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Conversation 042-013

TapeTape 42StartTuesday, April 6, 1971 at 11:10 AMEndTuesday, April 6, 1971 at 11:11 AMTape start time00:17:57Tape end time00:19:30ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Acker, Marjorie P.Recording deviceWhite House Telephone
AI Summary

President Nixon instructed his secretary, Marjorie P. Acker, to modify a draft of an upcoming speech before delivering it to Henry Kissinger. He directed Acker to revert the conclusion to a previous version of the text starting from a specific passage regarding the "long and difficult trial." This directive ensured that Kissinger received the finalized language Nixon preferred, specifically ordering that the document be provided to no one else at that stage.

SpeechwritingHenry KissingerWhite House AdministrationPresidential Correspondence
AudioNARA Description

On April 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker talked on the telephone from 11:10 am to 11:11 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 042-013 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 42-13

Date: April 6, 1971
Time: 11:10 am - 11:11 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Marjorie P. Acker.

[See Conversation No. 245-10]

     Draft of President's speech
           -Page 14
           -Henry A. Kissinger
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Yeah.
Mrs. Acker.
Yeah.
Hello.
Marge.
Yes.
Now, you can take this, but if you will look at the, oh, page 14, page 14.
Right.
The sentence ending, it has been a long and difficult trial for us.
Yes.
Yeah.
From there on, I want you to, not for me, but for the draft you give to Kissinger to leave the conclusion in that is in the old speech.
You see what I mean?
Let me explain.
This is all a change, you know, part of it is a change, remember?
Right, the insert.
But where I say, but I can assure you tonight with the confidence, remember that's part of the insert on the yellow page.
What I want you to do is to go right back to the draft that I was working on.
Find that draft.
You got it in front of you?
Right.
All right, what does it say right after it has been a long and difficult trial for us?
But now ahead we can see the end.
All right, fine.
That sentence.
And everything else from there on, as it was in that draft, that's the draft you give to him.
Fair enough?
Yes.
That's right.
Just give it to him, nobody else at this point.
Okay.
Thank you.
All right.
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