{"conversationCode":"184-004","tapeNumber":184,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-184-004","startDateTime":"1972-12-18T15:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-18T15:48:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Dec-1972","startTime":"10:46 AM","endDate":"18-Dec-1972","endTime":"10:48 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Acker, Marjorie P.;","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.","locationCode":"CDSD","recordingDevice":"Camp David Study Desk","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 184-4\n\nDate: December 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:46 am and 10:48 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Desk\n\nThe President talked with Marjorie P. Acker.\n\n       The President’s schedule\n            -Dinner party\n                  -Invitations\n                         -Acceptances\n                               -Number\n                               -Adm. Thomas H. and Carrie Ellen (Foy) Moorer\n                               -Anne L. Armstrong\n                               -Number of women and men\n                  -Menu\n                         -Food\n                               -Fish\n                               -Salad\n                                     -Fish\n\n       White House gifts\n            -Music boxes\n                 -Lucy A. Winchester\n                 -Families\n\f                                                 -3-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                              Conversation No. 184-12 (cont’d)","filename":["184-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Acker, Marjorie P."],"prevCode":"184-003","nextCode":"184-005","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":22.48,"text":"Everyone has accepted."},{"start":22.5,"end":22.9,"text":"They have 12 people."},{"start":22.92,"end":23.42,"text":"Right, and then I'm gone."},{"start":23.44,"end":24.34,"text":"Right, I think it's seven women and five men."},{"start":24.36,"end":25.36,"text":"Okay, and now Greg is working on the menu and all."},{"start":26.07,"end":52.5,"text":"Do you want a salad?"},{"start":52.52,"end":52.62,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":55.01,"end":79.75,"text":"All right."},{"start":79.77,"end":79.97,"text":"All right."},{"start":79.99,"end":80.09,"text":"Okay."},{"start":80.11,"end":80.21,"text":"Okay."},{"start":80.23,"end":80.43,"text":"All right."},{"start":82.4,"end":95.57,"text":"I'll check what they do and see if any of them are coming in."},{"start":95.59,"end":95.69,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":95.71,"end":95.81,"text":"Okay."},{"start":95.83,"end":95.93,"text":"Okay."},{"start":95.95,"end":96.16,"text":"All right."},{"start":96.17,"end":96.25,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"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.","topics":["White House social events","Dinner party planning","Marjorie P. Acker","Guest lists","Menu coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:43:48.356Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-social-events","dinner-party-planning","marjorie-p-acker","guest-lists","menu-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":102,"audioFiles":[{"file":"184-004.mp3","bytes":2450693,"durationSec":101.96,"bitrate":192286,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:00.506Z","transcriptGapSeconds":74,"transcriptGapShare":0.72,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/184-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/184-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/184/conversation-184-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}