Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 9 › Conversation 009-116

Nixon phone call with Brennan on East-West trade and Kama River project

Wednesday, September 22, 1971 · 12:23 PM–12:24 PM ET · White House Telephone · 26 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Brennan, Peter J.Conversation009-116 on Tape 9 (tape position 03:33:13–03:33:39)StartWednesday, September 22, 1971 at 12:23 PMEndWednesday, September 22, 1971 at 12:24 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 009-116 ↗

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President Nixon directs Patrick J. Buchanan to secure a formal response from Henry Kissinger regarding the administration's stance on East-West trade. The conversation focuses specifically on the Kama River project, with the President emphasizing the need for a positive public relations strategy to highlight existing progress. Buchanan confirms the request and notes that Kissinger has already prepared relevant talking points regarding current trade developments.

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Yeah.
Yes, sir.
Get out of Kissinger a response that I want a positive response on the East-West trade and the Comer River thing.
He's done some thinking about that and there's some things that we could say out there that are not particularly new, but just to remind people what we've done.
Okay, fine, sir.
All right, fine.
Okay.

NARA Description

On September 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Peter J. Brennan talked on the telephone from 12:23 pm to 12:24 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-116 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 9-116

Date: September 22, 1971
Time: 12:23 pm - 12:24 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Patrick J. Buchanan.

[See Conversation No. 279-1]

     Economic policy
         -Henry A. Kissinger response
              -East-West Trade
                    -Kama River
                         -Administration action

Also recorded on September 22, 1971

  • 009-114 11:39 AM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone from 11:39 am to 11:41 am.
  • 279-009 11:39 AM · 44 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:39 am to 11:41 am.
  • 009-115 11:41 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:41 am and 12:23 pm.
  • 279-010 11:41 AM · 7 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 11:41 am and 12:23 pm.
  • 279-011 12:23 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:23 pm to 12:24 pm.
  • 279-012 12:24 PM · 4 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 12:24 pm and 12:55 pm.
  • 279-013 12:24 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:24 pm and 12:55 pm.
  • 279-014 12:55 PM · 49 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:55 pm to 1:50 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 009-116, September 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-116 (accessed October 12, 2026).