Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 8 › Conversation 008-051
Nixon phone call with Price on Speechwriting and Legislative address
Wednesday, September 8, 1971 · 3:03 PM–3:04 PM ET · White House Telephone · 54 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. coordinated the final drafting process for the President’s upcoming address to Congress. They established a 5:00 p.m. deadline for the draft and clarified that Price should finalize specific language with George P. Shultz. Nixon further streamlined the process by advising Price to disregard efforts to contact John B. Connally, confirming that he had already secured Connally's approval.
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NARA Description
On September 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 3:03 pm to 3:04 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-051 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 8-51
Date: September 8, 1971
Time: 3:03 pm - 3:04 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Raymond K. Price, Jr.
[See Conversation No. 274-38]
President's forthcoming speech to Congress
-President’s schedule
-Draft
-Deadline
-President’s location
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
-The President's meeting with Price
-Time
-Price's attempted contact with John B. Connally
-Price's talk with George P. Shultz
-Wording of draft
-Connally's talk with the PresidentAlso recorded on September 8, 1971
- 274-038 3:03 PM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:03 pm to 3:04 pm.
- 274-039 3:04 PM · 5 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 3:04 pm and 3:06 pm.
- 008-052 3:05 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:05 pm.
- 008-053 3:06 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 3:06 pm to 3:08 pm.
- 274-040 3:06 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:06 pm to 3:08 pm.
- 008-054 3:08 PM · 41 sec — Raymond K. Price, Jr. and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 7:40 pm.
- 008-055 3:08 PM · 2 min — Raymond K. Price, Jr., White House operator, and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 7:40 pm.
- 008-056 3:08 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 7:40 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 008-051, 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/008-051 (accessed October 12, 2026).