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Conversation 340-009

TapeTape 340StartTuesday, June 6, 1972 at 9:21 AMEndTuesday, June 6, 1972 at 9:58 AMTape start time00:30:39Tape end time00:50:49ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Connally, John B.;  Bull, Stephen B.Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building
AI Summary

President Nixon met with John B. Connally and Stephen B. Bull to provide instructions and background context for an upcoming international trip undertaken by Connally. The President dictated a memorandum outlining the mission's central theme, which focused on the shifting global balance of economic and political power among the U.S., Western Europe, the Soviet Union, China, and Japan. Nixon also shared personal reflections on his past travels to various nations to assist Connally in his engagements with foreign leaders.

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AudioNARA Description

On June 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:21 am and 9:58 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 340-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 340-9

                                        (rev. Dec-01)

Date: June 6, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:21 am and 9:58 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President dictated a memorandum to John B. Connally.

     Method of delivery
         -Venezuela

     Connally's trip
         -President's views

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:21 am.

     A box

Bull left at an unknown time before 9:58 am.

     Connally's trip
         -President's previous travels
                 -Colombia
                 -Brazil
                     -Emilio Garrastazu Medici
                 -Bolivia
                 -Peru
                     -Luncheon at the White House for wife of the President
                     -Earthquake
                            -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
                 -Argentina
                 -New Zealand
                 -Australia
                     -Courtesy call to former Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies
                            -The President’s suggestion
                 -Vietnam
                     -Saigon
                     -Hanoi
                     -Other trips
                 -Malaysia
                 -Singapore
                     -Lee Kuan Yew
                 -Cambodia
                     -John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

                                    (rev. Dec-01)

                 -Angkor Wat
                      -North Vietnamese
            -Iran
                 -[Shah of Iran] Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
                      -Moscow trip
            -India
            -Pakistan
            -[Pope Paul VI] Giovanni Battista Motini

President's instructions
     -Letters from the President
     -Connally's role
            -The President’s recent trip to the Soviet Union
     -Theme for Connally's trip
             -Economic and political power centers
                  -US
                  -Western Europe
                  -Soviet Union
                  -People's Republic of China [PRC]
                  -Japan
                  -Industrial strength
                  -Defense capacity
                  -Military
                  -World resources
                        -Development
                              -Italy
                  -President's interests
                  -PRC
                  -Soviet Union
                  -Allies

Connally’s trip
    -New York Times, Washington Post

                                        (rev. Dec-01)
Transcript (AI-Generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.

I have some other random thoughts that might be of use to you on your trip.
None of them are particularly important, but they may give you some
in the conversation we had with the various leaders.
With that in mind, Mayor, we'll clarify the response to the question.
I'll let it go forward.
In the box.
I envisaged all the taxes that you would use on this trip.
You probably haven't compiled the record line at the time of the statement that was made by, uh, President, by the head of the government of the state of Manhattan.
Go ahead.
In any event, sir,
Here's a brief rundown for the rundown that you need to mind.
I was in Columbia in 1958, and I was Columbia president with the state of the state.
And I received it along with the President of the State Department.
I was in Brazil twice.
As Vice President, again, I received it from the President of the State Department.
And the people of the State Department said,
Hurry up and share.
Hurry up and share.
All right, this is Olivia.
It's been easy after the earthquake.
In fact, my little apartment is already being renovated.
And again, it's a private city.
It was renovated in 2007.
It's a pretty good car.
My house is...
It was the first foreign country I lived in.
I have at least two.
I visited Australia and the gas on the private
on the White House side of the President's office.
Incidentally, while you were in Ontario, the President was scheduled to call on the former Prime Minister, Robert Menzies.
He's been quite ill, and maybe he'll be coming to the seat.
But he's a great friend of mine.
He's a top world leader, and I'm very proud of him.
If you are aware of this, a number of us have said that maybe it's not.
In 1963, I was both in Saigon and Hanoi.
Then before the country was purgated in 1956, I was in Saigon again.
I was out of office, and I was there at least six times.
And I've been there once.
And so, I got pregnant.
I was in Malaysia.
I was following up for her, and I agreed.
And then, again, I tried to say,
And, uh,
I consider him among the most competent of the world leaders in the international world.
He has a profound understanding of international affairs.
to attend to the performance at the Kennedy Center for the Royal Concert of the Dancers on May 1st.
My head is there, but now my hair is red, and I'm a little bit underwhelmed.
You know, it's just pretty...
It's hard for me to be very familiar, so...
It's tough for us to not be denied the fact that I had a pretty good look on the scene.
It's a wonder of the world.
It's very, very...
I visited Iran in 1963 when I first got the job, and again in 1967.
I was here in the state of Hawaii.
I was there two or three years ago, and I lost my career.
I didn't go after my possible career.
again in 1957.
And then in 1969, on the Round the World trip, I was in Cambodia, and I was practicing there.
I also was attached to my mom's jewelry while I was out of office.
Right.
And, uh, I was attached to my mom's jewelry while I was out of office.
Right.
I have seen her.
I have, uh,
to seek to find the present hope of freedom and peace.
In each country that you visit,
You will probably be asked for a very personal message from the president if you have a reference that is sacred.
You should answer it in the primary in any case.
I will never call it a practice, but I have a letter to hand over
I had taken up several matters with the U.S. government in the United States, and also agreed on that.
to get therapy in general.
They did as well all the time besides the last one
A general theme for your trip might be along the following lines, period.
Of course, if you know, I have made several speeches for the back of it.
There are probably a million, even on political television in the world, in the United States.
The question of current Soviet people, people from other China, and China's security.
Some had a purpose to visit and go to any country that wasn't matter.
True as far as their presence, industrial and political.
Even though their presence was industrial and political,
On the other hand, over half the people, people of the world, and all over half of the people research, and over half of the world research.
It's not going to work out.
It's not going to work out.
It's going to work out.
It's going to work out.
to cover all the areas, all of that.
We're going to be cycling down the road.
And as they develop their resources and funding, we're all on the world stage, because they are capable.
I'm telling you, it's impressive, but my own interest
We are not forgetting our allies and friends.
I'm sorry about that.
This is a memorandum to, uh, John Mitchell, copies to, uh, Alderman Colston.
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