{"conversationCode":"380-004","tapeNumber":380,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-380-004","startDateTime":"1972-12-28T16:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-28T16:56:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Dec-1972","startTime":"11:08 AM","endDate":"28-Dec-1972","endTime":"11:56 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Acker, Marjorie P.;","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.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 380-4\n\nDate: December 28, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:08 am and 11:56 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Marjorie P. Acker.\n\n       Correspondence\n            -The President’s forthcoming note to Bess (Wallace) Truman\n                 -Photograph\n                 -Delivery\n                       -Mail\n                 -Manolo Sanchez","filename":["380-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Acker, Marjorie P."],"prevCode":"380-003","nextCode":"380-005","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":19.38,"text":"Well, Mark, I'm sending over a note that I have, uh, written to Mrs. Truman."},{"start":19.39,"end":19.73,"text":"Handwritten note."},{"start":19.75,"end":21.76,"text":"If you'll, uh, make the usual copy in a photograph and, uh, see that it's, uh, you know, probably..."},{"start":21.78,"end":22.78,"text":"It can be mailed and delivered in some proper way."},{"start":22.8,"end":22.9,"text":"Okay."},{"start":22.92,"end":23.02,"text":"Fine."},{"start":23.04,"end":23.24,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":23.26,"end":23.76,"text":"I'll send it over to her."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"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.","topics":["Bess Truman","correspondence","administrative procedures","White House staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:35:44.632Z"},"topicSlugs":["bess-truman","correspondence","administrative-procedures","white-house-staff"],"audioDurationSec":29,"audioFiles":[{"file":"380-004.mp3","bytes":687750,"durationSec":28.52,"bitrate":192917,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.876Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/380-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/380-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/380/conversation-380-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}