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Nixon & Acker on Social interaction and White House personnel

Thursday, December 28, 1972 · 2:39 PM–2:40 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 43 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Acker, Marjorie P.Conversation380-030 on Tape 380StartThursday, December 28, 1972 at 2:39 PMEndThursday, December 28, 1972 at 2:40 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 380-030 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief, informal meeting with Marjorie P. Acker in his Old Executive Office Building suite. Their exchange was limited to social pleasantries and a brief directive from the President encouraging her not to rush. No substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were addressed during this minute-long encounter.

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Don't hurry, don't hurry.
If I didn't want to, I wanted to.
Thank you.

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 from 2:39 pm to 2:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 380-030 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 380-30

Date: December 28, 1972
Time: 2:39 pm - 2:40 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Marjorie P. Acker.

[See Conversation No. 35-29]

Also recorded on December 28, 1972

  • 380-026 2:20 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 2:26 pm.
  • 035-028 2:26 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Maurice J. Williams talked on the telephone from 2:26 pm to 2:30 pm.
  • 380-028 2:26 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Maurice J. Williams met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:26 pm to 2:30 pm.
  • 035-156 2:30 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:30 pm and 2:39 pm.
  • 380-029 2:30 PM · 10 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 2:30 pm and 2:39 pm.
  • 035-029 2:39 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker talked on the telephone from 2:39 pm to 2:40 pm.
  • 035-030 2:40 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 3:14 pm.
  • 380-031 2:40 PM · 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 2:40 pm and 3:14 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 380-030, 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/380-030 (accessed October 11, 2026).