{"conversationCode":"390-004","tapeNumber":390,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-390-004","startDateTime":"1972-11-02T17:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-02T19:28:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Nov-1972","startTime":"12:16 PM","endDate":"2-Nov-1972","endTime":"2:28 PM","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 12:16 pm and 2:28 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 390-004 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 390-4\n\nDate: November 2, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:16 pm and 2:28 p.m.\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Raymond K. Price, Jr.\n\n       The President's forthcoming speech, “Look to the Future”\n\f                                               -6-\n\n                             NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY\n\n                                                                  Conversation No. 390-4 (cont’d)\n\n             -Word count\n             -Return telephone call","filename":["390-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Price, Raymond K., Jr."],"prevCode":"390-003","nextCode":"390-005","transcript":[{"start":0.22,"end":4.66,"text":"You got a word to count on this speech, please."},{"start":4.68,"end":12.25,"text":"Call me back."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. to coordinate the final preparations for his upcoming address titled \"Look to the Future.\" The discussion centered on finalizing the word count of the speech to ensure it met specific rhetorical requirements. The President concluded the meeting by directing Price to follow up via a return telephone call once the revisions were complete.","topics":["Look to the Future speech","Speechwriting","Public communication","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:54:39.773Z"},"topicSlugs":["look-to-the-future-speech","speechwriting","public-communication","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"390-004.mp3","bytes":296176,"durationSec":12.21,"bitrate":194001,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.437Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:31.991Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/390-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/390-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/390/conversation-390-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}