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Nixon & Acker on Rose Mary Woods and White House Administration

Tuesday, October 10, 1972 · 12:09 PM–12:10 PM ET · Oval Office · 27 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Acker, Marjorie P.Conversation795-005 on Tape 795StartTuesday, October 10, 1972 at 12:09 PMEndTuesday, October 10, 1972 at 12:10 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 795-005 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Marjorie P. Acker in the Oval Office to briefly discuss scheduling matters, specifically concerning the itinerary of his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. The conversation also included a reference to a telephone call involving James Brown. The meeting was administrative in nature and concluded after only one minute.

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Would you like me to come in?

That would be just a couple of minutes.

I'll tell you, I've got this black ball coming at me.

NARA Description

On October 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:09 pm to 12:10 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 795-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 795-5

Date: October 10, 1972
Time: 12:09 pm - 12:10 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Marjorie P. Acker.

        Rose Mary Woods’s schedule
            -Telephone call
        [James Brown]

        Acker
           -Schedule

Acker left at 12:10 pm.

Also recorded on October 10, 1972

795-002 11:53 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:53 am and 11:54 am.
795-003 11:54 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Witold Trampczynski, Helmut ("Hal") Sonnenfeldt, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:54 am to 12:02 pm.
795-004 12:02 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:02 pm and 12:09 pm.
795-006 12:10 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:10 pm and 12:17 pm.
795-007 12:10 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:10 pm and 12:17 pm.
795-008 12:17 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, James Brown, Joseph Brown, James F. Palmer, Charles Bobbitt, Robert J. Brown, Stanley S. Scott, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:17 pm to 12:27 pm.
795-009 12:27 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:27 pm and 12:30 pm.
795-010 12:30 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:30 pm to 12:49 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 795-005, October 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/795-005 (accessed October 12, 2026).