{"conversationCode":"376-024","tapeNumber":376,"conversationNumber":24,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-376-024","startDateTime":"1972-11-02T15:49:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-02T15:50:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Nov-1972","startTime":"10:49 AM","endDate":"2-Nov-1972","endTime":"10:50 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Price, Raymond K., Jr.;","description":"On November 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:49 am and 10:50 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 376-024 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 376-24\n\nDate: November 2, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:49 am and 10:50 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Raymond K. Price, Jr.\n\n[See Conversation No. 32-138]","filename":["376-024.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Price, Raymond K., Jr."],"prevCode":"376-023","nextCode":"376-025","transcript":[{"start":1.69,"end":4.43,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":14.33,"end":14.45,"text":"Great."},{"start":14.47,"end":15.73,"text":"On reflection, the Tuesday thing definitely will not be a test."},{"start":15.75,"end":19.64,"text":"Of course, Monday will not be a test, but Tuesday can, because I think it sounds too smug and complacent that the fellow had it all written out for banks and all that sort of thing."},{"start":19.66,"end":20.14,"text":"Do you know what I mean?"},{"start":20.16,"end":20.5,"text":"And I didn't read"},{"start":29.53,"end":31.89,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. discuss the tone and political messaging of upcoming public remarks. Nixon expresses concern that a specific draft sounds overly smug and complacent, advising against the inclusion of certain policy details like those related to banking. The brief consultation serves to refine the President's rhetorical strategy to ensure his presentation does not alienate the audience.","topics":["Speechwriting","Public relations","Political strategy","Messaging","Richard Nixon"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:29:06.714Z"},"topicSlugs":["speechwriting","public-relations","political-strategy","messaging","richard-nixon"],"audioDurationSec":35,"audioFiles":[{"file":"376-024.mp3","bytes":833200,"durationSec":34.64,"bitrate":192424,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.876Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/376-024.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/376-024","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/376/conversation-376-024","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}