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 on Tape 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 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 645078765 ↗

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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

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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.

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 · 18 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 · 27 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 (NAID 645078765). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-047 (accessed November 2, 2026).