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Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Raymond Price and GOP

Friday, January 19, 1973 · 9:32 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 17 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation397-002 on Tape 397StartFriday, January 19, 1973 at 9:32 AMEndFriday, January 19, 1973 at 9:32 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 397-002 ↗

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to contact Raymond Price to convey specific directions regarding GOP office matters. This brief interaction served to facilitate internal administrative coordination and communication with his staff. No further policy or strategic developments were recorded during this exchange.

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And Mr. Price, come over to the GOP office and tell him.

On January 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 9:32 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 397-002 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 397-2

Date: January 19, 1973
Time: 9:32 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 36-1]
  • 397-001 8:38 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:38 am to 8:43 am.
  • 036-001 9:32 AM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:32 am.
  • 036-002 9:33 AM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 9:33 am to 9:34 am.
  • 397-003 9:33 AM · 50 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:33 am to 9:34 am.
  • 397-004 9:34 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:34 am and 9:35 am.
  • 397-005 9:35 AM · 1 hr 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:35 am to 10:55 am.
  • 397-006 10:55 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:55 am and 11:07 am.
  • 397-007 10:55 AM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:55 am and 11:25 am.

Conversation 397-002, January 19, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/397-002 (accessed October 11, 2026).