Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-137

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

Thursday, November 2, 1972 · 10:49 AM–10:50 AM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation032-137 on Tape 32StartThursday, November 2, 1972 at 10:49 AMEndThursday, November 2, 1972 at 10:50 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 032-137 ↗

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call to speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. This brief administrative interaction served as a routing request to connect the President with a member of his staff. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during the exchange.

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On November 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:49 am and 10:50 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-137 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 032-137

Date: November 2, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:49 am and 10:50 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation no. 376-23]

        Request for a call to Raymond K. Price, Jr.
  • 032-136 10:49 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:49 am.
  • 032-138 10:49 AM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:49 am and 10:50 am.
  • 376-021 10:49 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 10:49 am.
  • 376-022 10:49 AM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:49 am and 10:50 am.
  • 376-023 10:49 AM · 9 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 10:49 am and 10:50 am.
  • 376-024 10:49 AM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:49 am and 10:50 am.
  • 376-025 10:49 AM · 12 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 10:49 am and 10:50 am.
  • 032-139 10:50 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:50 am and 10:55 am.

Conversation 032-137, 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/032-137 (accessed October 10, 2026).