Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 31 › Conversation 031-036

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

Friday, October 13, 1972 · 9:37 AM–9:44 AM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation031-036 on Tape 31StartFriday, October 13, 1972 at 9:37 AMEndFriday, October 13, 1972 at 9:44 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 031-036 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. This brief interaction served solely as a logistical request to establish communication with a key member of the President's staff. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this brief administrative exchange.

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Ray Price please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On October 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:37 am and 9:44 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-036 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 31-36

Date: October 13, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:37 am and 9:44 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 797-1]

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

Also recorded on October 13, 1972

  • 797-001 9:37 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:37 am and 9:44 am.
  • 031-037 9:44 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:44 am to 9:47 am.
  • 797-002 9:44 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:44 am.
  • 797-003 9:44 AM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:44 am to 10:05 am.
  • 108-003 10:06 AM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the Pay Board, including George P. Shultz, Donald H. Rumsfeld, George H. Boldt, William G. Caples, Donald Cagle, Kermit Gordon, Dr. Neil H. Jacoby, Rocco C. Siciliano, Arnold R. Weber, and Robert P. Tiernan, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 10:06 am to 10:51 am.
  • 797-034 10:06 AM · 24 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 10:51 am.
  • 797-004 10:51 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:51 am.
  • 797-005 10:51 AM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:51 am to 11:17 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 031-036, October 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-036 (accessed October 10, 2026).