Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 274 › Conversation 274-039
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Raymond K. Price Jr.
Wednesday, September 8, 1971 · 3:04 PM–3:06 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. This brief interaction served solely to initiate official communication between the President and a member of his advisory staff. No further substantive policy matters or decisions were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.
Audio
part B, 1:05:21
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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the players above hold the full tape, shared with neighbouring conversations. By the archivists' log it runs from 03:07:41 to 03:07:46 into the tape; their log often drifts a minute or two from the audio, so listen for the subjects in the finding aid.
NARA Description
On September 8, 1971, 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 3:04 pm and 3:06 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 274-039 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 274-39
Date: September 8, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:04 pm and 3:06 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 8-52]
Request for a call to Raymond K. Price, Jr.Transcript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.
Also recorded on September 8, 1971
- 008-051 3:03 PM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 3:03 pm to 3:04 pm.
- 274-038 3:03 PM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:03 pm to 3:04 pm.
- 008-052 3:05 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:05 pm.
- 008-053 3:06 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 3:06 pm to 3:08 pm.
- 274-040 3:06 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:06 pm to 3:08 pm.
- 008-054 3:08 PM · 41 sec — Raymond K. Price, Jr. and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 7:40 pm.
- 008-055 3:08 PM · 2 min — Raymond K. Price, Jr., White House operator, and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 7:40 pm.
- 008-056 3:08 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 7:40 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 274-039, September 8, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/274-039 (accessed November 1, 2026).