Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 8 › Conversation 008-043

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

Tuesday, September 7, 1971 · 7:06 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation008-043 on Tape 8 (tape position 01:33:16–01:33:25)StartTuesday, September 7, 1971 at 7:06 PMEndTuesday, September 7, 1971 at 7:06 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 008-043 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. The President requested that Price be located at his current position in the Lincoln Sitting Room for the purpose of a direct conversation. This brief administrative exchange served solely to bridge the communication link between the President and a member of his staff.

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NARA Description

On September 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:06 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-043 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 8-43

Date: September 7, 1971
Time: 7:06 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Raymond K. Price, Jr.
         -Lincoln Sitting Room

Also recorded on September 7, 1971

  • 008-040 5:50 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:50 pm and 5:56 pm.
  • 008-041 5:50 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:50 pm and 5:56 pm.
  • 008-042 5:56 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 5:56 pm to 6:00 pm.
  • 275-031 5:56 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:56 pm to 6:00 pm.
  • 275-032 6:00 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:00 pm and 6:04 pm.
  • 275-033 6:04 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 6:04 pm.
  • 008-044 7:06 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:06 pm and 7:13 pm.
  • 008-045 7:13 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:13 pm to 7:19 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 008-043, September 7, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-043 (accessed October 10, 2026).