Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 36 › Conversation 036-047

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

Monday, January 22, 1973 · 4:51 PM ET · White House Telephone · 17 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation036-047 on Tape 36StartMonday, January 22, 1973 at 4:51 PMEndMonday, January 22, 1973 at 4:51 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 036-047 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417194539 ↗

A 17-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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On January 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:51 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-047 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 36-47

Date: January 22, 1973
Time: 4:51 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 400-12]

       Request for Raymond K. Price, Jr.

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uh can come over to the ob now please mr ray price thank you
  • 036-042 4:05 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 4:05 pm to 4:06 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.
  • 400-012 4:51 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 4:51 pm.
  • 400-013 4:51 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:51 pm and 5:00 pm.
  • 400-014 5:00 PM · 1 hr 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Manolo Sanchez, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Walter R. Tkach, White House operator, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm.

Conversation 036-047, January 22, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417194539). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-047 (accessed November 2, 2026).