Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 36 › Conversation 036-010

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

Friday, January 19, 1973 · 4:12 PM–7:29 PM ET · White House Telephone · 17 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation036-010 on Tape 36StartFriday, January 19, 1973 at 4:12 PMEndFriday, January 19, 1973 at 7:29 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 036-010 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Raymond K. Price, Jr. The brief exchange serves strictly as an administrative procedure to connect the President with his speechwriter. No substantive policy discussions or policy-related decisions are conducted during this brief interaction.

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Ray Price, please.
All right.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On January 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:12 pm and 7:29 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-010 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 36-10

Date: January 19, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:12 pm and 7:29 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

       Request for a telephone call to Raymond K. Price, Jr.

Also recorded on January 19, 1973

  • 036-007 4:12 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:12 pm.
  • 036-011 4:12 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:12 pm and 7:29 pm.
  • 036-012 4:12 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:12 pm and 7:29 pm.
  • 036-013 4:12 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:12 pm and 7:29 pm.
  • 398-002 4:12 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:12 pm.
  • 398-003 4:12 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:12 pm to 4:29 pm.
  • 398-004 4:29 PM · 11 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 4:29 pm and 4:40 pm.
  • 398-005 4:29 PM · 3 min — 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 4:29 pm and 4:40 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 036-010, 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/036-010 (accessed October 19, 2026).