{"conversationCode":"278-017","tapeNumber":278,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-278-017","startDateTime":"1971-09-09T18:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-09T18:14:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Sep-1971","startTime":"2:13 PM","endDate":"9-Sep-1971","endTime":"2:14 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Price, Raymond K., Jr.;","description":"On September 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:13 pm to 2:14 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 278-017 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 278-17\n\nDate: September 9, 1971\nTime: 2:13 pm - 2:14 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Raymond K. Price, Jr.\n\n[See Conversation No. 8-76]","filename":["278-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:20:02","tapeEnd":"00:21:57","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Price, Raymond K., Jr."],"prevCode":"278-016","nextCode":"278-018","transcript":[{"start":2.14,"end":2.42,"text":"Hello."},{"start":4.25,"end":4.5,"text":"Hello."},{"start":4.53,"end":4.75,"text":"Ray?"},{"start":6.05,"end":9.51,"text":"Well, Christian made a very interesting comment."},{"start":9.73,"end":20.8,"text":"He said economics is a very fellow subject, and that was about as interesting as you could make it."},{"start":20.86,"end":25.78,"text":"Well, he personally is sure as an isolationist congressman."},{"start":27.08,"end":29.52,"text":"Yeah, that's why it was so important to have what I had in the lab."},{"start":29.56,"end":30.9,"text":"But we couldn't possibly do it there."},{"start":34.81,"end":48.78,"text":"I think we got certain involved in that court and putting in those things."},{"start":52.21,"end":56.66,"text":"Right, okay, well, how are we ready?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. briefly discuss the political implications of recent economic commentary and the challenges of managing congressional isolationist sentiment. The exchange centers on the strategic framing of economic policies to counter opposition from skeptical lawmakers. Nixon concludes by gauging their readiness for upcoming legislative or rhetorical objectives.","topics":["Economic policy","Congressional relations","Isolationism","Political strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:56:28.892Z"},"topicSlugs":["economic-policy","congressional-relations","isolationism","political-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":69,"audioFiles":[{"file":"278-017.mp3","bytes":2748918,"durationSec":68.59,"bitrate":320611,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.329Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/278-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/278-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/278/conversation-278-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}