Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 040-115
Date: Thursday, June 14, 1973 at 5:43 PM
Participants: Kissinger, Henry A.; Nixon, Richard M. (President)
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-115

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[0:01] Mr. Kissinger, sir.
[0:04] Henry?
[0:04] Mr. President.
[0:05] You're not in a private meeting, are you?
[0:07] Uh, I'm in a meeting with Dupain and... Oh, in the map room.
[0:12] All right, fine.
[0:13] Tell him that I was very grateful for that personal note I received from Rushnapp.
[0:17] Would you do that?
[0:18] I certainly will, Mr. President.
[0:19] Did you know how warm that was?
[0:21] Oh, God, yes.
[0:22] Really something.
[0:24] But, uh...
[0:25] I'm prepared.
[0:27] I want you to repeat to him what I told him at 11 o'clock on the phone last night, that Mrs. Nixon was delighted that we could him, his wife, and if Gromyko, if he wants him, Gromyko and his wife can all stay at the compound.
[0:43] Right.
[0:44] We can open three bedrooms, and we, of course, will have a place for the security man, too.
[0:49] Right, Mr. President.
[0:50] I'll reiterate that proposal.
[0:53] Yeah.
[0:54] Anything you need to ask me, they told me you did a great job today.
[0:57] Well done for Congress.
[0:59] It was really amazing because I got a standing ovation in both places.
[1:03] Great, great, great.
[1:05] And both before and after.
[1:08] You talked about everything, Europe, Vietnam.
[1:11] Exactly, and put it in the general context.
[1:14] Very aggressive and positive.
[1:16] Great.
[1:17] way to do it.
[1:18] Then I had a long press conference.
[1:20] Yeah, yeah.
[1:22] Ron said that was just hit the nail right in the head and been seeing people all afternoon and so forth.
[1:28] When will you finish here?
[1:29] In about 15 minutes.
[1:32] Mr. President, I have one question which perhaps we can settle now because it would help with Sabrina.
[1:40] Brezhnev is leaving on Sunday from San Clemente, so if we sign this nuclear agreement,
[1:46] It would have to be Saturday or Sunday in San Clemente.
[1:49] Is that something that... No problem.
[1:52] Would you prefer it Saturday in San Clemente or Friday here?
[1:57] I'm looking at it from the news point of view.
[2:02] Or Sunday in San Clemente.
[2:03] These are the three choices.
[2:07] I've just got Ron coming in in a minute.
[2:08] Let me talk to him and call you back, can I?
[2:10] Right, Mr. President.
[2:11] On this line.
[2:12] Right.
[2:13] Are you going out tonight?
[2:15] You there?
[2:17] Well, I had initially planned to, yeah.
[2:19] Yeah, that's not good.
[2:21] That's good.
[2:22] I was going to give you a free meal, but that's all right.
[2:24] We'll let you go.
[2:26] No, go on out.
[2:26] That'll be good.
[2:27] And do a little singing.
[2:29] Okay, fine.
[2:30] All right, Mr. Benson, if you...