Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 8 › Conversation 008-047

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

Wednesday, September 8, 1971 · 9:40 AM–1:27 PM ET · White House Telephone ·18 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation008-047 onTape 8 (tape position 01:39:41–01:39:58)StartWednesday, September 8, 1971 at 9:40 AMEndWednesday, September 8, 1971 at 1:27 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 008-047 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to facilitate communication with his speechwriter, Raymond K. Price. The President requested that Price report to his office in the Executive Office Building for a meeting. The operator confirmed the request and initiated the process to locate and connect Price.

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Yes, please.
Could you ask Mr. Price to come to the EOB, please?
Mr. Raymond Price?
Yes, get him on the phone, please.
Sure, he will.

NARA Description

On September 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:40 am and 1:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-047 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 8-47

Date: September 8, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:40 am and 1:27 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 274-31]

     Request for Raymond K. Price to come to the Executive Office Building [EOB] office

     Request for call to Price

Also recorded on September 8, 1971

  • 008-046 9:40 AM · 33 sec — Raymond K. Price, Jr. and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:40 am and 1:27 pm.
  • 274-026 9:40 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:40 am and 10:06 am.
  • 274-027 9:40 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:40 am and 10:06 am.
  • 274-028 10:06 AM · 1 hr 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:06 am to 11:40 am.
  • 274-029 11:40 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:40 am and 1:27 pm.
  • 274-030 11:40 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:40 am and 1:27 pm.
  • 274-031 11:40 AM · 24 sec — 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 11:40 am and 1:27 pm.
  • 008-048 1:27 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 1:27 pm to 1:28 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 008-047, 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/008-047 (accessed September 18, 2026).