{"conversationCode":"390-019","tapeNumber":390,"conversationNumber":19,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-390-019","startDateTime":"1972-11-02T23:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-02T23:55:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Nov-1972","startTime":"6:50 PM","endDate":"2-Nov-1972","endTime":"6:55 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary; Acker, Marjorie P.;","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. 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(“Pat”) Nixon\n                   -Antoinette Hatfield\n            -The President’s speech, “Look to the Future”\n                   -Changes\n                   -Press copy\n            -Amory Houghton, Jr.\n                   -Gift\n                   -Message\n            -Speech drafts\n                   -Corrections\n                   -Henry A. Kissinger [?]\n                   -The President’s schedule\n            -Painting\n            -Telephone calls\n                   -Candidates\n            -Painting\n\f                                            - 27 -\n\n                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY\n\n                                                         Conversation No. 390-19 (cont’d)\n\n                  -Mrs. Nixon\n                  -Note\n            -Foreign policy speech\n                  -Revisions\n\n[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n*****************************************************************\n\nWoods and Acker left at 6:55 pm.","filename":["390-019.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Woods, Rose Mary","Acker, Marjorie P."],"prevCode":"390-018","nextCode":"390-020","transcript":[{"start":0.2,"end":22.83,"text":"The painting group still doesn't know what this would look like the next night."},{"start":32.77,"end":45.2,"text":"Let me show you this."},{"start":45.22,"end":45.89,"text":"I don't know if you can see this."},{"start":45.91,"end":47.47,"text":"I'd like to take all the changes that I have made here on the press conference"},{"start":67.4,"end":89.35,"text":"I have a copy of that."},{"start":96.44,"end":111.93,"text":"How do you walk when you're crazy?"},{"start":115.78,"end":142.88,"text":"We want to do that as a reminder of our deep appreciation for your help."},{"start":142.9,"end":143.76,"text":"I can give you that if you didn't thank us."},{"start":145.44,"end":157.24,"text":"It is."},{"start":157.26,"end":162.37,"text":"Maybe it is."},{"start":162.39,"end":162.81,"text":"Maybe it is too long."},{"start":162.83,"end":163.53,"text":"I don't want to trade it like that."},{"start":163.56,"end":163.98,"text":"Well, you never know."},{"start":164,"end":164.3,"text":"You never know."},{"start":164.32,"end":164.8,"text":"I don't want to lose it."},{"start":164.82,"end":166.32,"text":"I don't want to lose it."},{"start":173.69,"end":194.74,"text":"That's what it looks like."},{"start":207.12,"end":226.09,"text":"The only thing that survived through the blast."},{"start":226.36,"end":256.23,"text":"Over here."},{"start":261.26,"end":285.05,"text":"Okay."},{"start":287.79,"end":287.89,"text":"Okay."},{"start":289.91,"end":313.62,"text":"Well, he says, I think, someone that's from a different background from the great president."},{"start":313.64,"end":314.2,"text":"And she says it's very cute."},{"start":314.23,"end":314.67,"text":"He's not like a devil."},{"start":314.69,"end":315.13,"text":"He's not like a devil."},{"start":315.15,"end":315.55,"text":"He's not like Percy."},{"start":315.57,"end":317.11,"text":"She says, my dear Mr. President, happy 100th January to a white man's hat."},{"start":317.13,"end":317.79,"text":"And I am winning on election day."},{"start":317.81,"end":318.25,"text":"Many thanks in return."},{"start":318.27,"end":319.51,"text":"I made this painting with a mistake when I was at the Supreme."},{"start":320.05,"end":348.4,"text":"Okay."},{"start":349.21,"end":358.57,"text":"You don't have to be ."},{"start":358.69,"end":377.55,"text":"That's all I can do."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"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.","topics":["1972 Presidential Campaign","Speechwriting","White House Administration","Gifts","Rose Mary Woods"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:56:08.070Z"},"topicSlugs":["1972-presidential-campaign","speechwriting","white-house-administration","gifts","rose-mary-woods"],"audioDurationSec":378,"audioFiles":[{"file":"390-019.mp3","bytes":9063275,"durationSec":377.51,"bitrate":192066,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.438Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:31.997Z","transcriptGapSeconds":252,"transcriptGapShare":0.67,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/390-019.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/390-019","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/390/conversation-390-019","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). 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