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Conversation 041-028

TapeTape 41StartThursday, June 21, 1973 at 5:18 PMEndThursday, June 21, 1973 at 5:20 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Ziegler, Ronald L.Recording deviceWhite House Telephone
AudioNARA Description

On June 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 5:18 pm to 5:20 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 041-028 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 41-28

Date: June 21, 1973
Time: 5:18 pm - 5:20 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.

[See also Conversation No. 447-36]

     Henry A. Kissinger’s briefing
          -Press coverage
          -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] television [TV]

     Leonid I. Brezhnev
          -Demeanor

     Brezhnev visit
          -Press coverage
                -Press briefing
                -President’s toast, June 21
                      -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
                             -Recording
                      -Coverage of President’s toast

     Kissinger’s briefing
           -Watergate

     Media coverage of Brezhnev’s visit
          -Expectations
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Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Hello?
Yes, sir?
How did the briefing go, Henry?
Oh, it went fine.
The story's planned great, the story.
Live TV was good on CBS.
Uh-huh.
Brezhnev is something.
What?
Brezhnev is really something.
Yeah.
But it came over well.
I mean, the whole setting was just very dignified.
Yeah.
And, uh... You know, they, uh...
I'm sure you know they, uh...
They wanted some remarks, but... No, no, no one expected it, but we don't want remarks for a reason.
We don't want any tomorrow, see?
All right.
We'll just do the same, but tomorrow, after we sign, I'm going to set up a little receiving line and cover that.
No, no, no one expected remarks today either, and the story played just as well, you know, without remarks, because the toast tonight will carry the thrust of things.
Mr. President, I think Al told you that they're going to film the toast tonight.
I think it's good you're not using it.
I'm not going to use it.
No, you should.
But we're going to work it so that the lights aren't shining directly.
Don't worry about me, because I'm not going to be reading.
Right, okay.
You know, they felt because we had filmed the toast that they're requested.
They want to film it, so fine.
toast to me the important statement by you today and i think it's good that you don't read it and uh we'll we'll have it piped to the press room so they can make sure that's that important statement by me i mean the toast will be your comments that they will carry today press
Well, I'm not going to say anything important.
No, I don't mean important.
I mean from the standpoint of substance, I just mean any quote that they use from you would come from the toast.
Nothing major is expected at all.
What I meant is that we've already, the agreements or the news today, the thing tonight will be very basically pretty light and just a sort of reiteration.
I don't want to go too far.
No, my point was that
you know any quote from the president will will be toast i see well he's going to say a few things so that'll that'll do that fine well at least uh henry said he didn't get any watergate questions today and not at all he shouldn't and uh heavens this is this is uh writing that and there's a lot of uh
stirring around in anticipation as to what might come with no one really having a sense as to what it will be, which is good, I think, for tomorrow.
Yeah, yeah.
Okay, Ron, thank you.
Okay, sir.
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