Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 602 › Conversation 602-007

Nixon & Acker on Photography and Frances (Grant) Bennett

Tuesday, October 26, 1971 · 12:18 PM–12:19 PM ET · Oval Office ·28 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Acker, Marjorie P.Conversation602-007 onTape 602 (tape position 02:41:27–02:42:19)StartTuesday, October 26, 1971 at 12:18 PMEndTuesday, October 26, 1971 at 12:19 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 602-007 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Marjorie P. Acker to provide specific instructions regarding a photograph. The discussion focused on administrative details for labeling the image, specifically requesting the inclusion of the first name of Frances (Grant) Bennett. The meeting concluded quickly after these personal arrangements were clarified.

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Oh, I want to do that.
I want you to send that to me.
And I want her name on it.
Her first name.
I don't know what it is.
And I've had this thing since I was a kid.
Okay.
Through all the black and white, great appreciation for their passion through the years is what I'll have.
Okay.

NARA Description

On October 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:18 pm to 12:19 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 602-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 602-7

Date: October 26, 1971
Time: 12:18 pm - 12:19 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Marjorie P. Acker.

     Instructions for photograph
           -Frances (Grant) Bennett
           -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

Acker left at 12:19 pm.

Also recorded on October 26, 1971

  • 602-005 11:24 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:24 am to 11:29 am.
  • 013-009 11:25 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 11:37 am.
  • 602-006 11:35 AM · 42 min — Alexander P. Butterfield, Wallace F. Bennett, George P. Shultz, Clark MacGregor, John D. Ehrlichman, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, unknown person(s), and Marjorie P. Acker met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:35 am to 12:18 pm.
  • 013-010 11:37 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 11:37 am to 11:42 am.
  • 013-011 11:42 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:42 am and 1:41 pm.
  • 602-008 12:19 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:19 pm and 12:20 pm.
  • 602-009 12:20 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Armistad J. Maupin, Jr., Charles P. Collins, III, Francis L. Abad, Jr., Karel J. Leadbeter, Jack R. Myerovitz, Carrollton E. Reese, Jr., John F. Butler, Thomas M. Nielsen, Zeph Lane, Mrs. Zeph Lane, Rick Will, Pat Will, Charles W. Colson, Alexander P. Butterfield, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:20 pm to 12:40 pm.
  • 602-010 12:45 PM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:45 pm to 1:39 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 602-007, October 26, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/602-007 (accessed September 18, 2026).