Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 10 › Conversation 010-078

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Raymond K. Price, Jr.

Wednesday, October 6, 1971 · 11:39 AM–11:44 AM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation010-078 on Tape 10 (tape position 02:36:07–02:36:14)StartWednesday, October 6, 1971 at 11:39 AMEndWednesday, October 6, 1971 at 11:44 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 010-078 ↗

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On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 11:44 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-078 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 10-78

Date: October 6, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:39 am and 11:44 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 278-29]

     Request for a call to Raymond K. Price, Jr.

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Ray Price, please.
Yes, sir.
  • 010-076 11:36 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 11:36 am to 11:39 am.
  • 283-028 11:36 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:36 am to 11:39 am.
  • 010-077 11:39 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 11:44 am.
  • 283-029 11:39 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 11:44 am.
  • 010-079 11:44 AM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire talked on the telephone from 11:44 am to 11:45 am.
  • 283-030 11:44 AM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:44 am to 11:45 am.
  • 010-080 11:46 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 11:46 am to 11:47 am.
  • 283-031 11:46 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:46 am to 11:47 am.

Conversation 010-078, October 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/010-078 (accessed November 4, 2026).