Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 36 › Conversation 036-090
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Raymond K. Price, Jr.
Tuesday, January 23, 1973 · 6:40 PM–10:44 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacts the White House operator to place an outgoing call to speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. This brief interaction serves as a routine administrative request to facilitate direct communication with a senior advisor. No substantive policy matters or decisions are discussed beyond the initiation of the connection.
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NARA Description
On January 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:40 pm and 10:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-090 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 36-90
Date: January 23, 1973
Time: Unknown between 6:40 pm and 10:44 pm
Location: White House Telephone
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 36-90 (cont’d)
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a telephone call to Raymond K. Price, Jr.Also recorded on January 23, 1973
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- 407-011 5:29 PM · 2 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 5:29 pm and 6:19 pm.
- 036-087 6:19 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 6:19 pm.
- 407-016 6:19 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 6:19 pm.
- 407-017 6:19 PM · 33 sec — 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 6:19 pm and 6:22 pm.
- 407-018 6:22 PM · 1 hr 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Henry A. Kissinger, 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 6:22 pm and 7:23 pm.
- 036-088 6:36 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:36 pm and 6:38 pm.
- 036-089 6:38 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:38 pm and 6:40 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 036-090, 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/036-090 (accessed October 12, 2026).