Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 36 › Conversation 036-038
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Raymond K. Price, Jr.
Monday, January 22, 1973 · 10:14 AM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to issue a directive for a staff meeting. He requested that speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. join him at the Executive Office Building (EOB). The brief exchange concluded with the President instructing the operator to deliver materials to his location as soon as they were available.
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NARA Description
On January 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:14 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-038 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 36-38
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Date: January 22, 1973
Time: 10:14 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 399-10A]
Requested that Raymond K. Price, Jr. be asked to join him in the EOB.Also recorded on January 22, 1973
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- 399-008 9:47 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:47 am and 9:53 am.
- 399-009 9:53 AM · 14 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 9:53 am and 10:14 am.
- 399-010 9:53 AM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Debbie Terry, and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:53 am and 10:14 am.
- 399-011 10:14 AM · 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:14 am and 10:48 am.
- 036-039 10:26 AM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 10:26 am to 10:27 am.
- 399-012 10:48 AM · 20 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 10:48 am and 11:01 am.
- 399-013 10:48 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:48 am and 11:01 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 036-038, January 22, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-038 (accessed October 11, 2026).