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Nixon & Price on White House Personnel and Communications

Wednesday, November 1, 1972 · 9:09 AM–9:10 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 50 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Price, Raymond K., Jr.Conversation379-007 on Tape 379StartWednesday, November 1, 1972 at 9:09 AMEndWednesday, November 1, 1972 at 9:10 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 379-007 ↗

President Nixon and speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. engaged in a brief discussion to reschedule an earlier meeting due to a conflict with an appointment involving "Coral." The President directed Price to coordinate with "Cigar" and encouraged him to speak with Ross to gain a better sense of the current situation. The brief exchange focused primarily on logistics and setting a new time for the two to consult.

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Yeah, I find that coral is coming in at 3, so I don't have time to see you this morning, which is better.
If you could get over here by 10 o'clock, that would be a good idea.
So you can just get a bill in from Cigar, get the page, and have your degree.
I'm just hoping that I won't get a miss this morning.
Cigar will know the point, so that will be a good idea.
I don't want to get in there.
I'll be taking my word for it.
If you talk to Ross, you're going to get a feeling.
You're going to get no doubt about it.
I don't want to get in there.
If you come over and you and I talk, you're going to get a feeling, too.

On November 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:09 am to 9:10 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 379-007 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 379-7

Date: November 1, 1972
Time: 9:09 am - 9:10 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Raymond K. Price, Jr.

[See Conversation No. 32-110]
  • 032-108 9:02 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:02 am to 9:03 am.
  • 379-005 9:02 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:02 am to 9:03 am.
  • 032-109 9:03 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:03 am and 9:09 am.
  • 379-006 9:03 AM · 11 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 9:03 am and 9:09 am.
  • 032-110 9:09 AM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 9:09 am to 9:10 am.
  • 032-111 9:15 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Christian A. ("Sonny") Jurgenson talked on the telephone from 9:15 am to 9:17 am.
  • 379-008 9:15 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Christian A. ("Sonny") Jurgenson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:15 am to 9:17 am.
  • 379-009 9:17 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:17 am and 9:26 am.

Conversation 379-007, November 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/379-007 (accessed October 5, 2026).