Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 36 › Conversation 036-068

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

Tuesday, January 23, 1973 · 10:47 AM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation036-068 on Tape 36StartTuesday, January 23, 1973 at 10:47 AMEndTuesday, January 23, 1973 at 10:47 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 036-068 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to issue a directive regarding his staff scheduling. He specifically requested that speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. be summoned to the Executive Office Building. This brief administrative communication facilitated the necessary coordination for Price to meet with the President.

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We can probably get around.
You'd have Mr. Price come to UB, please.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On January 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:47 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-068 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 36-68

Date: January 23, 1973
Time: 10:47 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 404-6A]

       Requested that Raymond K Price, Jr. come to the Executive Office Building [EOB]

Also recorded on January 23, 1973

  • 404-005 9:29 AM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:29 am and 11:55 am.
  • 036-069 11:31 AM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:31 am and 11:44 am.
  • 036-070 11:55 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 12:08 pm.
  • 404-006 11:55 AM · 2 hr 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Stephen B. Bull, Raymond K. Price, Jr., H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 12:08 pm.
  • 404-007 11:55 AM · 4 min — 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 11:55 am and 12:08 pm.
  • 404-008 11:55 AM · 23 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 11:55 am and 12:08 pm.
  • 036-071 12:08 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 12:08 pm to 12:09 pm.
  • 404-009 12:08 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:08 pm and 12:09 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 036-068, January 23, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-068 (accessed October 9, 2026).