Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-133

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

Thursday, November 2, 1972 · 9:21 AM–9:38 AM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation032-133 on Tape 32StartThursday, November 2, 1972 at 9:21 AMEndThursday, November 2, 1972 at 9:38 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 032-133 ↗

President Nixon initiates a brief telephonic request through the White House operator to reach staff member Raymond K. Price, Jr. This communication serves as a logistical bridge to connect the President with one of his speechwriters. No substantive policy discussions occur during this short exchange, as it is strictly limited to facilitating a follow-up conversation.

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Yes, please.
Price, please.
Ray Price?
Yeah.
Thank you.

On November 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:21 am and 9:38 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-133 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 032-133

Date: November 2, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:21 am and 9:38 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation no. 376-17]

        Request for a call to Raymond K. Price, Jr.
  • 376-015 8:40 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:40 am to 8:44 am.
  • 376-016 9:20 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:20 am to 9:21 am.
  • 376-017 9:21 AM · 8 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 9:21 am and 9:38 am.
  • 032-134 9:38 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:38 am to 9:45 am.
  • 376-018 9:38 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:38 am to 9:45 am.
  • 032-135 10:21 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:21 am.
  • 376-019 10:21 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 10:21 am.
  • 376-020 10:25 AM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:25 am to 10:45 am.

Conversation 032-133, November 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-133 (accessed October 22, 2026).