Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 18 › Conversation 018-088

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Raymond K. Price Jr.

Monday, January 17, 1972 · 1:25 PM–2:39 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation018-088 on Tape 18 (tape position 04:00:15–04:00:23)StartMonday, January 17, 1972 at 1:25 PMEndMonday, January 17, 1972 at 2:39 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 018-088 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to connect him with speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. This brief administrative interaction serves as a bridge to a subsequent substantive discussion with Price. No further policy matters are addressed in this specific exchange.

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Ray Price, please.
Thank you, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On January 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 2:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-088 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 18-88

Date: January 17, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:25 pm and 2:39 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 315-3]

     Request for a call to Raymond K. Price, Jr.

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  • 315-003 1:25 PM · 15 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 1:25 pm and 2:39 pm.
  • 315-009 1:40 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 1:43 pm.
  • 315-010 1:40 PM · 18 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 1:40 pm and 1:43 pm.
  • 315-011 1:43 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Walter R. Tkach met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:43 pm to 1:44 pm.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 018-088, January 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-088 (accessed October 12, 2026).