Nixon White House TapesTape 32 › Conversation 032-110

Nixon phone call with Price on Television address and Speechwriting

Wednesday, November 1, 1972 · 9:09 AM–9:10 AM ET · White House Telephone ·50 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Price, Raymond K., Jr.Conversation032-110 onTape 32StartWednesday, November 1, 1972 at 9:09 AMEndWednesday, November 1, 1972 at 9:10 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 032-110 ↗

President Nixon coordinated with speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. to prepare for an upcoming televised address. Nixon directed Price to consult with Ronald Ziegler regarding specific thematic points, dismissing a draft prepared by Henry Kissinger as inadequate for his intended message. The two agreed to meet at 10:00 am to further refine the speech's structure and core arguments.

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Yeah, I find that Kroll is coming in at 3, so I'll have time to see you this morning, which is better.
If you can get over here by 10 o'clock, that would be a good idea.
Okay, fine.
So just get a fill-in from Ziegler, get the page that Henry prepared, which is totally inadequate.
He missed the point that I'm trying to make, but Ziegler will know the points that I've already discussed with him.
Okay, fine.
I want to get in this, and I'll be thinking about where we can work it in, and it's going to be high up, but I think that won't be too difficult.
That's good.
It'll give it a lead, and that's not bad, too.
Get him to listen to the rest.
If you talk to Ron, he'll give you sort of a feel.
I'm just telling him to get his notes out of my talk with him yesterday, okay?
Then you come over at 10, and then you and I will talk and get the feel of it, too.
Good.

On November 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:09 am to 9:10 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-110 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 032-110

Date: November 1, 1972
Time: 9:09 am - 9:10 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Raymond K. Price, Jr.

[See Conversation No. 379-7]

        The President's schedule
            -Meeting with John Cardinal Krol
            -Meeting with Price
                -Time
                -The President's forthcoming television speech
                     -Preparation
                          -Help from Ronald L. Ziegler
                              -Henry A. Kissinger
                          -Notes
                -Time
  • 032-108 9:02 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:02 am to 9:03 am.
  • 379-005 9:02 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:02 am to 9:03 am.
  • 032-109 9:03 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:03 am and 9:09 am.
  • 379-006 9:03 AM · 11 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 9:03 am and 9:09 am.
  • 379-007 9:09 AM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:09 am to 9:10 am.
  • 032-111 9:15 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Christian A. ("Sonny") Jurgenson talked on the telephone from 9:15 am to 9:17 am.
  • 379-008 9:15 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Christian A. ("Sonny") Jurgenson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:15 am to 9:17 am.
  • 379-009 9:17 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:17 am and 9:26 am.

Conversation 032-110, November 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-110 (accessed September 18, 2026).