Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 10 › Conversation 010-074

Nixon phone call with Price on Economic policy and Public relations

Wednesday, October 6, 1971 · 10:31 AM–10:32 AM ET · White House Telephone · 43 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Price, Raymond K., Jr.Conversation010-074 on Tape 10 (tape position 02:32:07–02:32:50)StartWednesday, October 6, 1971 at 10:31 AMEndWednesday, October 6, 1971 at 10:32 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 010-074 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directs Raymond Price to incorporate anecdotal support into an upcoming announcement regarding the administration's economic policies. By highlighting brief, representative examples from diverse citizens—such as a Los Angeles woman and a Texas teacher—Nixon aims to demonstrate widespread public willingness to prioritize the national interest. Price is tasked with project-managing the selection and integration of these testimonials to ensure the message remains concise and impactful.

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Yeah.
Mr. Ray Price.
Yeah.
Another way, Ray, to look at this would be to get three or four very brief examples as just to perhaps list three or four, you know what I mean?
I might get at it that way rather than just to take one.
I don't want to read much, see what I mean?
And it's going to be very brief, but maybe just three or four quick, sharp examples from a woman in Los Angeles, a teacher in Texas.
You can pick up the Texas teacher one on that.
I said it at a
that this is an example of the overwhelming support, the willingness of the American people to put personal public interest, put personal interest.
Maybe that's another way to get at it.
So just work on it as a sort of a project.

NARA Description

On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 10:31 am to 10:32 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-074 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 10-74

Date: October 6, 1971
Time: 10:31 am - 10:32 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Raymond K. Price, Jr.

[See Conversation No. 283-22]

     Economy
         -Examples of support letters
         -Use in upcoming announcement

Also recorded on October 6, 1971

  • 010-071 10:10 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 10:27 am.
  • 010-072 10:27 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 10:27 am to 10:29 am.
  • 283-020 10:27 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:27 am and 10:29 am.
  • 010-075 10:29 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:29 am and 11:36 am.
  • 010-073 10:30 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:30 am.
  • 283-021 10:30 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 10:30 am.
  • 283-022 10:31 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:31 am to 10:32 am.
  • 283-023 10:32 AM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William L. Safire, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:32 am to 11:10 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 010-074, October 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/010-074 (accessed October 8, 2026).