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Conversation 341-035

TapeTape 341StartSunday, June 11, 1972 at 3:16 PMEndSunday, June 11, 1972 at 3:22 PMTape start time05:44:29Tape end time05:47:59ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Krol, John CardinalRecording deviceOld Executive Office Building
AI Summary

President Nixon met with Cardinal John Krol to discuss impressions from the President's recent diplomatic trip. Nixon recounted an anecdote involving a conversation with a foreign official, identified as Gary, who expressed high regard for Krol's leadership within the American Catholic Church. The interaction served primarily to build rapport and affirm the international standing of the Cardinal.

DiplomacyCatholic ChurchJohn Cardinal KrolInternational RelationsPresidential rapport
AudioNARA Description

On June 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John Cardinal Krol met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:16 pm to 3:22 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 341-035 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 341-35

Date: June 11, 1972
Time: 3:16-3:22 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President talked with John Cardinal Krol.

[See also Conversation No. 025-043]

                                         (rev. Jan-02)
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Hello?
He can call me back.
Don't worry.
I didn't have anything important to call you on, but I was sitting here doing some of my notes on my trip.
I ran across a little point that I don't think I mentioned in our talk the other day.
When I was talking to Gary, you know, and he was going on a big month about their attitude to the church, and I said, well, you know, one of our outstanding leaders of the Catholic Church in America is a fellow from Philadelphia,
He said, he laughed, and he said, you know, Crowell and Foley should be king.
He said, you know, look, we might not welcome a king, but I think we welcome a cardinal.
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