Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 285 › Conversation 285-025
Nixon & Acker on personal correspondence and document delivery
Thursday, October 7, 1971 · 1:02 PM–1:03 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 17 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met briefly with Marjorie P. Acker to coordinate the delivery of personal documents. The discussion centered on Acker bringing copies of specific materials for the President's review. The interaction concluded with Nixon expressing his intent to use his private telephone line to address personal matters.
- personal correspondence
- document delivery
- administrative coordination
- private communications
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NARA Description
On October 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:02 pm to 1:03 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 285-025 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 285-025 Date: October 7, 1971 Time: 1:02 pm - 1:03 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Marjorie P. Acker. [See Conversation No. 10-134]
Also recorded on October 7, 1971
- 010-131 12:48 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire talked on the telephone from 12:48 pm to 12:51 pm.
- 010-132 12:51 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:51 pm and 1:02 pm.
- 285-023 12:51 PM · 5 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 12:51 pm and 1:02 pm.
- 285-024 12:51 PM · 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 12:51 pm and 1:02 pm.
- 010-133 1:02 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:02 pm.
- 010-134 1:02 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker talked on the telephone from 1:02 pm to 1:03 pm.
- 010-135 1:03 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, Marjorie P. Acker, and William L. Safire talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:03 pm and 1:20 pm.
- 285-026 1:05 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Marjorie P. Acker, White House operator, and William L. Safire met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 2:43 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 285-025, October 7, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/285-025 (accessed October 6, 2026).