President Nixon placed a telephone call to Mrs. Jerry V. Wilson to personally offer congratulations on the occasion of their 15th wedding anniversary. During the brief exchange, Nixon expressed his high regard for her husband’s professional performance as Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department. He concluded the call by asking Mrs. Wilson to relay his formal commendation to her husband for his service to both the city and the nation.
On May 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Jerry V. Wilson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:45 pm and 6:03 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-093 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 2-93 Date: May 5, 1971 Time: Unknown between 5:45 pm and 6:03 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Mrs. Jerry V. Wilson. [See Conversation No. 492-7D] 52 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) [A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271. The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript. The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.] [End of transcript]
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