President Nixon met with speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. to discuss the tone and direction of upcoming communications, emphasizing a desire to avoid overly grandiose or major declarations. The President expressed a preference for maintaining a restrained perspective, acknowledging the underlying political reality of the situation. The conversation concluded with Nixon affirming his readiness to move forward with these strategic adjustments.
On January 19, 1973, 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 3:07 pm and 4:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 397-025 of the White House Tapes.
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