Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 274 › Conversation 274-032
Nixon & Price on Economic speech and Speechwriting
Wednesday, September 8, 1971 · 1:27 PM–1:28 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Nixon and speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. consulted briefly regarding the logistical processing of a draft for an upcoming economic speech. The discussion focused on administrative instructions for retyping specific pages and organizing the revised manuscript for the President's final review. This interaction highlights the meticulous editorial oversight Nixon applied to his public addresses during this period.
- Economic speech
- Speechwriting
- White House administration
- Raymond K. Price Jr.
- Editorial process
Audio
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On September 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:27 pm to 1:28 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 274-032 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 274-32
Date: September 8, 1971
Time: 1:27 pm - 1:28 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with Raymond K. Price, Jr.
[See Conversation No. 8-48]
Economic speech draft
-Editing
Price's meeting with the PresidentAlso recorded on September 8, 1971
- 008-048 1:27 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 1:27 pm to 1:28 pm.
- 274-033 1:28 PM · 1 min — 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 1:28 pm and 1:34 pm.
- 274-034 1:34 PM · 44 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Manolo Sanchez, John D. Ehrlichman, unknown person(s), Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:34 pm and 3:03 pm.
- 008-049 1:46 PM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 1:46 pm to 1:47 pm.
- 008-050 1:47 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:47 pm and 3:03 pm.
- 274-035 2:24 PM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:24 pm and 3:03 pm.
- 274-036 2:24 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:24 pm and 3:03 pm.
- 274-037 2:24 PM · 7 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 2:24 pm and 3:03 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 274-032, September 8, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/274-032 (accessed October 1, 2026).