{"conversationCode":"040-103","tapeNumber":40,"conversationNumber":103,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-040-103","startDateTime":"1973-06-14T03:02:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-14T03:03:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Jun-1973","startTime":"11:02 PM","endDate":"13-Jun-1973","endTime":"11:03 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Price, Raymond K., Jr.;","description":"On June 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 11:02 pm to 11:03 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-103 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 40-103\n\nDate: June 13, 1973\nTime: 11:02 pm - 11:03 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Raymond K. Price, Jr.\n\n     President’s speech on the economy\n           -Content\n           -Price’s role\n           -Price’s evaluation\n                 -Television [TV]\n           -Reaction\n\f                                             -85-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                       (rev. March-2011)\n\n           -Tone conveyed\n                -Upbeat and positive\n           -Response to Watergate","filename":["040-103.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Price, Raymond K., Jr."],"prevCode":"040-102","nextCode":"040-104","transcript":[{"start":0.22,"end":1.94,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.96,"end":2.16,"text":"Mr. Price."},{"start":2.18,"end":2.52,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.92,"end":14.23,"text":"I thought you should know a number of people have talked about what a fine content the speech had, and so I just wanted you to know you did a hell of a job."},{"start":14.26,"end":15.06,"text":"Well, thank you."},{"start":15.08,"end":18.16,"text":"I must say I enjoyed watching it, and I thought it came off very well."},{"start":19.38,"end":21.08,"text":"Well, we've gotten good reactions to it, you know."},{"start":22.02,"end":24.95,"text":"The main thing was to do it in a positive, upbeat way."},{"start":24.97,"end":28.01,"text":"They liked the beginning and the conclusion, which I think was very important."},{"start":29.41,"end":34.94,"text":"you know, in addition to all the substance, because we had to give a feeling of confidence, you know, to the country."},{"start":34.98,"end":36.4,"text":"Don't you think that was the important thing?"},{"start":36.42,"end":36.96,"text":"I think it was."},{"start":38.64,"end":43.09,"text":"And I thought it came out very well and very strong."},{"start":43.11,"end":47.84,"text":"And a good change from all the things that have been on TV the last couple of weeks."},{"start":47.86,"end":48.92,"text":"Oh, yeah."},{"start":48.94,"end":50.42,"text":"Well, at least we had our day."},{"start":51.38,"end":52.31,"text":"Okay, Ray."},{"start":52.99,"end":53.55,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":53.57,"end":53.85,"text":"I've just been"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon called speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. to commend him on the quality and tone of a recently televised address regarding the economy. The President emphasized that the primary objective was to project confidence and an upbeat perspective to the public during a time dominated by negative media coverage. Nixon credited Price's work for providing a necessary, positive contrast to the ongoing political climate surrounding Watergate.","topics":["Economic policy","Presidential speechwriting","Public relations","Watergate","Media coverage"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:05:49.635Z"},"topicSlugs":["economic-policy","presidential-speechwriting","public-relations","watergate","media-coverage"],"audioDurationSec":60,"audioFiles":[{"file":"040-103.mp3","bytes":1914880,"durationSec":59.72,"bitrate":256514,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/040-103.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-103","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/40/conversation-040-103","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}