Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 274 › Conversation 274-040
Nixon & Price on Economic stabilization and Presidential speechwriting
Wednesday, September 8, 1971 · 3:06 PM–3:08 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Nixon and speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. consulted on last-minute revisions for the President's upcoming September 9, 1971, address to Congress regarding economic stabilization. The pair focused on refining the speech's wording, specifically coordinating the inclusion of foreign policy segments involving Henry Kissinger and addressing the Vietnam War. They established a 5:00 p.m. deadline for finalizing the draft and discussed editorial adjustments to ensure the message was prepared on time.
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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 3:06 pm to 3:08 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 274-040 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 274-40
Date: September 8, 1971
Time: 3:06 pm - 3:08 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with Raymond K. Price, Jr.
[See Conversation No. 8-53]
The President's address to Congress on economic stabilization, September 9, 1971
-Talk with Henry A. Kissinger
-Foreign policy section
-John K. Andrews, Jr.
-Wording
-Vietnam war
-Generation of peaceAlso recorded on September 8, 1971
- 274-039 3:04 PM · 5 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 3:04 pm and 3:06 pm.
- 008-052 3:05 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:05 pm.
- 008-053 3:06 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 3:06 pm to 3:08 pm.
- 008-054 3:08 PM · 41 sec — Raymond K. Price, Jr. and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 7:40 pm.
- 008-055 3:08 PM · 2 min — Raymond K. Price, Jr., White House operator, and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 7:40 pm.
- 008-056 3:08 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 7:40 pm.
- 274-041 3:08 PM · 1 min — 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 3:08 pm and 3:26 pm.
- 274-042 3:08 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 3:26 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 274-040, 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/274-040 (accessed October 1, 2026).