Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 379 › Conversation 379-009
Nixon & Acker on Look to the Future and Speechwriting
Wednesday, November 1, 1972 · 9:17 AM–9:26 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 19 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Marjorie P. Acker to discuss the drafting of his upcoming radio and television address titled "Look to the Future." The brief session also addressed the scheduling of a follow-up meeting with speechwriter Patrick J. Buchanan to refine the address. This consultation served to coordinate the President's public communications strategy as the administration prepared for the impending broadcast.
- Look to the Future
- Speechwriting
- Patrick J. Buchanan
- Public relations
- Presidential schedule
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NARA Description
On November 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:17 am and 9:26 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 379-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 379-9
Date: November 1, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:17 am and 9:26 am
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Majorie P. Acker [?].
The President’s forthcoming radio and television speech, “Look to the Future” [?]
-Draft [?]
The President’s schedule
-Meeting with Patrick J. Buchanan
-Timing
Acker [?] let at an unknown time before 9:26 am.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUMAlso recorded on November 1, 1972
- 032-108 9:02 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:02 am to 9:03 am.
- 032-109 9:03 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:03 am and 9:09 am.
- 379-006 9:03 AM · 11 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 9:03 am and 9:09 am.
- 032-110 9:09 AM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:09 am to 9:10 am.
- 379-007 9:09 AM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:09 am to 9:10 am.
- 032-111 9:15 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Christian A. ("Sonny") Jurgenson talked on the telephone from 9:15 am to 9:17 am.
- 379-008 9:15 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Christian A. ("Sonny") Jurgenson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:15 am to 9:17 am.
- 379-010 9:26 AM · 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter J. Brennan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:26 am to 9:59 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 379-009, November 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/379-009 (accessed October 5, 2026).