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Nixon & Price on Speechwriting and Public Policy

Monday, February 7, 1972 · 3:41 PM–3:44 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Price, Raymond K., Jr.Conversation319-009 on Tape 319 (tape position 00:17:54–00:20:05)StartMonday, February 7, 1972 at 3:41 PMEndMonday, February 7, 1972 at 3:44 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 319-009 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417185817 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. to coordinate the structure of an upcoming address or initiative. The pair discussed splicing together two separate documents to ensure a cohesive narrative flow, specifically focusing on integrating page six of the initiative with existing talking points. They concluded that the combination would be effective and would require minimal additional synthesis.

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NARA Description

On February 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:41 pm to 3:44 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 319-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 319-9

Date: February 7, 1972
Time: 3:41 pm - 3:44 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Raymond K. Price, Jr.

[See also Conversation No. 20-48]

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You know, I think maybe we just might try this on a red basis.
But I think that what I would do, I think it would be more than that.
I think what would be well would be that the first part, that was the partnership with the chair,
You go down to page six of the initiative, and then start right after that, on page six, right after you got done.
Then just pick up the talking points that you have down there.
They're there in speech format, what you see.
Why don't you try splicing the two together, and we'll make it on the...
operation.
But I don't think it's too bad perhaps to just lay it out that way.
Then I will have to make the effort to try to put everything together.
Yeah, it will work.
I don't think there's much overlap.
I mean,
All right.

Also recorded on February 7, 1972

  • 319-005 3:04 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:04 pm to 3:09 pm.
  • 319-006 3:15 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:15 pm to 3:16 pm.
  • 319-007 3:16 PM · 6 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 3:16 pm and 3:41 pm.
  • 319-008 3:16 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:16 pm and 3:41 pm.
  • 020-048 3:41 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 3:41 pm to 3:44 pm.
  • 020-049 3:44 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:44 pm and 4:44 pm.
  • 319-010 3:44 PM · 4 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 3:44 pm and 3:50 pm.
  • 319-011 3:50 PM · 50 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:50 pm to 4:40 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 319-009, February 7, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417185817). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/319-009 (accessed November 15, 2026).