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Nixon & Acker on Charles W. Colson and White House assignments

Monday, November 1, 1971 · 8:03 AM–9:25 AM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Acker, Marjorie P.Conversation609-014 on Tape 609 (tape position 03:40:56–04:02:46)StartMonday, November 1, 1971 at 8:03 AMEndMonday, November 1, 1971 at 9:25 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 609-014 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Marjorie P. Acker in the Oval Office to discuss a specific assignment involving Charles W. Colson. The brief exchange includes cryptic references to a potential explosive incident. The conversation serves primarily to facilitate a task for Colson, though the details of the assignment remain obscure.

Audio

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NARA Description

On November 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:03 am and 9:25 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 609-014 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 609-14

Date: November 1, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:03 am and 9:25 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Marjorie P. Acker.

     Assignment
          -Charles W. Colson

Acker left at an unknown time before 9:25 am.

Transcript (AI-generated)

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Mark, you didn't see that, sir.
I guess it was a bloody bomb.
Take a little shot.

Also recorded on November 1, 1971

  • 608-004 8:03 AM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Stephen B. Bull, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:03 am and 9:25 am.
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  • 609-016 8:03 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:03 am and 9:25 am.
  • 609-017 9:25 AM · 2 hr 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, John D. Ehrlichman, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:25 am to 1:30 pm.
  • 013-052 1:30 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:30 pm.
  • 013-053 1:46 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 2:29 pm.
  • 302-019 1:46 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 2:29 pm.
  • 302-020 1:46 PM · 15 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 1:46 pm and 2:29 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 609-014, November 1, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/609-014 (accessed November 14, 2026).