Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 341 › Conversation 341-039
Nixon alone in his EOB office on Leonid Brezhnev and Soviet-American relations
Sunday, June 11, 1972 · 3:22 PM–5:08 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 40 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon utilized this session to dictate a memorandum regarding the public persona of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. The President specifically focused on analyzing Brezhnev’s recent media appearance, noting the strategic importance of his smile. This reflection served to inform the administration’s broader strategy for handling diplomatic communications and international public relations.
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NARA Description
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 341-039 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 341-39
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]
[341-039-w001]
[Duration: 37s]
Comments on an Leonid I. Brehznev’s [?] appearance
-Smile
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No speech has been transcribed for this recording. An AI model that listened to the whole recording reported: The recording contains no intelligible speech, only mechanical noise and static.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 341-039, 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/341-039 (accessed November 14, 2026).