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Nixon & Acker on Speechwriting and Editorial review

Tuesday, April 6, 1971 · 11:10 AM–11:11 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Acker, Marjorie P.Conversation245-010 on Tape 245 (tape position 01:57:42–02:01:13)StartTuesday, April 6, 1971 at 11:10 AMEndTuesday, April 6, 1971 at 11:11 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 245-010 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417183237 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Marjorie P. Acker to provide specific editorial direction for a speech draft. He instructed Acker to revert to an earlier version of the text, explicitly identifying a problematic sentence that needed to be removed. Acker agreed to modify the draft for the commissioner based on the President's requested revisions.

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NARA Description

On April 6, 1971, 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. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 245-010 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 245-010

Date: April 6, 1971
Time: 11:10 am - 11:11 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Marjorie P. Acker

[See Conversation No. 42-13]

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Yeah.
Pardon.
Now, you can take this, but, uh, if you will look at the, uh, the, uh... Oh.
Page 14.
Page 14.
Uh...
The sentence ending has been a long, difficult trial for us.
Yeah.
From there on, I want you to, not for me, but for the draft you give the commissioner to leave and move your name.
That is in the old speech.
See what I mean?
Let me explain.
This is all a change, you know, that part of it is a change.
You remember where I say, but I'm sure you're not going to come.
You remember that part of the answer on the yellow table?
What I want you to do is to go right back to the draft that I was working on.
Find that draft.
You've got it in front of you.
All right, what's it say right after?
All right, fine.
Bad sentence.
Bad sentence.
And everything else from there on, as it was in that draft, that's what the draft can get at the end.
Fair enough.
I'll just get it at the end.
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.
  • 042-013 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.
  • 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.
  • 245-011 11:11 AM · 6 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 11:11 am and 11:13 am.
  • 042-015 11:13 AM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker talked on the telephone from 11:13 am to 11:14 am.
  • 245-012 11:13 AM · 32 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:13 am to 11:14 am.
  • 042-016 11:14 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:14 am and 11:19 am.
  • 245-013 11:14 AM · 15 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 11:14 am and 11:19 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 245-010, April 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417183237). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/245-010 (accessed October 31, 2026).