Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 380 › Conversation 380-004

Nixon & Acker on Bess Truman and correspondence

Thursday, December 28, 1972 · 11:08 AM–11:56 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 29 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Acker, Marjorie P.Conversation380-004 on Tape 380StartThursday, December 28, 1972 at 11:08 AMEndThursday, December 28, 1972 at 11:56 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 380-004 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his secretary, Marjorie P. Acker, to arrange the processing and delivery of a handwritten note he had composed for Bess Truman. He instructed Acker to create a photographic copy of the document for official records before ensuring its proper transmission. The conversation served as a brief administrative task to coordinate the professional handling of the President's personal correspondence.

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Well, Mark, I'm sending over a note that I have, uh, written to Mrs. Truman.
Handwritten note.
If you'll, uh, make the usual copy in a photograph and, uh, see that it's, uh, you know, probably...
It can be mailed and delivered in some proper way.
Okay.
Fine.
Thank you.
I'll send it over to her.

NARA Description

On December 28, 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 11:08 am and 11:56 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 380-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 380-4

Date: December 28, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:08 am and 11:56 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Marjorie P. Acker.

       Correspondence
            -The President’s forthcoming note to Bess (Wallace) Truman
                 -Photograph
                 -Delivery
                       -Mail
                 -Manolo Sanchez

Also recorded on December 28, 1972

  • 035-022 10:23 AM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:23 am and 11:08 am.
  • 380-002 10:23 AM · 14 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 10:23 am and 11:08 am.
  • 035-023 11:08 AM · 21 sec — the White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 11:08 am.
  • 380-003 11:08 AM · 20 sec — the White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 11:08 am.
  • 380-005 11:08 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:08 am and 11:56 am.
  • 380-006 11:08 AM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:08 am and 11:56 am.
  • 035-024 11:56 AM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 11:56 am to 11:57 am.
  • 380-007 11:56 AM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:56 am and 11:57 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 380-004, December 28, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/380-004 (accessed October 11, 2026).