{"conversationCode":"283-020","tapeNumber":283,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-283-020","startDateTime":"1971-10-06T14:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-06T14:29:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Oct-1971","startTime":"10:27 AM","endDate":"6-Oct-1971","endTime":"10:29 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Price, Raymond K., Jr.;","description":"On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:27 am and 10:29 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 283-020 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. 283-020\n\nDate: October 6, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:27 am and 10:29 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Raymond K. Price, Jr.\n\n[See Conversation No. 10-72]","filename":["283-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:42:33","tapeEnd":"01:43:44","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Price, Raymond K., Jr."],"prevCode":"283-019","nextCode":"283-021","transcript":[{"start":0.08,"end":19.36,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":19.38,"end":21.42,"text":"Hey, would you have somebody go through the best of the lawyers that we have in Texas on one occasion?"},{"start":21.44,"end":23.1,"text":"There must be others that are around, and they might have three or four to look at."},{"start":24.74,"end":47.95,"text":"Yeah, that's good."},{"start":47.97,"end":48.45,"text":"I think it would be fun."},{"start":48.47,"end":49.98,"text":"What I want is something where basically it's sort of a hard work involved."},{"start":50,"end":50.88,"text":"Maybe a government work or a labor job."},{"start":52.56,"end":62.25,"text":"But it's that kind of thing."},{"start":62.27,"end":62.61,"text":"It was very good."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs Raymond K. Price, Jr. to identify a pool of qualified legal talent in Texas for a specific, yet-to-be-defined purpose. The President emphasizes his interest in individuals with backgrounds in hard labor or government service for this potential assignment. This informal consultation initiates a search for professional candidates to be considered for an unspecified future role.","topics":["Texas lawyers","Personnel recruitment","Legal talent","Government service"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:21:30.187Z"},"topicSlugs":["texas-lawyers","personnel-recruitment","legal-talent","government-service"],"audioDurationSec":63,"audioFiles":[{"file":"283-020.mp3","bytes":2508607,"durationSec":62.58,"bitrate":320707,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","transcriptGapSeconds":42,"transcriptGapShare":0.67,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/283-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/283-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/283/conversation-283-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}