Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 945 › Conversation 945-010
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Leonid I. Brezhnev
Tuesday, June 19, 1973 · 4:30 PM–4:40 PM ET · Oval Office · 20 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with two unidentified individuals to discuss logistical challenges regarding Soviet General Secretary Leonid I. Brezhnev’s upcoming schedule. The primary focus involved the need to delay Henry Kissinger’s activities, a task requiring coordination with Soviet Ambassador Anatoliy F. Dobrynin. The brief meeting concluded with an urgent emphasis on time constraints regarding these diplomatic arrangements.
- Leonid I. Brezhnev
- Henry A. Kissinger
- Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
- Diplomatic scheduling
- Soviet-US relations
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NARA Description
On June 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 4:40 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 945-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 945-10
Date: June 19, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:30 and 4:40 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown man and an unknown woman.
Leonid I. Brezhnev’s schedule
-Delay Henry A. Kissinger
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
The unknown man and woman left at an unknown time before 4:40 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
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- 945-008 4:30 PM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 4:40 pm.
- 945-009 4:30 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 4:40 pm.
- 945-011 4:40 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:40 pm to 4:42 pm.
- 945-012 4:42 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:42 pm and 11:59 pm.
- 126-003 4:45 PM · 1 hr 42 min — President Richard M. Nixon and members of diplomatic delegations from the United States and the Soviet Union, including William P. Rogers, Henry A. Kissinger, George P. Shultz, John B. Connally, Peter M. Flanigan, Helmut ("Hal") Sonnenfeldt, Leonid I. Brezhnev, Andrei A. Gromyko, Anatoliy F. Dobrynin, Nikolai S. Patolichev, Andrei M. Aleksandrov, Viktor M. Sukhodrev, and members of the press, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 4:45 pm to 6:26 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 945-010, June 19, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/945-010 (accessed October 10, 2026).