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Conversation 444-016

TapeTape 444StartTuesday, June 12, 1973 at 1:15 PMEndTuesday, June 12, 1973 at 1:16 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Scowcroft, Brent G. (Gen.)Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building
AI Summary

President Nixon instructed General Brent Scowcroft to deliver a personal message to an unnamed contact, affirming the President's commitment to specific concerns from a Christian perspective. Nixon emphasized his desire to issue a unilateral statement that he would personally clear to ensure the recipient's satisfaction. The President also directed that this matter be routed through the Congressional Review process.

Foreign PolicyCongressional ReviewDiplomatic CommunicationExecutive ProcedureChristianity
AudioNARA Description

On June 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:15 pm to 1:16 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 444-016 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 444-16

Date: June 12, 1973
Time: 1:15 pm - 1:16 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Brent Scowcroft.

[See Conversation No. 40-31]
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Yeah.
Put in that message, that to you, a personal message, that the President, to you, as a Christian, will make a personal, unilateral statement with regard to what he's concerned about, reaffirming what he's concerned about.
See what I mean?
And that I will do that, and that I will clear the statement from him and manage to be sure that he's satisfied with it.
find that I, on behalf of the NO, that I am personally with the NO, I'm part of the community, I'm part of the reading.
The President wants him to know that because he was personally with the NO, that he will also have to send it back to the Congressional Review.
Okay, fine.
The President wants him to know that because he was personally with the NO, that he will also have to send it back to the Congressional Review.
Thank you.
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