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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation341-041 on Tape 341StartSunday, June 11, 1972 at 3:22 PMEndSunday, June 11, 1972 at 5:08 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 341-041 ↗

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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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.

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.]
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[Duration: 32s]

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

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  • 025-043 3:16 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John Cardinal Krol talked on the telephone from 3:16 pm to 3:22 pm.
  • 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.
  • 341-038 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.
  • 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 341-041, 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 September 30, 2026).