Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 33 › Conversation 033-010

Haldeman phone call on Raymond K. Price, Jr. and Staff coordination

Saturday, November 4, 1972 · 9:55 AM–10:04 AM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsHaldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); White House operatorConversation033-010 on Tape 33StartSaturday, November 4, 1972 at 9:55 AMEndSaturday, November 4, 1972 at 10:04 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 033-010 ↗

AI Summary

H. R. Haldeman contacts the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection with speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. This administrative exchange serves solely as a logistical request to initiate a conversation with Price. No substantive policy matters or strategic discussions occur during this brief operator-assisted call.

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Yes, please.

Rate price, please.

NARA Description

On November 4, 1972, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 10:04 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 033-010 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 33-10

Date: November 4, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:55 am and 10:04 am
Location: White House Telephone

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 389-11A]

       Request for a call to Raymond K. Price, Jr.
                                            - 14 -

                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

                                                             Conversation No. 33-114 (cont’d)

Also recorded on November 4, 1972

033-011 9:55 AM · 24 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 10:04 am.
033-012 9:55 AM · 8 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 10:04 am.
033-013 9:55 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 10:04 am.
389-011 9:55 AM · 41 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, unknown person(s), White House operator, Thomas J. Meskill, Stephen B. Bull, Wesley Powell, Beverly Powell, J. Caleb Boggs, Pierre S. DuPont, S. Fletcher Thompson, John K. MacIver, Robert Hirsch, James A. McClure, Margaret Chase Smith, and Howard H. Baker, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:55 am to 10:36 am.
033-014 10:04 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thomas J. Meskill talked on the telephone from 10:04 am to 10:08 am.
033-015 10:08 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:08 am and 10:09 am.
033-016 10:09 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Wesley Powell, and Beverly Powell talked on the telephone from 10:09 am to 10:13 am.
033-017 10:13 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:13 am and 10:14 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 033-010, November 4, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/033-010 (accessed October 10, 2026).