Secret White House Tapes

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723–5
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • Nikolay S. Patolichev
  • Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
  • Peter G. Peterson
  • Henry A. Kissinger
  • Peter M. Flanigan
  • White House photographer
May 11, 1972
Conversation No. 723-5

Date: May 11, 1972
Time: 10:08-11:01 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Nikolay S. Patolichev, Anatoliy F. Dobrynin, Peter G. Peterson, Henry
A. Kissinger, and Peter M. Flanigan; the White House photographer and members of the press
were present at the beginning of the meeting.

Greetings

President's knowledge of Russian

President's forthcoming Soviet trip
-Russian language

Photographs
-Seating arrangements

Dobrynin

Interpreter

US-Soviet Union relations
-Trade
-Peterson's report
-Previous meetings between Kissinger and Leonid I. Brezhnev, Kissinger and
Dobrynin

Photographs
-Arrangements
-Copies

[Photograph session]

Russian language
-Compared with Polish

Seating

Soviet Union
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
Conv. No. 723-5 (cont.)

-Meetings with the President
-Patolichev report to Politburo
-Central Committee
-The President’s view
-Trade relations with US
-Peterson’s meetings with Patolichev
-Expansion
-New era
-Discussion between US and Soviet officials
-Peterson
-Meetings with Maurice H. Stans
-Patolichev
-Dealings with Peterson
-Benefits
-Economic relations
-Expansion
-Recent figures
-Obstacles
-Most Favored Nations [MFN] status for Soviet Union
-Importance
-Political problems in US
-Other nations
-Patolichev
-Report to Central Committee
-Value of US trip
-Economic relations
-Credit
-Current problems
-Benefits
-Expansion
-Current problems
-Soviet problems
-Resolution of problems
-Reciprocity
-Foreign trade
-Cost of machinery
-Need for credit
-Machinery
-Imports
-Amount of credit
-Credit in foreign countries
-France
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
Conv. No. 723-5 (cont.)

-Italy
-West Germany
-Great Britain
-Japan
-Amounts
-Bargaining
-Oil pipelines
-Gas pipelines
-Copper ore
-Problems
-Private solutions
-Example of Far East seaport
-Construction
-Credit for Soviet Union
-Orders for goods
-Effect on US-Soviet trade
-Economic relations with US
-President's trip to Soviet Union
-Kissinger's meeting with Brezhnev
-Grain trade
-Terms
-Credit for Soviet Union
-Agricultural problems
-Patolichev's view
-Current conditions
-Frost in Siberia
-Seasons
-Patolichev's work during World War II
-Location
-Credit for Soviet Union
-Grain
-Purchases by Soviet Union
-Exports
-Amounts
-Costs
-Future trade
-Problems
-US-Soviet resolution
-Credits
-Terms
-President's comments
-President's approval of previous meetings
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
Conv. No. 723-5 (cont.)

-Patolichev, Earl L. Butz, Stans, and Peterson
-Kissinger, Brezhnev and Dobrynin

US-Soviet relations
-World War II alliance
-Cooperation among leadership
-Military might
-Economic strength
-Differences
-Philosophy
-Areas of conflict
-Resolution
-Future relations
-Reciprocity
-Trade development
-Long-term interests
-Resolution of differences
-Objectives
-Tactics
-US-Soviet Union Summit
-Significance
-Soviet leadership and people
-President’s respect
-President’s meetings with Brezhnev
-Goals
-Future cooperation
-Export-Import [Ex-Im] Bank credits
-MFN status
-Congressional approval
-President’s position
-Differences
-Resolution
-Mutual interests
-Long-range goals
-Economic relations
-Distractions
-Areas of conflict
-Economic agreement
-Importance
-President’s meeting with Brezhnev
-President’s authority
-Patolichev's report to Brezhnev and other leaders
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
Conv. No. 723-5 (cont.)

-A joint commission

Gifts
-Cuff links
-President’s seal

Artifacts in Oval Office
-Walter H. Annenberg's gift [“Star of the President”]
-Steuben glass design
-Crewelwork by Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Patolichev, et al., left at 11:01 am.
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