Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 341 › Conversation 341-038

Nixon alone in his EOB office on USSR and Leonid Brezhnev

Sunday, June 11, 1972 · 3:22 PM–5:08 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation341-038 on Tape 341StartSunday, June 11, 1972 at 3:22 PMEndSunday, June 11, 1972 at 5:08 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 341-038 ↗

President Nixon utilized this session to dictate a memorandum regarding his recent diplomatic mission to the Soviet Union. The focus of the dictation centered on his interactions with General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev and observations related to intelligence matters. This record serves as a personal summary of high-level geopolitical engagements during the 1972 summit.

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On June 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:22 pm and 5:08 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 341-038 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 341-38

Date: June 11, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:22 and 5:08 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President dictated a memorandum.

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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/17/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[341-038-w001]
[Duration: 58s]

     The President’s trip to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
          -Leonid I. Brehznev
          -Intelligence [?]

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  • 025-044 3:22 PM · 30 sec — Unknown person(s) talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 3:22 pm on June 11, 1972 and 9:09 am on June 12, 1972.
  • 341-036 3:22 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:22 pm and 5:08 pm.
  • 341-037 3:22 PM — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:22 pm and 5:08 pm.
  • 341-039 3:22 PM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:22 pm and 5:08 pm.
  • 341-040 3:22 PM — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:22 pm and 5:08 pm.
  • 341-041 3:22 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:22 pm and 5:08 pm.
  • 341-042 3:22 PM · 4 min — 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 3:22 pm and 5:08 pm.

Conversation 341-038, June 11, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/341-038 (accessed September 30, 2026).