Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 341 › Conversation 341-041
Nixon alone in his EOB office on Leonid Brezhnev and USSR
Sunday, June 11, 1972 · 3:22 PM–5:08 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon dictated a memorandum regarding his recent diplomatic mission to the Soviet Union. The primary focus of the brief recording was a discussion involving Leonid Brezhnev. The President specifically noted the overwhelming nature of the ceremonial engagements during his visit.
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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 341-041 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 341-41
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]
[341-041-w001]
[Duration: 32s]
The President’s trip to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Conversation with Leonid I. Brehznev [?]
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No speech has been transcribed for this recording. An AI model that listened to the whole recording reported: The audio contains only continuous high-pitched tone, hum, and hiss, with no intelligible speech.
Material withdrawn by the National Archives (for privacy or national security) is replaced with a tone or silence in the released audio.
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- 025-044 3:22 PM · 31 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.
- 341-038 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.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 341-041, 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/341-041 (accessed November 14, 2026).