Nixon White House TapesTape 35 › Conversation 035-109

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

Friday, January 12, 1973 · 11:50 AM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation035-109 on Tape 35StartFriday, January 12, 1973 at 11:50 AMEndFriday, January 12, 1973 at 11:50 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 035-109 ↗

President Nixon directs the White House operator to facilitate a meeting with speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. The President specifically requests that Price relocate from his current position to the Executive Office Building to consult with him. This brief exchange initiates a direct administrative request for immediate staffing coordination.

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Would you ask Mr. Ray Price to step over to the EOB office, please?
Yes, Mr. President.

On January 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:50 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-109 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 35-109

Date: January 12, 1973
Time: 11:50 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 396-6]

       Request for a meeting with Raymond K. Price, Jr. in the Executive Office Building
       [EOB]
  • 035-152 11:25 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 11:43 am.
  • 396-002 11:25 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Zosimo Monson, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 11:43 am.
  • 396-003 11:25 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 11:43 am.
  • 396-004 11:25 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 11:25 am and 11:43 am.
  • 396-005 11:25 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 11:49 am.
  • 035-153 11:43 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 11:43 am to 11:49 am.
  • 396-006 11:50 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 11:50 am.
  • 396-007 11:55 AM · 2 hr 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:55 am to 1:55 pm.

Conversation 035-109, January 12, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-109 (accessed September 22, 2026).