Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 31 › Conversation 031-044

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

Saturday, October 14, 1972 · 10:42 AM–10:58 AM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation031-044 on Tape 31StartSaturday, October 14, 1972 at 10:42 AMEndSaturday, October 14, 1972 at 10:58 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 031-044 ↗

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On October 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:42 am and 10:58 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-044 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 31-44

Date: October 14, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:56 am and 10:58 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 798-8]

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

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Ray price, please
  • 798-005 10:39 AM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:39 am and 10:42 am.
  • 798-006 10:39 AM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:39 am and 10:42 am.
  • 798-007 10:42 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and William E. Timmons met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:42 am to 10:56 am.
  • 798-008 10:56 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:56 am and 10:58 am.
  • 798-009 10:56 AM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:56 am and 10:58 am.
  • 031-045 10:58 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 10:58 am to 11:01 am.
  • 798-010 10:58 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:58 am to 11:01 am.
  • 798-011 11:01 AM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:01 am and 11:17 am.

Conversation 031-044, October 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/031-044 (accessed November 4, 2026).