Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 397 › Conversation 397-009
Nixon & Kissinger on Staffing and Raymond K. Price Jr.
Friday, January 19, 1973 · 11:26 AM–11:52 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 28 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and Henry Kissinger met to coordinate administrative logistics and staffing, specifically regarding Kissinger's upcoming schedule. The discussion focused on coordinating meetings with White House aides Raymond K. Price, Jr. and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. These personnel arrangements were prioritized to manage the workflow within the Executive Office Building during this period.
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NARA Description
On January 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:26 am and 11:52 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 397-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 397-9
Date: January 19, 1973
Time: Unknown between 11:26 am and 11:52 am
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 397-9 (cont’d)
Kissinger's schedule
-Meeting with Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr. [?]Also recorded on January 19, 1973
- 036-003 11:26 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:26 am and 11:52 am.
- 397-008 11:26 AM · 24 min — 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.
- 397-010 11:26 AM · 10 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 11:26 am and 11:52 am.
- 036-004 11:52 AM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:52 am and 11:53 am.
- 397-011 11:52 AM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:52 am to 11:53 am.
- 036-005 11:53 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:53 am and 11:56 am.
- 397-012 11:53 AM · 9 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 11:53 am and 11:56 am.
- 036-006 11:56 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 11:56 am to 11:59 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 397-009, 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/397-009 (accessed October 11, 2026).