Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 35 › Conversation 035-030
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Raymond K. Price Jr.
Thursday, December 28, 1972 · 2:40 PM–3:14 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a direct call to speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. This brief administrative interaction served as the initiation of a communication link between the President and his staff member. No further substantive policy discussions were recorded during this brief exchange.
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NARA Description
On December 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 3:14 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-030 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 35-30
Date: December 28, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:40 pm and 3:14 pm
Location: White House Telephone
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 35-30 (cont’d)
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 380-31]
Request for a call to Raymond K. Price, Jr.Also recorded on December 28, 1972
- 380-026 2:20 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 2:26 pm.
- 035-028 2:26 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Maurice J. Williams talked on the telephone from 2:26 pm to 2:30 pm.
- 380-028 2:26 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Maurice J. Williams met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:26 pm to 2:30 pm.
- 035-156 2:30 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:30 pm and 2:39 pm.
- 380-029 2:30 PM · 10 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 2:30 pm and 2:39 pm.
- 035-029 2:39 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker talked on the telephone from 2:39 pm to 2:40 pm.
- 380-030 2:39 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:39 pm to 2:40 pm.
- 380-031 2:40 PM · 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 2:40 pm and 3:14 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 035-030, December 28, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-030 (accessed October 10, 2026).