{"conversationCode":"008-054","tapeNumber":8,"conversationNumber":54,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-008-054","startDateTime":"1971-09-08T19:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-08T23:40:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Sep-1971","startTime":"3:08 PM","endDate":"8-Sep-1971","endTime":"7:40 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Price, Raymond K., Jr.; White House operator;","description":"On September 8, 1971, 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. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-054 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 8-54\n\nDate: September 8, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:08 pm and 7:40 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nRaymond K. Price, Jr. talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for call to Price's office\n\n     Price talked with an unknown woman\n\n     The President's forthcoming speech to Congress\n          -Draft\n               -Word count\n               -Alexander P. Butterfield's question\n               -Copy\n               -Word count","filename":["008-054.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:44:33","tapeEnd":"01:45:14","participantsList":["Price, Raymond K., Jr.","White House operator"],"prevCode":"008-053","nextCode":"008-055","transcript":[{"start":5.94,"end":7.38,"text":"Sorry, Price, can I have my office, please?"},{"start":7.4,"end":7.94,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":17.45,"end":18.32,"text":"Price's office."},{"start":18.5,"end":20.4,"text":"Oh, have we got a word count on this yet?"},{"start":20.42,"end":21.34,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":21.36,"end":28.81,"text":"3197, and Alex Butterfield wants to have a word with you about a chain, about, he has a question on it."},{"start":29.17,"end":30.13,"text":"Shall I bring you a copy?"},{"start":31.36,"end":32.42,"text":"Of his question?"},{"start":32.84,"end":34.87,"text":"No, a copy of the draft."},{"start":35.15,"end":36.09,"text":"No, I've got the draft."},{"start":36.25,"end":37.14,"text":"Okay, will you call Alex?"},{"start":37.16,"end":37.64,"text":"3197."},{"start":37.66,"end":39.37,"text":"3197."},{"start":39.53,"end":39.91,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Raymond K. Price, Jr. coordinates with his office staff regarding the final preparations for an upcoming presidential address to Congress. The participants confirm the draft’s current word count of 3,197 words and address a specific inquiry raised by Alexander P. Butterfield. Price concludes the brief exchange by instructing his staff to facilitate communication between himself and Butterfield to resolve the remaining questions regarding the document.","topics":["Presidential speech","Speechwriting","Alexander P. Butterfield","Raymond K. Price Jr.","White House staff coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:43:47.414Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-speech","speechwriting","alexander-p-butterfield","raymond-k-price-jr","white-house-staff-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":41,"audioFiles":[{"file":"008-054.mp3","bytes":989935,"durationSec":41.19,"bitrate":192278,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.707Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/008-054.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-054","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/8/conversation-008-054","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}