Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 36 › Conversation 036-042

Nixon phone call with Price on Speechwriting and Drafting documents

Monday, January 22, 1973 · 4:05 PM–4:06 PM ET · White House Telephone · 29 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Price, Raymond K., Jr.Conversation036-042 on Tape 36StartMonday, January 22, 1973 at 4:05 PMEndMonday, January 22, 1973 at 4:06 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 036-042 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directed Raymond K. Price, Jr. to transmit a speech draft to him for review. The two discussed their immediate availability to coordinate on this document and other pending matters. Price committed to sending the materials shortly and remaining on standby for further instruction from the President.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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Hello.
Mr. President, I have Ray Price calling.
Hello.
Yes, sir, I'm ready.
Ray, would you send it over?
I'm just trying to dictate something on another matter and send it over, and then I'll call you when you're ready to, if you have something you can just send over.
Yes, sir.
And then hold yourself available.
I'll be ready in about 15 minutes.
All right, fine.

NARA Description

On January 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 4:05 pm to 4:06 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-042 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 36-42

Date: January 22, 1973
Time: 4:05 pm - 4:06 pm
Location: White House Telephone

Raymond K Price, Jr. talked with the President.

[See also Conversation No. 400-11A]

       The President’s schedule
            -Speech draft

Also recorded on January 22, 1973

  • 036-041 3:39 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:39 pm.
  • 400-008 3:39 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:39 pm.
  • 400-009 3:39 PM · 1 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 3:39 pm and 4:05 pm.
  • 400-011 3:40 PM · 55 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Raymond K. Price, Jr., White House operator, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:40 pm and 4:05 pm.
  • 036-043 4:06 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:06 pm and 4:13 pm.
  • 036-044 4:13 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 4:13 pm to 4:14 pm.
  • 036-045 4:14 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:14 pm.
  • 036-046 4:15 PM · 51 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 4:15 pm to 4:16 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 036-042, 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/036-042 (accessed October 25, 2026).