Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-020

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

Saturday, June 10, 1972 · 9:33 AM–10:52 AM ET · White House Telephone · 16 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation025-020 on Tape 25 (tape position 01:09:49–01:09:59)StartSaturday, June 10, 1972 at 9:33 AMEndSaturday, June 10, 1972 at 10:52 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 025-020 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his speechwriter, Raymond K. Price, Jr. This routine administrative request was intended to initiate a direct conversation between the President and a key staff member. The interaction served strictly as a logistical bridge to manage the President's internal communications.

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Great ride.

NARA Description

On June 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:33 am and 10:52 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-020 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 25-20

Date: June 10, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:33 am and 10:52 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 341-8]

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

Also recorded on June 10, 1972

  • 025-018 9:04 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:04 am and 9:32 am.
  • 341-001 9:04 AM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:04 am and 9:32 am.
  • 341-002 9:04 AM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:04 am and 9:32 am.
  • 025-019 9:32 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 9:32 am to 9:33 am.
  • 341-006 9:32 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:32 am to 9:33 am.
  • 025-137 9:33 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:33 am and 10:52 am.
  • 341-007 9:35 AM · 1 hr 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, unknown person(s), and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:35 am and 10:52 am.
  • 341-008 9:35 AM · 19 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 9:35 am and 10:52 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 025-020, June 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-020 (accessed October 9, 2026).