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Conversation 020-048

TapeTape 20StartMonday, February 7, 1972 at 3:41 PMEndMonday, February 7, 1972 at 3:44 PMTape start time01:55:00Tape end time01:57:39ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Price, Raymond K., Jr.;  Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Recording deviceWhite House Telephone
AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with speechwriter Raymond Price and H. R. Haldeman regarding revisions to his upcoming address for the White House Conference on the Industrial World Ahead. Nixon instructed Price to reorganize the speech by splicing the existing introductory draft with a set of substantive talking points to create a roughly 2,000-word text. He authorized Price to finalize the draft by cutting and pasting sections, while noting the need to manage potential overlaps regarding the wage and price freeze.

SpeechwritingWhite House Conference on the Industrial World AheadEconomic policyWage and price controlsPresidential communications
AudioNARA Description

On February 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 3:41 pm to 3:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-048 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 20-48

Date: February 7, 1972
Time: 3:41 pm - 3:44 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Raymond K. Price, Jr.; H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman can be heard in the
background.

     The President’s schedule

     The President’s forthcoming address to White House Conference on the Industrial World
         Ahead
          -Speech changes
               -Talking points
               -Splices
               -Length
               -Use in written form
               -Overlap of terms
                      -Wage and price freeze
Transcript (AI-Generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.

Mr. President.
Mr. President.
Hello.
Mr. President.
Yeah.
Mr. Price on the line.
Yeah.
Yes, sir.
Yeah, well, before when?
Just a second.
Oh.
Well, he could come right now then, fine.
Well, before I get
Hello, Ray.
You know, I think maybe we just might try this one on a red basis tonight.
I'm not.
But I think that what I would do, I think it needs, we're going to need more than that.
I think what would be well would be to fit the first part
In other words, the part that has been prepared for the script.
When you go down to page six, other nations and America has to exert itself.
Then start right after that on page six for America.
You got that?
Let's see.
In the formal draft.
Yeah.
Then just pick up
the talking points, which, incidentally, they are in speech form anyway, you see.
Why don't you try splicing the two together, and it'll make about a 2,000-word operation.
But I don't think it's too bad, perhaps, to just lay it out that way.
And then I won't have to make the effort to try to put everything together.
It might be just as well to...
to put out something like this in written form.
Wait a minute, I don't know if you can... Yeah, it will work.
I don't think there's much overlapping when you do that.
Well, yes, you do mention the wage price freeze a little earlier, but... Well, I think you see what I mean.
If you could pick up
the two and put them together.
The last is substance.
I mean, what the talking points are, the principal points of substance, and the first is, you know, good introductory stuff, see?
Would you like to try that and get me something back as soon as you can?
Just spice together, scissors and paste.
You can tell, strike out a paragraph here and put another and bring something back as soon as you can.
Fair enough.
Bye.
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