Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 12 › Conversation 012-022
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Raymond K. Price Jr.
Wednesday, October 20, 1971 · 6:09 PM–6:10 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to Raymond K. Price, Jr. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to initiate a conversation with one of the President’s key speechwriters. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief exchange.
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NARA Description
On October 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:09 pm and 6:10 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-022 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 012-022
Date: October 20, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:09 pm and 6:10 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 282-38]
Request for call to Raymond K. Price, Jr.Also recorded on October 20, 1971
- 012-020 6:08 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 6:08 pm.
- 012-021 6:08 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 6:08 pm to 6:09 pm.
- 282-036 6:08 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:08 pm to 6:09 pm.
- 282-037 6:09 PM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:09 pm to 6:10 pm.
- 012-023 6:10 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 6:10 pm to 6:11 pm.
- 282-038 6:10 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 6:10 pm.
- 282-039 6:10 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:10 pm to 6:11 pm.
- 012-024 6:11 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:11 pm and 6:17 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 012-022, October 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-022 (accessed September 28, 2026).