{"conversationCode":"283-031","tapeNumber":283,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-283-031","startDateTime":"1971-10-06T15:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-06T15:47:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Oct-1971","startTime":"11:46 AM","endDate":"6-Oct-1971","endTime":"11:47 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 from 11:46 am to 11:47 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 283-031 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. 283-031\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nDate: October 6, 1971\nTime: 11:46 am - 11:47 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Raymond K. Price, Jr.\n\n[See Conversation No. 10-80]","filename":["283-031.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:19:58","tapeEnd":"02:21:00","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Price, Raymond K., Jr."],"prevCode":"283-030","nextCode":"283-032","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":21.46,"text":"I'd like to try that exercise in two different ways."},{"start":21.48,"end":22.42,"text":"One, to find, say, somebody murdered."},{"start":22.44,"end":23.61,"text":"Another way that could be perhaps a little more effective."},{"start":23.63,"end":26.41,"text":"I want to put in this paragraph with regard to the fact that they overwhelmingly published the Fourth League and Fourth League crimes free."},{"start":27.15,"end":47.97,"text":"thousands of letters, and I think he wrote one sentence."},{"start":47.99,"end":52.12,"text":"My wife's wife, a teacher from Texas, about six or seven, something like that, you see, and they don't have to be people who sacrifice."},{"start":52.13,"end":55.42,"text":"If they have, that helps, but just somebody says, a retired person from this, they sue me, and I think that might be very sharp, punchy,"},{"start":55.73,"end":65.14,"text":"and cover the country sort of that way, and cover the various types of people."},{"start":65.16,"end":65.96,"text":"Uh, so, uh, I'll take everything I have."},{"start":65.98,"end":66.08,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consults with speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. regarding the development of a persuasive communication strategy involving testimonials from diverse citizens. The President directs Price to incorporate anecdotes from ordinary Americans—such as teachers and retirees—to emphasize public support for his administration's messaging. This exercise aims to create a punchy, grassroots narrative that reflects a broad cross-section of the country.","topics":["Public Relations","Speechwriting","Communication Strategy","Public Opinion","Messaging"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:22:31.713Z"},"topicSlugs":["public-relations","speechwriting","communication-strategy","public-opinion","messaging"],"audioDurationSec":67,"audioFiles":[{"file":"283-031.mp3","bytes":2705048,"durationSec":67.48,"bitrate":320712,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.616Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:15.880Z","transcriptGapSeconds":42,"transcriptGapShare":0.63,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/283-031.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/283-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/283/conversation-283-031","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}