Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 8 › Conversation 008-073
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Raymond K. Price Jr.
Thursday, September 9, 1971 · 2:08 PM–2:11 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a call to his speechwriter, Raymond K. Price, Jr., through the White House operator. The conversation serves as a brief administrative request to establish contact with Price. No further substantive policy matters are discussed during this brief connection.
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NARA Description
On September 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:08 pm and 2:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-073 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 8-73
Date: September 9, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:08 pm and 2:11 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 278-14]
Request for call to Raymond K. Price, Jr.Also recorded on September 9, 1971
- 008-071 2:03 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:03 pm and 2:05 pm.
- 008-072 2:05 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone from 2:05 pm to 2:08 pm.
- 278-013 2:05 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:05 pm to 2:08 pm.
- 008-074 2:08 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:08 pm and 2:11 pm.
- 278-014 2:08 PM · 11 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 2:08 pm and 2:11 pm.
- 278-015 2:08 PM · 4 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 2:08 pm and 2:11 pm.
- 008-075 2:11 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone from 2:11 pm to 2:12 pm.
- 278-016 2:11 PM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:11 pm to 2:12 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 008-073, September 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-073 (accessed October 9, 2026).