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Nixon & Scowcroft on Foreign Policy and Congressional Review

Tuesday, June 12, 1973 · 1:15 PM–1:16 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Scowcroft, Brent G. (Gen.)Conversation444-016 on Tape 444StartTuesday, June 12, 1973 at 1:15 PMEndTuesday, June 12, 1973 at 1:16 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 444-016 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed General Brent Scowcroft to deliver a personal message to an unnamed contact, affirming the President's commitment to specific concerns from a Christian perspective. Nixon emphasized his desire to issue a unilateral statement that he would personally clear to ensure the recipient's satisfaction. The President also directed that this matter be routed through the Congressional Review process.

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NARA Description

On June 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:15 pm to 1:16 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 444-016 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 444-16

Date: June 12, 1973
Time: 1:15 pm - 1:16 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Brent Scowcroft.

[See Conversation No. 40-31]

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Yeah.
Put in that message, that to you, a personal message, that the President, to you, as a Christian, will make a personal, unilateral statement with regard to what he's concerned about, reaffirming what he's concerned about.
See what I mean?
And that I will do that, and that I will clear the statement from him and manage to be sure that he's satisfied with it.
find that I, on behalf of the NO, that I am personally with the NO, I'm part of the community, I'm part of the reading.
The President wants him to know that because he was personally with the NO, that he will also have to send it back to the Congressional Review.
Okay, fine.
The President wants him to know that because he was personally with the NO, that he will also have to send it back to the Congressional Review.
Thank you.

Also recorded on June 12, 1973

  • 040-030 1:15 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:15 pm.
  • 040-031 1:15 PM · 51 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft talked on the telephone from 1:15 pm to 1:16 pm.
  • 444-015 1:15 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 1:16 pm.
  • 040-032 1:16 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 1:24 pm.
  • 444-017 1:16 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 1:24 pm.
  • 444-018 1:16 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 1:24 pm.
  • 040-033 1:24 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. talked on the telephone from 1:24 pm to 1:41 pm.
  • 444-019 1:24 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:24 pm to 1:41 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 444-016, June 12, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/444-016 (accessed November 12, 2026).