{"conversationCode":"319-009","tapeNumber":319,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-319-009","startDateTime":"1972-02-07T20:41:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-07T20:44:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Feb-1972","startTime":"3:41 PM","endDate":"7-Feb-1972","endTime":"3:44 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Price, Raymond K., Jr.;","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.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 319-9\n\nDate: February 7, 1972\nTime: 3:41 pm - 3:44 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Raymond K. Price, Jr.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 20-48]","filename":["319-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:17:54","tapeEnd":"00:20:05","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Price, Raymond K., Jr."],"prevCode":"319-008","nextCode":"319-010","transcript":[{"start":0.44,"end":22.98,"text":"You know, I think maybe we just might try this on a red basis."},{"start":23,"end":24.38,"text":"But I think that what I would do, I think it would be more than that."},{"start":24.4,"end":26.34,"text":"I think what would be well would be that the first part, that was the partnership with the chair,"},{"start":27.52,"end":51.93,"text":"You go down to page six of the initiative, and then start right after that, on page six, right after you got done."},{"start":51.95,"end":53.39,"text":"Then just pick up the talking points that you have down there."},{"start":53.41,"end":55.9,"text":"They're there in speech format, what you see."},{"start":55.92,"end":57.36,"text":"Why don't you try splicing the two together, and we'll make it on the..."},{"start":57.47,"end":82.96,"text":"operation."},{"start":82.98,"end":84.32,"text":"But I don't think it's too bad perhaps to just lay it out that way."},{"start":84.34,"end":85.74,"text":"Then I will have to make the effort to try to put everything together."},{"start":85.76,"end":86.14,"text":"Yeah, it will work."},{"start":86.16,"end":86.86,"text":"I don't think there's much overlap."},{"start":86.89,"end":87.03,"text":"I mean,"},{"start":87.68,"end":115.83,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"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.","topics":["Speechwriting","Public Policy","Administrative Coordination","Presidential Communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:50:23.217Z"},"topicSlugs":["speechwriting","public-policy","administrative-coordination","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":116,"audioFiles":[{"file":"319-009.mp3","bytes":4639138,"durationSec":115.84,"bitrate":320380,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.568Z","transcriptGapSeconds":101,"transcriptGapShare":0.87,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/319-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/319-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/319/conversation-319-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}