Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 361 › Conversation 361-003

Nixon, Lugar & Acker on Political outreach and Administrative coordination

Tuesday, August 22, 1972 · 9:40 AM–9:54 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building ·1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Acker, Marjorie P.; White House operator; Lugar, Richard G.Conversation361-003 onTape 361StartTuesday, August 22, 1972 at 9:40 AMEndTuesday, August 22, 1972 at 9:54 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 361-003 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Marjorie P. Acker and briefly communicated with Indianapolis Mayor Richard G. Lugar to coordinate a series of administrative phone calls. The primary focus involved managing logistics for outgoing communication with various political figures, including Ronald Reagan, Edward W. Brooke, and Anne L. Armstrong. The conversation concluded with arrangements to reconnect with Mayor Lugar later in the day to facilitate further political outreach.

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Mayor, I have a report call to make to the extension, I believe, if we can get these people to leave us, since they're not around.

I'll call you back at 12 o'clock today.

Mayor Lugar.

Senator Rook.

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NARA Description

On August 22, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Marjorie P. Acker, White House operator, and Richard G. Lugar met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:40 am to 9:54 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 361-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 361-3

Date: August 22, 1972
Time: 9:40 am - 9:54 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Marjorie P. Acker.

                                       (rev. Nov-03)

The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 9:40 am and
9:50 am.

[Conversation No. 361-3A]

             Request for calls
                -Ronald W. Reagan
                -Richard G. Lugar
                     -Indianapolis, Indiana
                -Edward W. Brooke
                -Anne L. Armstrong
                     -Republican National Committee
                -Pamela Powell
                     -Dick Powell

[End of telephone conversation]

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 7m 1s      ]

The President talked With Lugar between 9:50 am and 9:51 am.

[Conversation No. 361-3B]

[End of telephone conversation]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Acker left at 9:54 am.

                                        (rev. Nov-03)

Also recorded on August 22, 1972

361-004 9:54 AM · 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 9:54 am and 9:58 am.
361-005 9:58 AM · 51 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Edward W. Brooke met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:58 am to 9:59 am.
361-006 10:04 AM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald W. Reagan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:04 am to 10:06 am.
361-007 10:06 AM · 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 10:06 am and 10:14 am.
361-008 10:06 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:06 am and 10:14 am.
361-009 10:14 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Anne L. Armstrong met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:14 am to 10:15 am.
361-010 10:15 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:15 am to 10:18 am.
361-011 10:18 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:18 am to 10:20 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 361-003, August 22, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/361-003 (accessed September 18, 2026).