Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 30 › Conversation 030-035

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

Saturday, September 30, 1972 · 12:00 AM–11:52 AM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation030-035 on Tape 30StartSaturday, September 30, 1972 at 12:00 AMEndSaturday, September 30, 1972 at 11:52 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 030-035 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to place a telephone call to speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. This brief administrative interaction serves to connect the President with a key member of his staff for undisclosed purposes. No further substantive discussion or policy decisions occur during this exchange.

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Ray Price, please.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On September 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:00 am and 11:52 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 030-035 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 30-35

Date: September 30, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:00 am, September 29 and 11:52 am, September 30, 1972
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 789-6A]

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

Also recorded on September 30, 1972

  • 789-001 8:58 AM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:58 am and 9:42 am.
  • 789-002 9:42 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:42 am to 10:06 am.
  • 789-003 10:06 AM · 17 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:06 am and 10:16 am.
  • 789-004 10:17 AM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:17 am and 10:34 am.
  • 789-005 10:35 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Marjorie P. Acker met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:35 am and 10:56 am.
  • 789-006 10:56 AM · 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:56 am to 12:00 pm.
  • 030-036 11:52 AM · 1 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 11:52 am to 11:54 am.
  • 030-037 12:00 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:00 pm and 12:05 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 030-035, September 30, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/030-035 (accessed October 10, 2026).