · Camp David Study Desk · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with Marjorie P. Acker to finalize logistics for an upcoming White House dinner party. The discussion confirmed that all twelve invited guests, including Admiral Thomas H. Moorer and Anne L. Armstrong, had accepted the invitation. The participants also finalized menu selections, specifically agreeing to include a salad course for the event.
- White House social events
- Dinner party planning
- Marjorie P. Acker
- Guest lists
- Menu coordination
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NARA Description
On December 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:46 am and 10:48 am. The Camp David Study Desk taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 184-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 184-4
Date: December 18, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:46 am and 10:48 am
Location: Camp David Study Desk
The President talked with Marjorie P. Acker.
The President’s schedule
-Dinner party
-Invitations
-Acceptances
-Number
-Adm. Thomas H. and Carrie Ellen (Foy) Moorer
-Anne L. Armstrong
-Number of women and men
-Menu
-Food
-Fish
-Salad
-Fish
White House gifts
-Music boxes
-Lucy A. Winchester
-Families
-3-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 184-12 (cont’d)Also recorded on December 18, 1972
- 184-001 10:25 AM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:25 am and 10:45 am.
- 184-002 10:45 AM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker talked on the telephone at Camp David from 10:45 am to 10:46 am.
- 184-003 10:46 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:46 am and 10:48 am.
- 184-005 10:46 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:46 am and 10:48 am.
- 184-006 10:48 AM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at Camp David from 10:48 am to 11:11 am.
- 184-007 11:11 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:11 am and 11:14 am.
- 184-008 11:14 AM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 11:14 am to 11:24 am.
- 184-009 11:24 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:24 am and 11:25 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 184-004, December 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/184-004 (accessed October 10, 2026).