Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 341 › Conversation 341-012
Nixon, Price & Bull on Foreign Policy and US News and World Report
Saturday, June 10, 1972 · 11:20 AM–12:15 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 47 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. met to edit and refine a forthcoming article for U.S. News & World Report detailing the administration's foreign policy and broader political philosophy. The discussion focused on carefully framing U.S. relations with the Soviet Union, the Vietnam War, and American goals for global stability to counter isolationist critiques and political opponents like George McGovern. Nixon directed Price to prepare the final text for distribution to administration spokespeople, emphasizing the need for concise, quotable passages that could be utilized in future speeches.
- Foreign Policy
- US News and World Report
- Vietnam War
- Soviet Union
- Political Strategy
- George McGovern
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NARA Description
On June 10, 1972, 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. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 341-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 341-12
Date: June 10, 1972
Time: 11:20 am.-12:15 pm.
Location: Old Executive Office Building
The President met with Raymond K. Price, Jr.
The President’s schedule
-Charles W. Colson
-Camp David
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1972 campaign
-Possible action by administration
-News cycles
-Foreign policy
-Economic policy
-Research
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The President talked with Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon between 11:23 and 11:27 am.
[Conversation No. 341-012a]
[See Conversation No. 025-024]
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1972 campaign
-Domestic issues
-Food prices
-Tax reform
-Wilbur D. Mills
-The President’s conversation with John B. Connally
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1972 campaign
-The President’s forthcoming article in US News and World Report
-Foreign policy
-Possible changes
-The President’s views
-Isolationism
-Richard M. Scammon’s view
-George S. McGovern-compared to Robert M. LaFollette, Jr.,
Gerald P. Nye, and Burton K. Wheeler
-Wording
-The President’s view
-US policy with the Soviet Union
-The President’s role
-Strategic weapons
-Multiple Independently-Targeted Re-entry Vehicles [MIRVs]
-Wording
-Possible changes
-Vietnam
-Reasons for President’s policy
-Peace negotiations
-Return of Prisoners of War [POWs]
-McGovern’s views on amnesty
-Developing nations
-Form of governance
-The President’s view
-Mohammed Reza Pahlevi [Shah of Iran]
-US foreign policy
-Goals
-Wording
-US history
-Role
-President's 1967 article in Foreign Affairs
-Drafting
-National Security Council [NSC] staff
-State Department
-Henry A. Kissinger's world reports
-Content
-Length
-Use
-Colson’s role
-Administrative spokesman use
-Douglas L. Hallett
-Previous speeches
-Inaugural address
-State of Union speeches
-Environment
-Revenue sharing
-Social Security
-Senate Finance Committee
-George P. Shultz
-John B. Connally
-Possible veto
-Previous speeches
-Busing
-Media coverage
-Use
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/11/2019.
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[Duration: 6m 30s]
1972 campaign
Charles W. Colson's forthcoming review
-Barry M. Goldwater, Sr.
-George S. McGovern
-Press
-Move to center
-Democratic platform
-Dissemination to Republican speakers
-George S. McGovern [?]
-Compromise
-Ideology
-Voting record in Senate
-Labor
-1968 campaign
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Building trades
-Catholics
-1968 campaign
-Robert F. (“Bobby”) Kennedy
-George S. McGovern
-Blacks
-Jews
-Orthodox compared to liberal
-Debate with Hubert H. Humphrey
-Richard M. Scammon's conversation with Charles W. Colson
-Gallup poll
-California
-George C. Wallace's supporters
-Strength compared to 1968 campaign
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Stephen B. Bull entered at 12:00 pm.
Unknown person's presence
Bull left at 12:02 pm.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/11/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
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[341-012-w004]
[Duration: 1m 58s]
1972 campaign
-George S. McGovern
-Edmund S. Muskie's statement, June 9, 1972
-Possible mistakes
-Democrats' alternatives
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-New Hampshire
-Republicans’ possible actions
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Conservatives and liberals
-Devotion to principle
-Policies
-McGovern
-New York Times
-Barry M. Goldwater
-John Birch Society
-Human Events
-Interest in power
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/11/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
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[341-012-w005]
[Duration: 6m 23s]
1972 campaign
-George S. McGovern
-Supporters' perceptions
-Compared to 1968 campaign
-Compromise
-John B. Connally
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Voters' perceptions
-Problems of front-runner position
-Comparison with Barry M. Goldwater, Sr.
-George S. McGovern
-The President’s opinion of supporters
-Compared with Barry M. Goldwater, Sr.’s supporters
-The President's meeting with Nelson A. Rockefeller in 1960
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
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The President and Price left at 12:15 pm.Transcript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on June 10, 1972
- 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.
- 341-009 10:52 AM · 56 sec — 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 729-001 12:15 PM · 11 sec — Alexander P. Butterfield and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:15 pm and 12:45 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 341-012, 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/341-012 (accessed November 14, 2026).