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Nixon & Price on Speechwriting and Public relations

Saturday, June 10, 1972 · 10:52 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 56 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Price, Raymond K., Jr.Conversation341-009 on Tape 341 (tape position 01:17:07–01:18:01)StartSaturday, June 10, 1972 at 10:52 AMEndSaturday, June 10, 1972 at 10:52 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 341-009 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. to coordinate messaging and strategic themes for upcoming administration priorities. The discussion focused on refining rhetorical approaches and selecting key topics for the President’s domestic and foreign policy agenda. No formal policy shifts were recorded, as the brief exchange served primarily as a consultative session between the President and his senior writing staff.

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Thank you.
Hello.
Hello.
Are you here or at home?
Oh, fine.
Well, no hurry, but I was just reading over the U.S. news thing, and I thought if you could come over, I would have much to say.
All right, take your time.

NARA Description

On June 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 10:52 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 341-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 341-9

Date: June 10, 1972
Time: 10:52-10:53 am.
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President talked with Raymond K. Price, Jr.

[See also Conversation No. 25-21]

Also recorded on June 10, 1972

  • 341-007 9:35 AM · 1 hr 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, unknown person(s), and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:35 am and 10:52 am.
  • 025-021 10:52 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 10:52 am to 10:53 am.
  • 341-010 10:53 AM · 19 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 10:53 am and 10:57 am.
  • 025-022 10:57 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:57 am.
  • 025-023 10:57 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:57 am.
  • 341-011 10:57 AM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 10:57 am.
  • 341-012 11:20 AM · 47 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:20 am to 12:15 pm.
  • 025-024 11:23 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 11:23 am to 11:27 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 341-009, June 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/341-009 (accessed September 30, 2026).