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Conversation 380-032

TapeTape 380StartThursday, December 28, 1972 at 3:14 PMEndThursday, December 28, 1972 at 3:25 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Price, Raymond K., Jr.Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building
AI Summary

President Nixon met with speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. to discuss the transfer and handling of sensitive personal or historical documents. Nixon expressed a reflective mood regarding his impending departure from office and the broader legacy of his presidency. The conversation centered on the President's desire to entrust Price with specific materials and provided a brief moment of introspection on the challenges of his tenure.

Presidential archivesRaymond K. Price Jr.Presidential transitionHistorical legacyDocument management
AudioNARA Description

On December 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:14 pm to 3:25 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 380-032 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 380-32

Date: December 28, 1972
Time: 3:14 pm - 3:25 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Raymond K. Price, Jr.

[See Conversation No. 35-31]
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Hello.
Ray, I have read through the book now, and I have decided I can send it to you.
Yeah.
Thank you.
Thank you.
I think that as I go through this material, I have my ways of caring for them.
I, uh, I think all across
I, uh, I don't think
I actually haven't done any of the very hard things in my life.
But what I'd like you to do is to take the money for it.
But I know this, and nobody can tell you what's in any of those.
But anyway, I guess I feel that the nation probably
And as I say, right now, I'm sitting in a house that's sitting right here.
I would not have expected that.
So it's about the end now that I'm going to leave.
So if you want to go back there, go ahead.
That's what I'm saying now.
Of course, I totally agree.
It's a .
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to the other generations, race, all the rest of it.
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I guess the thought is that I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
Yeah, good, for those times.
And then we are...
Okay, Ray.
Wish me well.
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