Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 670 › Conversation 670-001

Nixon & Acker on White House administration and photography

Monday, February 14, 1972 · 8:52 AM–9:12 AM ET · Oval Office ·24 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Acker, Marjorie P.Conversation670-001 onTape 670 (tape position 00:05:06–00:06:50)StartMonday, February 14, 1972 at 8:52 AMEndMonday, February 14, 1972 at 9:12 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 670-001 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Marjorie P. Acker in the Oval Office to organize and categorize photographic materials. The discussion focused on the classification of specific images described as vanity and casual shots. Acker processed these marked copies as part of an administrative task to manage the President's personal or official portrait collection.

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Mark the shooting.
Take this, uh, two boulders here, the vanity and the casual ones.
That's the copies.
I marked these up, uh, put them.

NARA Description

On February 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:52 am and 9:12 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 670-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 670-1

Date: February 14, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:52 am and 9:12 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Marjorie P. Acker.       Conv. No. 670-23/671-1 (cont.)

     Folders
          -Copies
               -Marked
               -Book

Acker left at an unknown time before 9:12 am.

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  • 670-002 8:52 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:52 am and 9:12 am.
  • 670-003 8:52 AM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:52 am and 9:12 am.
  • 670-004 8:52 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:52 am and 9:12 am.
  • 670-005 9:12 AM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:12 am to 10:02 am.
  • 670-006 10:02 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:02 am and 10:07 am.
  • 670-007 10:07 AM · 52 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Arthur F. Burns, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:07 am to 10:59 am.
  • 670-008 10:59 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Stephen B. Bull, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:59 am to 11:04 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 670-001, February 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/670-001 (accessed September 18, 2026).