President Nixon met with Senator Henry M. Jackson to dictate a formal letter addressed to him. The discussion centered on an editorial published in The New York Times. Nixon concluded the brief interaction by providing instructions to share a copy of the correspondence with an individual named Margaret.
On April 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:44 am and 11:45 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 330-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 330-16
Date: April 5, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:44 am and 11:45 am
Location: Executive Office Building
The President dictated a letter to Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson.
Instructions
New York Times editorial
-Copy to be sent to Margaret [Surname unknown]No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.