Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 390 › Conversation 390-019
Nixon, Woods & Acker on 1972 Presidential Campaign and Speechwriting
Thursday, November 2, 1972 · 6:50 PM–6:55 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 6 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Rose Mary Woods and Marjorie P. Acker to review administrative tasks and personal correspondence during the final days of the 1972 campaign. The discussion centered on finalizing edits for the President's "Look to the Future" speech and handling gift-related communications, including a painting and a message from Amory Houghton, Jr. The participants also managed various campaign-related notes and scheduling logistics to ensure the President's materials were prepared for upcoming public events.
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NARA Description
On November 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Marjorie P. Acker met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:50 pm to 6:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 390-019 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 390-19
Date: November 2, 1972
Time: 6:50 pm - 6:55 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Rose Mary Woods and Marjorie P. Acker.
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
1972 campaign
-Painting
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Antoinette Hatfield
-The President’s speech, “Look to the Future”
-Changes
-Press copy
-Amory Houghton, Jr.
-Gift
-Message
-Speech drafts
-Corrections
-Henry A. Kissinger [?]
-The President’s schedule
-Painting
-Telephone calls
-Candidates
-Painting
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY
Conversation No. 390-19 (cont’d)
-Mrs. Nixon
-Note
-Foreign policy speech
-Revisions
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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Woods and Acker left at 6:55 pm.Also recorded on November 2, 1972
- 032-154 6:00 PM · 5 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 6:00 pm to 6:04 pm.
- 390-015 6:38 PM · 18 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 6:38 pm and 6:50 pm.
- 390-016 6:38 PM · 14 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 6:38 pm and 6:50 pm.
- 390-017 6:38 PM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:38 pm and 6:50 pm.
- 390-018 6:38 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:38 pm and 6:50 pm.
- 032-155 6:57 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 6:57 pm.
- 032-156 6:57 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:57 pm and 7:02 pm.
- 390-020 6:57 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 6:57 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 390-019, November 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/390-019 (accessed October 11, 2026).