{"conversationCode":"725-008","tapeNumber":725,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-725-008","startDateTime":"1972-05-16T12:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-16T12:14:00.000Z","startDate":"16-May-1972","startTime":"8:12 AM","endDate":"16-May-1972","endTime":"8:14 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Acker, Marjorie P.;","description":"On May 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:12 am and 8:14 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 725-008 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 725-8\n\nDate: May 16, 1972\nTime: Unknown after 8:12 am and unknown before 8:14 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Marjorie P. Acker.\n\n       Memorandum to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n\n       Rose Mary Woods\n          -Schedule\n               -Location\n\nAcker left.","filename":["725a.mp3","725b.mp3","725c.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:17:24","tapeEnd":"00:18:35","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Acker, Marjorie P."],"prevCode":"725-007","nextCode":"725-009","tapeTranscriptFile":"725a.mp3,725b.mp3,725c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":1027.5,"end":1033.27,"text":"All right, it's a little tape there."},{"start":1033.41,"end":1033.75,"text":"All right."},{"start":1033.85,"end":1034.35,"text":"All right."},{"start":1034.83,"end":1038.16,"text":"Yeah, this lady in the back room, she's..."},{"start":1038.18,"end":1039,"text":"Yes, all right."},{"start":1039.56,"end":1042.96,"text":"She's getting a permit this morning, but she's still at home."},{"start":1043,"end":1043.6,"text":"No, no, no, no."},{"start":1092.41,"end":1093.39,"text":"I'll be right out."},{"start":1093.53,"end":1094.31,"text":"All right."},{"start":1128.93,"end":1132.02,"text":"Well, later we go kill them."},{"start":1132.1,"end":1132.98,"text":"No, later we kill them there anyway."},{"start":1133,"end":1133.24,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":1133.26,"end":1133.78,"text":"It's a goddamn tragedy."},{"start":1133.8,"end":1134.26,"text":"I think it's fixed."},{"start":1134.28,"end":1136.62,"text":"You know, they made a wild spot at the president's home."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":1027.5,"end":1136.625,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met briefly with Marjorie P. Acker in the Oval Office to discuss administrative logistics and personnel matters involving the White House staff. The conversation touched upon the scheduling of Rose Mary Woods and the processing of a permit for a staff member. The brief exchange concluded with brief, ambiguous commentary regarding security concerns at the President's private residence.","topics":["White House administration","Personnel management","Rose Mary Woods","Presidential security","Schedule coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T03:23:22.535Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","personnel-management","rose-mary-woods","presidential-security","schedule-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":71,"audioFiles":[{"file":"725a.mp3","bytes":175422484,"durationSec":7309.2,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false},{"file":"725b.mp3","bytes":176269478,"durationSec":7344.48,"bitrate":192002,"missing":false},{"file":"725c.mp3","bytes":105103777,"durationSec":4379.27,"bitrate":192002,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.689Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/725a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/725b.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/725c.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/725-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/725/conversation-725-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}