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.
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 AidConversation 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.
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.