Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 85 › Conversation 085-014

Nixon White House recording on business ethics and pricing strategy

Friday, December 3, 1971 · 12:00 AM–10:08 AM ET · Cabinet Room · 11 min

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation085-014 on Tape 85StartFriday, December 3, 1971 at 12:00 AMEndFriday, December 3, 1971 at 10:08 AMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 085-014 ↗

AI Summary

An unidentified group of men met in the Cabinet Room to discuss specific business practices, specifically concerning the ethics of "gentleman's pricing." The dialogue focuses on the appropriateness of these pricing strategies, with one participant advising another against adopting such methods. No definitive administrative decisions were recorded, as the conversation remains largely unintelligible and inconclusive regarding its broader strategic intent.

  • business ethics
  • pricing strategy
  • Cabinet Room meeting
  • corporate practices

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NARA Description

On December 3, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:00 am and 10:08 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 085-014 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 85-14

Date: Unknown between December 3 and December 6, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:00 am, December 3 and 10:08 am, December 6, 1971
Location: Cabinet Room

Unknown men met

     [Unintelligible]

The unknown men left at an unknown time before 10:08 am, December 6, 1971

Transcript (AI-generated)

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No, that's not it.
That's not the problem.
You want me to do our gentleman's pricing, that's fine, but you shouldn't do it.
You want me to do our gentleman's pricing, that's fine, but you shouldn't do it.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 085-014, December 3, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/085-014 (accessed October 29, 2026).