{"conversationCode":"397-008","tapeNumber":397,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-397-008","startDateTime":"1973-01-19T16:26:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-19T16:52:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Jan-1973","startTime":"11:26 AM","endDate":"19-Jan-1973","endTime":"11:52 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Price, Raymond K., Jr.; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On January 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:26 am and 11:52 am. 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Shultz [?]\n             -Content and wording\n                    -Policy references\n                    -Bold move reference\n\f                                                -12-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                           Conversation No. 397-8 (cont’d)\n\n             -Typing\n             -Content and wording\n                   -Last sentence\n                   -Paternalism reference\n                         -Average person\n                         -Government\n                         -Responsibility\n             -Foreign policy\n             -Typing\n             -Revisions\n\nAn unknown person entered and left at an unknown time between 11:26 am and 11:52 am.\n\n       President's Inaugural speech\n             -Wording\n                    -Tone\n                    -Request for prayers\n                    -Tone\n             -Kissinger's review\n             -Wording\n                    -Responsibility\n                          -Relations with other nations\n\n       President's schedule\n\n       Price's schedule\n             -Meeting with Kissinger\n\nPrice left at an unknown time before 11:52 am.","filename":["397-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Price, Raymond K., Jr.","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"397-007","nextCode":"397-009","transcript":[{"start":21.45,"end":28.4,"text":"God bless you."},{"start":118.78,"end":119.43,"text":"Takk for ating!"},{"start":163.26,"end":185.9,"text":"... ... ..."},{"start":196.15,"end":220.56,"text":"... ... ... ... ..."},{"start":240.5,"end":261.06,"text":"... ... ... ..."},{"start":278.33,"end":307.58,"text":"... ... ... ... ..."},{"start":308.81,"end":337.42,"text":"... ... ... ..."},{"start":358.46,"end":387.38,"text":"... ... ... ..."},{"start":388.63,"end":416.51,"text":"... ... ..."},{"start":475,"end":476.33,"text":"God bless you."},{"start":526.88,"end":550.63,"text":"... ... ... ... ..."},{"start":613.32,"end":623.67,"text":"... ... ... ... ..."},{"start":680.6,"end":687.91,"text":"... ... ... ..."},{"start":710.2,"end":730.42,"text":"... ... ... ... ..."},{"start":743.59,"end":748.07,"text":"Takk for ating med."},{"start":782.29,"end":795.77,"text":"... ... ... ... ..."},{"start":814.18,"end":817.39,"text":"Thank you for watching!"},{"start":848.56,"end":873.89,"text":"I don't know, maybe you've got it better right the way it is, in a sense."},{"start":873.91,"end":875.27,"text":"In fact, what I was saying earlier, your idea of the time was tough."},{"start":875.29,"end":877.27,"text":"Rather than our faith, I'm a little afraid of that, because it looks more responsible than it does."},{"start":877.29,"end":877.77,"text":"More responsible than..."},{"start":879.5,"end":880.45,"text":"Teksting av Nicolai Winther"},{"start":914.03,"end":922.1,"text":"... ... ... ..."},{"start":973.84,"end":974.63,"text":"Teksting av Nicolai Winther"},{"start":1042.06,"end":1063.01,"text":"I was thinking about other things."},{"start":1063.03,"end":1063.85,"text":"Something that is a little better person."},{"start":1063.87,"end":1064.69,"text":"Maybe it's a lot of fun to stand in here."},{"start":1064.71,"end":1064.97,"text":"It's a place."},{"start":1064.99,"end":1066.23,"text":"I don't know if you can see this, but it's hard for me to see."},{"start":1113.24,"end":1141.91,"text":"... ... ... ... ..."},{"start":1228.75,"end":1231.54,"text":"It's a little bit more personal."},{"start":1314.37,"end":1340.21,"text":"... ... ... ..."},{"start":1341.44,"end":1369.47,"text":"We're nations of wrong."},{"start":1402.38,"end":1422.03,"text":"Yes, yes, yes."},{"start":1422.05,"end":1423.47,"text":"Just go right to his office."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. met to review and refine the content, tone, and specific phrasing of Nixon's upcoming second inaugural address. The discussion focused on balancing policy objectives with themes of personal responsibility, governmental paternalism, and international relations. Henry Kissinger’s input on the foreign policy segments was also integrated into the final drafting process before Price departed for a follow-up meeting with Kissinger.","topics":["Second Inaugural Address","Speechwriting","Domestic Policy","Foreign Policy","Henry Kissinger"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:08:44.573Z"},"topicSlugs":["second-inaugural-address","speechwriting","domestic-policy","foreign-policy","henry-kissinger"],"audioDurationSec":1428,"audioFiles":[{"file":"397-008.mp3","bytes":34267868,"durationSec":1427.69,"bitrate":192018,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.438Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:33.265Z","transcriptGapSeconds":375,"transcriptGapShare":0.26,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/397-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/397-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/397/conversation-397-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). 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