President Nixon and Henry Kissinger coordinate logistics for the upcoming visit of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, specifically regarding accommodations at the San Clemente compound for Brezhnev, his wife, and Andrei Gromyko. Nixon requests that Kissinger convey his gratitude for a warm personal note received from Brezhnev and confirm the residence arrangements. The two also briefly discuss Kissinger’s successful briefings to Congress and the press, as well as the optimal timing for the signing of a nuclear non-proliferation agreement.
On June 14, 1973, Henry A. Kissinger and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 5:43 pm to 5:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-115 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 40-115 Date: June 14, 1973 Time: 5:43 pm - 5:46 pm Location: White House Telephone Henry A. Kissinger talked with the President. [See also Conversation No. 446-6C] -94- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM (rev. March-2011) Kissinger’s schedule -Meeting with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Map room -Meeting -Leonid I. Brezhnev’s note -Tone -Conversation with president, June 13 -Accommodations at San Clemente -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon -Irina Dobrynin -Andrei A. Gromyko and wife [Lydia Gromyko] -Security men Kissinger’s briefings, June 14 -Congressional reception -Standing ovation -Europe -Vietnam -Tone -Press conference -Ronald L. Ziegler Kissinger’s schedule President’s schedule -Brezhnev visit -Dobrynin -Departure to Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] -San Clemente -Signing of Agreement [on Prevention of Nuclear War] -Timing -San Clemente, Washington -Ziegler’s input -Ziegler meeting Kissinger’s schedule -Dinner plans -President’s invitation -95- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM (rev. March-2011)
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