{"conversationCode":"361-003","tapeNumber":361,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-361-003","startDateTime":"1972-08-22T13:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-22T13:54:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Aug-1972","startTime":"9:40 AM","endDate":"22-Aug-1972","endTime":"9:54 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Acker, Marjorie P.; White House operator; Lugar, Richard G.;","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.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 361-3\n\nDate: August 22, 1972\nTime: 9:40 am - 9:54 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Marjorie P. Acker.\n\n                                       (rev. Nov-03)\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 9:40 am and\n9:50 am.\n\n[Conversation No. 361-3A]\n\n             Request for calls\n                -Ronald W. Reagan\n                -Richard G. Lugar\n                     -Indianapolis, Indiana\n                -Edward W. Brooke\n                -Anne L. Armstrong\n                     -Republican National Committee\n                -Pamela Powell\n                     -Dick Powell\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 7m 1s      ]\n\nThe President talked With Lugar between 9:50 am and 9:51 am.\n\n[Conversation No. 361-3B]\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nAcker left at 9:54 am.\n\n                                        (rev. Nov-03)","filename":["361-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Acker, Marjorie P.","White House operator","Lugar, Richard G."],"prevCode":"361-002","nextCode":"361-004","transcript":[{"start":0.32,"end":25.15,"text":"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."},{"start":25.17,"end":26.8,"text":"I'll call you back at 12 o'clock today."},{"start":26.82,"end":27.1,"text":"Mayor Lugar."},{"start":27.12,"end":28.74,"text":"Senator Rook."},{"start":28.95,"end":57.85,"text":"and, uh, and, uh, and our strong, and our strong state of the co-channel group of, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh, and, uh"},{"start":59.63,"end":60.03,"text":"BLEEP"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"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.","topics":["Richard G. Lugar","Presidential communication","Political outreach","Administrative coordination","Republican National Committee"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T16:53:39.092Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-g-lugar","presidential-communication","political-outreach","administrative-coordination","republican-national-committee"],"audioDurationSec":73,"audioFiles":[{"file":"361-003.mp3","bytes":1752292,"durationSec":72.95,"bitrate":192172,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.874Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/361-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/361-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/361/conversation-361-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}