Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 36 › Conversation 036-001

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

Friday, January 19, 1973 · 9:32 AM ET · White House Telephone · 21 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation036-001 on Tape 36StartFriday, January 19, 1973 at 9:32 AMEndFriday, January 19, 1973 at 9:32 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 036-001 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to contact staff members Raymond K. Price, Jr. and Stephen B. Bull to coordinate an urgent meeting. The President directed that Price report to his Executive Office Building (EOB) office immediately. These requests initiated a series of administrative actions to facilitate direct communication with key aides.

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Mr. Price, come over to the EOB office, you tell him, please, and then get Mr. Bull on the phone for me.

NARA Description

On January 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:32 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 36-1

Date: January 19, 1973
Time: 9:32 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 397-2]

       The President’s requests
            -Raymond K. Price, Jr.
            -Stephen B. Bull

Also recorded on January 19, 1973

  • 397-001 8:38 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:38 am to 8:43 am.
  • 397-002 9:32 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 9:32 am.
  • 036-002 9:33 AM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 9:33 am to 9:34 am.
  • 397-003 9:33 AM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:33 am to 9:34 am.
  • 397-004 9:34 AM · 15 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 9:34 am and 9:35 am.
  • 397-005 9:35 AM · 1 hr 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:35 am to 10:55 am.
  • 397-006 10:55 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:55 am and 11:07 am.
  • 397-007 10:55 AM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:55 am and 11:25 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 036-001, January 19, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-001 (accessed October 11, 2026).