Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 8 › Conversation 008-052
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Raymond K. Price Jr.
Wednesday, September 8, 1971 · 3:05 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec
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On September 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-052 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 8-52
Date: September 8, 1971
Time: 3:05 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for call to Raymond K. Price, Jr.
[See Conversation No. 274-39]Transcript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on September 8, 1971
- 008-051 3:03 PM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 3:03 pm to 3:04 pm.
- 274-038 3:03 PM · 59 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.
- 008-053 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.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 008-052, September 8, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 645078775). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-052 (accessed November 15, 2026).