May 23, 1972

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The President's day began at Kremlin Palace Annex, Moscow, U.S.S.R.

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• Federal Register of Tuesday, May 23, 1972

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• Senate: May 23, 1972
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• President's Daily Brief of 23 May 1972

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Vol. XIV, Soviet Union, October 1971-May 1972

Nixon at the Summit, May 13-May 31, 1972

• 259. Memorandum of Conversation, Moscow, May 23, 1972, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 487, President Trip Files, The President’s Conversations in Salzburg, Moscow, Tehran, and Warsaw, May 1972, Part 1. Secret; Nodis. Drafted by Krimer. The meeting was held in St. Catherine’s Hall, Grand Kremlin Palace. According to the President’s Daily Diary, the meeting was from 11:04 a.m. to 1:04 p.m. (Ibid., White House Central Files)

• 261. Memorandum From Helmut Sonnenfeldt of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Moscow, May 23, 1972

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 74, Kissinger Office Files, Country Files, Europe, USSR, Moscow Summit 1972 [1 of 2]. Top Secret; Sensitive. The memorandum is not initialed.

• 262. Memorandum of Conversation, Moscow, May 23, 1972, 4-6 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 487, President’s Trip Files, The President’s Conversations in Salzburg, Moscow, Tehran, and Warsaw, May 1972, Part 1. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. Transcribed from Kissinger’s notes. The meeting was held in St. Catherine’s Hall, Grand Kremlin Palace. According to the President’s Daily Diary, the meeting was from 4:05 to 5:39 p.m. (Ibid., White House Central Files)

• 263. Memorandum of Conversation, Moscow, May 23, 1972, 7:20-9:55 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 487, President’s Trip Files, The President’s Conversations in Salzburg, Moscow, Tehran, and Warsaw, May 1972, Part 1. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. The meeting was held in the General Secretary’s office in the Kremlin. According to the President’s Daily Diary, the meeting was from 7:20 to 10 p.m. (Ibid., White House Central Files)

Vol. XXIX, Eastern Europe, 1969-1972

Poland

• 162. Telegram From the Embassy in Poland to the Department of State, Warsaw, May 23, 1972, 1019Z

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 699, Country Files—Europe, Poland, Vol. II 1972. Secret; Immediate; Nodis. A notation on the telegram reads: “sent Moscow.”

Vol. XXXII, SALT I, 1969-1972

The Summit and Congressional Approval of the SALT Agreements, May 19-October 4, 1972

• 293. Memorandum From Helmut Sonnenfeldt of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, May 23, 1972

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Kissinger Office Files, Box 74, Country Files, Europe, USSR, Moscow Summit 1972 [1 of 2]. Top Secret; Sensitive. Printed from an uninitialed copy.

• 294. Backchannel Message From the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Haig) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, May 23, 1972

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 479, President’s Trip Files, President’s Moscow, Iran, Poland, Austria Trip TOHAK (File No. 1), Situation Room, May–June 1972. Top Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only. Printed from the copy approved for transmission.

• 295. Memorandum of Conversation, Moscow, May 23, 1972, 4-6 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 487, President’s Trip Files, The President’s Conversations in Salzburg, Moscow, Tehran, and Warsaw, May 1972, Part 1. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. Transcribed from Kissinger’s notes. The meeting was held in St. Catherine’s Hall, Grand Kremlin Palace.

• 296. Memorandum of Conversation, Moscow, May 23, 1972, 7:20-9:55 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 487, President’s Trip Files, The President’s Conversations in Salzburg, Moscow, Tehran, and Warsaw, May 1972, Part 1. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. The meeting was held in the General Secretary’s office in the Kremlin.

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Roll WHPO-9113 Photographer: Grove, Andrew | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9113-, Vice President Agnew seated with Gold Star Mothers from Kansas. 5/23/1972, Washington, D.C. Vice Presidential Office, Executive Office Building. Spiro Agnew, unidentified Gold Star Mothers.

Roll WHPO-9115 Photographer: Grove, Andrew | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9115-, Mike Farrell with the D'Ambra family. 5/23/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn. Michael Farrell, Mr. & Mrs. D'Ambra, young lady.

Roll WHPO-9116 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9116-, Vice President Agnew standing with a group called the "Virginians.". 5/23/1972, Washington, D.C. Vice Presidential Office, Executive Office Building. Spiro Agnew, The Virginians.

Roll WHPO-9120 Photographer: Grove, Andrew | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9120-, Russell Train and others giving a news press briefing. 5/23/1972, Washington, D.C. unknown. Russell Train, unidentified persons.

Roll WHPO-9149 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-9149-04A, Secretary of State William Rogers arriving by limousine. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR Grand Kremlin Palace, exterior. President Nixon, William Rogers, Henry Kissinger, Boris Kolokov, Leonid Brezhnev, Anatoly Dobrynin, Andrei Gromyko, Alexei Kosygin, Nikolai Podgorny, U.S. and USSR officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9149-05A-28A, The first plenary session meeting in Moscow. The arrival of President Nixon and Soviet officials at the Grand Kremlin for the plenary meeting session. Soviet officials talk while seated around a conference table. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR Grand Kremlin Palace, St. Catherine's Hall. President Nixon, William Rogers, Henry Kissinger, Boris Kolokov, Leonid Brezhnev, Anatoly Dobrynin, Andrei Gromyko, Aleksey Kosygin, Nicolai Podgorny, U.S. and USSR officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9149-07A, The first plenary session meeting in Moscow. President Nixon shakes hands with Leonid Brezhnev, Secretary General of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR Grand Kremlin Palace, St. Catherine's Hall. President Nixon, Leonid Brezhnev, , Nicolai Podgorny, U.S. and USSR officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9149-23A, The first plenary session meeting in Moscow. The arrival of President Nixon and Soviet officials at the Grand Kremlin for the plenary meeting session. Soviet officials talk while seated around a conference table. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR Grand Kremlin Palace, St. Catherine's Hall. President Nixon, William Rogers, Henry Kissinger, Boris Kolokov, Leonid Brezhnev, Anatoly Dobrynin, Andrei Gromyko, Aleksey Kosygin, Nicolai Podgorny, U.S. and USSR officials.

Roll WHPO-9150 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-9150-03A-06A, Pat Nixon walking in the Kremlin area with unidentified women. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR grounds, Kremlin. Pat Nixon, unidentified persons.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9150-07A-32A, The signing ceremony for agreements of cooperation in the fields of environmental protection and medical science and public health. President Nixon, Soviet officials, and others. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR St. Vladimir Hall, Grand Kremlin Palace. President Nixon, Nikolai Podgorny, Alexei Kosygin, Leonid Brezhnev, William Rogers, Andrei Gromyko, William Rogers, Henry Kissinger, unidentified U.S. and Soviet officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9150-12A, The signing ceremony for agreements of cooperation in the fields of environmental protection and medical science and public health. President Nixon, Soviet officials, and others. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR St. Vladimir Hall, Grand Kremlin Palace. President Nixon, Nikolai Podgorny, Alexei Kosygin, Leonid Brezhnev, William Rogers, Andrei Gromyko, William Rogers, Henry Kissinger, unidentified U.S. and Soviet officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9150-16A, The signing ceremony for agreements of cooperation in the fields of environmental protection and medical science and public health. President Nixon shaking hands with Nikolai Podgorny Soviet officials, and others. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR St. Vladimir Hall, Grand Kremlin Palace. President Nixon, Nikolai Podgorny, Alexei Kosygin, Leonid Brezhnev, William Rogers, Andrei Gromyko, William Rogers, Henry Kissinger, unidentified U.S. and Soviet officials.

Roll WHPO-9151 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-9151-02-04, Side view of the American limousine. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR grounds surrounding St. Basil's, Kremlin. unidentified man.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9151-04, Side view of the American limousine. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR grounds surrounding St. Basil's, Kremlin.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9151-05, President Nixon and Nikolai V. Podgorny seated and participating in a signing ceremony for agreements of coorperation between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. in environmental protection and medical science and public health. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR St. Vladimir Hall, Grand Kremlin Palace. President Nixon, Nikolai V. Podgorny, U.S. and U.S.S.R. officials, crowd of unidentified officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9151-05-13, President Nixon with Russian officials signing of agreements. President Nixon and others walking on the Kremlin grounds after the signings. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR St. Vladimir Hall, Grand Kremlin Palace; grounds, Kremlin. President Nixon, Soviet and American officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9151-14, Aerial view of St. Basil's Cathedral. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR grounds, St. Basil's, Kremlin.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9151-14-21, Aerial views of St. Basil's Cathedral. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR grounds, St. Basil's, Kremlin. unidentified man.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9151-19, Aerial view of St. Basil's Cathedral. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR St. Basil's, Kremlin.

Roll WHPO-9152 Photographer: Schumaker, Byron | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-9152-, Pat Nixon greeting a crowd before going down an escalator into the Metro. Shots of various Metro stations and cars. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR Metro. Pat Nixon, unidentified persons, crowds.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9152-09, Pat Nixon greeting a crowd on escalator into the Metro. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR Metro. Pat Nixon, unidentified persons, crowd.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9152-24A, Pat Nixon standing with various unidentified persons on the Metro. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR Metro. Pat Nixon, unidentified persons.

Roll WHPO-9153 Photographer: Schumaker, Byron | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-9153-, Pat Nixon walking in the Kremlin area with unidentified women and an unidentified official. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR grounds, Kremlin. Pat Nixon, unidentified women, aides.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9153-04, Pat Nixon walking in the Kremlin area with unidentified women and an unidentified official. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR grounds, Kremlin. Pat Nixon, unidentified women, unidentified official.

Roll WHPO-9154 Photographer: Schumaker, Byron | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-9154-02A-12A, Pat Nixon in a Metro station, on a Metro train, and leaving a station. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR Metro stations, Metro car; grounds, Kremlin. Pat Nixon, unidentified women, aides, crowd.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9154-06, Pat Nixon seated among women in a Metro car. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR Metro car. Pat Nixon, unidentified women, unidentified aide, crowd.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9154-13A-15A, Pat Nixon walking in the Kremlin area with unidentified women and aides. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR grounds of the Kremlin. Pat Nixon, unidentified women, aides, crowd.

Roll WHPO-9155 Photographer: Moore, Robert (Supervisor/Director, WHPO Photographic Laboratory) | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-9155-28A-36A, Pat Nixon visiting Secondary School No.42. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR rooms, Secondary School No. 42. Pat Nixon, Russian school officials, students.

Roll WHPO-9156 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-9156-02, 11, 12, Outdoor shots of the palace, and of men walking and talking. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR Grand Kremlin Palace, outdoors. President Nixon, Henry Kissinger, William Rogers, Leonid Brezhnev, Nikolai Podgorny, Alexei Kosygin, Andrei Gromyko, Martin Hillenbrand, Jacob Beam, officials, aides.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9156-03-10, Participants at the first plenary session standing and seated at a conference table. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR Grand Kremlin Palace, St. Catherine's Hall. President Nixon, Henry Kissinger, William Rogers, Alexei Kosygin, Nikolai Podgorny, Brezhnev, Gromyko, Martin Hillenbrand, Jacob Beam, officials, aides.

Roll WHPO-9157 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-9157-02-05, President Nixon leaving his residence and arriving at the palace. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR Grand Kremlin Palace. President Nixon, Henry Kissinger, William Rogers, Alexei Kosygin, Nikolai Podgorny, Brezhnev, Gromyko, Martin Hillenbrand, Jacob Beam, officials, aides.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9157-06-20, Officials and participants of the first plenary session meeting in Moscow, Russia. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR St. Catherine's Hall, Grand Kremlin Palace. President Nixon, Henry Kissinger, William Rogers, Leonid Brezhnev, Nikolai Podgorny, Alexei Kosygin, Gromyko, Martin Hillenbrand, Jacob Beam, officials, aides.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9157-19, Officials and participants of the first plenary session meeting in Moscow, Russia. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR St. Catherine's Hall, Grand Kremlin Palace. President Nixon, Henry Kissinger, William Rogers, Leonid Brezhnev, Nikolai Podgorny, Alexei Kosygin, Gromyko, Martin Hillenbrand, Jacob Beam, officials, aides, crowd, unidentified officials, members of the press.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9157-20A, View of President Nixon's empty suite in the Grand Kremlin Palace. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR Grand Kremlin Palace; Nixon's suite, Kremlin Palace annex.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9157-21-36, Various room interiors in the suite President Nixon occupied in the Kremlin Palace annex. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR outdoors, St. Catherine's Hall, Grand Kremlin Palace; Nixon's suite, Kremlin Palace annex. President Nixon, Henry Kissinger, William Rogers, Leonid Brezhnev, Nikolai Podgorny, Alexei Kosygin, Gromyko, Martin Hillenbrand, Jacob Beam, officials, aides.

Roll WHPO-9158 Photographer: Schumaker, Byron | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-9158-02-03, Unidentified man. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR classrooms, Secondary School No. 42. unidentified man.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9158-04-36, Pat Nixon at Secondary School No. 42, with students in various classrooms. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR classrooms, Secondary School No. 42. Pat Nixon, school officials, students.

Roll WHPO-9159 Photographer: Schumaker, Byron | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-9159-, Pat Nixon visit to Secondary School No. 42 in Russia. Pat visits with students in various classrooms. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR classrooms, Secondary School No. 42. Pat Nixon, school officials, students.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9159-06, Pat Nixon talks with teachers of the Secondary School No. 42 in Russia. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR Teacher's lounge, Secondary School No. 42. Pat Nixon, unidentified female teachers, unidentified school officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9159-11, Pat Nixon sits in on a class in Secondary School No. 42 in Russia. Pat is shown surrounded by schoolchildren seated at their desks. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR classroom, Secondary School No. 42. Pat Nixon, unidentified female teachers, unidentified school officials, unidentified students.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9159-25, Pat Nixon sits at a desk with a male student writing at his desk during her visit to Secondary School No. 42. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR classroom, Secondary School No. 42. Pat Nixon, unidentified female teachers, unidentified school officials, unidentified students.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9159-34, Pat Nixon, seated with other women, watches a choir of young students during her visit to Secondary School No. 42 in Russia. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR classroom, Secondary School No. 42. Pat Nixon, unidentified female teachers, unidentified school officials, unidentified students (in the choir).

Roll WHPO-9160 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-9160-03-13, Pat Nixon in various rooms and accepting flowers from a student. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR Secondary School No. 42, classrooms. Pat Nixon, school officials, students, officials, aides.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9160-14-35, Pat Nixon and others in Moscow Metro stations and on a Metro car. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR Metro stations. Pat Nixon, school officials, students, officials, aides.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9160-26, Pat Nixon waves from the inside of a Metro car in a Moscow Metro station. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR Metro station. Pat Nixon, unidentified official, crowd.

Roll WHPO-9161 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-9161-, Pat Nixon having tea with Mrs. Brezhnev, Mrs. Podgorny, and other wives of high ranking officials. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR grounds, Czarist apartments, Kremlin. Pat Nixon, Mrs. Brezhnev, Mrs. Podgorny, wives of Russian officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9161-08A, Pat Nixon walking to the historic Russian Czars family residence apartments at the Kremlin, with Mrs. Brezhnev, Mrs. Podgorny, and other wives of high ranking officials. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR grounds, Czarist apartments, Kremlin. Pat Nixon, Mrs. Brezhnev, Mrs. Podgorny, wives of Russian officials.

Roll WHPO-9162 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-9162-03-14, Pat Nixon at Secondary School No. 42. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR Secondary School No. 42, rooms. Pat Nixon, school officials, students, aides, Mrs. Brezhnev, Mrs. Podgorny, wives of Russian officials, aides.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9162-15-27, Pat Nixon walking to and from the Metro and on a car. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR ;Metro stations and car. Pat Nixon, school officials, students, aides, Mrs. Brezhnev, Mrs. Podgorny, wives of Russian officials, aides.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9162-28-36, Pat Nixon walking to have tea with the wives of high ranking Russian officials. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR Kremlin, grounds, Czarist private apartments. Pat Nixon, school officials, students, aides, Mrs. Brezhnev, Mrs. Podgorny, wives of Russian officials, aides.

Roll WHPO-9163 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-9163-, Pat Nixon on tour of classrooms at Secondary School No. 42 in Moscow. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR Classrooms, Secondary School No. 42. Pat Nixon, school officials, students.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9163-23, Media photographers crowd in to watch Pat Nixon (using earphones) listen to a recording during her tour of classrooms at Secondary School No. 42 in Moscow. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR Classroom, Secondary School No. 42. Pat Nixon, unidentified school officials, unidentified students, members of the press.

Roll WHPO-9164 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-9164-03-16, The signing ceremony for the "Agreements of Cooperation in the Fields of Environmental Protection, Medical Science and Public Health." President Nixon and Chairman Podgorny making a toast to celebrate the occasion. A large group of American and Russian officials stands behind President Nixon and Chairman Podgorny. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR St. Vladimir Hall, Grand Kremlin Palace. President Nixon, Nikolai Podgorny; present according to the PDD: William Rogers, Henry Kissinger, Health Minister Boris Petrovskiy, Aleksei Kosygin, Leonid Brezhnev, Andrei Gromyko, Viktor V. Grishin, Andrey P. Kirilenko, Fedor D. Kulakov, Kirill T. Mazurov, Mikhail A. Suslov, Aleksandr N. Shelepin, Petr Demichev, Boris N. Ponomarev, I.V. Kapitonov, Mikhail·S. Solomentsev, Gennadiy I. Voronov, Dmitriy F. Ustinov, Vladimir A. Kuleshov, Mikhail A. Yasnov, Artur P. Vader, V.E. Dymshitz, Vladimir K. Novikov, L.V. Smirnov, N.A. Tikhonov, Anatoliy F. Dobrynin, Mikhail P. Georgadze, American and Russian officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9164-09, President Nixon and Chairman Nikolai Podgorny seated at the table during a signing ceremony for the "Agreements of Cooperation in the Fields of Environmental Protection, Medical Science and Public Health". A large group of American and Russian officials stand behind them. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR St. Vladimir Hall, Grand Kremlin Palace. President Nixon, Nikolai Podgorny; present according to the PDD: William Rogers, Henry Kissinger, Health Minister Boris Petrovskiy, Aleksei Kosygin, Leonid Brezhnev, Andrei Gromyko, Viktor V. Grishin, Andrey P. Kirilenko, Fedor D. Kulakov, Kirill T. Mazurov, Mikhail A. Suslov, Aleksandr N. Shelepin, Petr Demichev, Boris N. Ponomarev, I.V. Kapitonov, Mikhail·S. Solomentsev, Gennadiy I. Voronov, Dmitriy F. Ustinov, Vladimir A. Kuleshov, Mikhail A. Yasnov, Artur P. Vader, V.E. Dymshitz, Vladimir K. Novikov, L.V. Smirnov, N.A. Tikhonov, Anatoliy F. Dobrynin, Mikhail P. Georgadze, American and Russian officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9164-17-37, unidentified rooms in Moscow. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR rooms, unidentified buildings.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9164-24, unidentified empty ballroom with row of chandeliers in Moscow. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR unidentified building.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9164-30, Unidentified entryway adorned in gold. A chair is placed in front of the doors. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR unidentified building.

Roll WHPO-9165 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-9165-, The signing ceremony for the "Agreements of Cooperation in the Fields of Environmental Protection, Medical Science and Public Health." President Nixon and Chairman Podgorny making a toast to celebrate the occasion. A large group of American and Russian officials stands behind President Nixon and Chairman Podgorny. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR St. Vladimir Hall, Grand Kremlin Palace. President Nixon, Nikolai Podgorny; present according to the PDD: William Rogers, Henry Kissinger, Health Minister Boris Petrovskiy, Aleksei Kosygin, Leonid Brezhnev, Andrei Gromyko, Viktor V. Grishin, Andrey P. Kirilenko, Fedor D. Kulakov, Kirill T. Mazurov, Mikhail A. Suslov, Aleksandr N. Shelepin, Petr Demichev, Boris N. Ponomarev, I.V. Kapitonov, Mikhail·S. Solomentsev, Gennadiy I. Voronov, Dmitriy F. Ustinov, Vladimir A. Kuleshov, Mikhail A. Yasnov, Artur P. Vader, V.E. Dymshitz, Vladimir K. Novikov, L.V. Smirnov, N.A. Tikhonov, Anatoliy F. Dobrynin, Mikhail P. Georgadze, American and Russian officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9165-08, President Nixon and Chairman Nikolai Podgorny seated at the table during a signing ceremony for the "Agreements of Cooperation in the Fields of Environmental Protection, Medical Science and Public Health". A large group of American and Russian officials stand behind them. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR St. Vladimir Hall, Grand Kremlin Palace. President Nixon, Nikolai Podgorny; present according to the PDD: William Rogers, Henry Kissinger, Health Minister Boris Petrovskiy, Aleksei Kosygin, Leonid Brezhnev, Andrei Gromyko, Viktor V. Grishin, Andrey P. Kirilenko, Fedor D. Kulakov, Kirill T. Mazurov, Mikhail A. Suslov, Aleksandr N. Shelepin, Petr Demichev, Boris N. Ponomarev, I.V. Kapitonov, Mikhail·S. Solomentsev, Gennadiy I. Voronov, Dmitriy F. Ustinov, Vladimir A. Kuleshov, Mikhail A. Yasnov, Artur P. Vader, V.E. Dymshitz, Vladimir K. Novikov, L.V. Smirnov, N.A. Tikhonov, Anatoliy F. Dobrynin, Mikhail P. Georgadze, American and Russian officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9165-20, The signing ceremony for the "Agreements of Cooperation in the Fields of Environmental Protection, Medical Science and Public Health." A large group of American and Russian officials stands behind President Nixon and Chairman Podgorny as they shake hands. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR St. Vladimir Hall, Grand Kremlin Palace. President Nixon, Nikolai Podgorny, William Rogers, Henry Kissinger, Health Minister Boris Petrovsky, Alexei Kosygin, Brezhnev, Andrei Gromyko, Viktor V. Grishin, Andrey P. Kirilenko, Kirill T. Mazurov, Mikhail A. Suslov, Aleksandr N. Shelepin, Boris N. Ponomarev, Kapitonov, Viktor Sukhodrev, Mikhail·S. Solomentsev, Voronov, Dmitriy F. Ustinov, Vladimir A. Kuleshov, Mikhail A. Yasnov, Artur P. Vader, V.E. Dymshitz, Vladimir K. Novikov, L.V. Smirnov, N.A. Tikhonov, Anatoliy F. Dobrynin, Mikhail P. Georgadze, American and Russian officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9165-28, President Nixon and Nikolai Podgorny stand behind seated Secretary of State William Rogers and Soviet Minister of Health Boris V. Petrovsky, as they sign documents during the signing ceremony for the agreements of cooperation in the fields of environmental protection and medical science and public health. American and Russian officials stand nearby. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR St. Vladimir Hall, Grand Kremlin Palace. President Nixon, Nikolai Podgorny; present according to the PDD: William Rogers, Henry Kissinger, Health Minister Boris Petrovskiy, Aleksei Kosygin, Leonid Brezhnev, Andrei Gromyko, Viktor V. Grishin, Andrey P. Kirilenko, Fedor D. Kulakov, Kirill T. Mazurov, Mikhail A. Suslov, Aleksandr N. Shelepin, Petr Demichev, Boris N. Ponomarev, I.V. Kapitonov, Mikhail·S. Solomentsev, Gennadiy I. Voronov, Dmitriy F. Ustinov, Vladimir A. Kuleshov, Mikhail A. Yasnov, Artur P. Vader, V.E. Dymshitz, Vladimir K. Novikov, L.V. Smirnov, N.A. Tikhonov, Anatoliy F. Dobrynin, Mikhail P. Georgadze, American and Russian officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9165-30, The signing ceremony for the agreements of cooperation in the fields of environmental protection and medical science and public health, including President Nixon and Podgorny toasting the occasion. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR St. Vladimir Hall, Grand Kremlin Palace. President Nixon, Nikolai Podgorny; present according to the PDD: William Rogers, Henry Kissinger, Health Minister Boris Petrovskiy, Aleksei Kosygin, Leonid Brezhnev, Andrei Gromyko, Viktor V. Grishin, Andrey P. Kirilenko, Fedor D. Kulakov, Kirill T. Mazurov, Mikhail A. Suslov, Aleksandr N. Shelepin, Petr Demichev, Boris N. Ponomarev, I.V. Kapitonov, Mikhail·S. Solomentsev, Gennadiy I. Voronov, Dmitriy F. Ustinov, Vladimir A. Kuleshov, Mikhail A. Yasnov, Artur P. Vader, V.E. Dymshitz, Vladimir K. Novikov, L.V. Smirnov, N.A. Tikhonov, Anatoliy F. Dobrynin, Mikhail P. Georgadze, American and Russian officials.

Roll WHPO-9177 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-9177-02-04, President Nixon talking with officials after the signing of the agreements of cooperation. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR St. Vladimir Hall, Grand Kremlin Palace. President Nixon, officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9177-05-24, President Nixon at the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. 5/24/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR Alexandrov Gardens, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. President Nixon, American and Russian military personnel.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9177-11, President Nixon at the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. 5/24/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR Alexandrov Gardens, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. President Nixon, American and Russian military personnel.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9177-22, Close-up of Soviet guard sheding a tear during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow. 5/23/1972, Moscow, Russia, USSR St. Vladimir Hall, Grand Kremlin Palace. Russian military personnel.

The White House Communications Agency Sound Recordings Collection contains public statements that took place between 1969 and 1974. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

G - Cabinet Officer Briefings

• WHCA-SR-G-169
  Press briefing by Secretary Elliot Richardson (Health, Education and Welfare) and Administrator of the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) Russell Train, with Neil Ball. (5/23/1972, Press Center)
  
  Runtime: 0:52:12
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by CBW (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

H - White House Staff Member Recordings

• WHCA-SR-H-579
  Press briefing by Ronald Ziegler and Leonid Zamyatin in Moscow. (5/23/1972, Moscow, USSR)
  
  Runtime: 27:00:00
  
  Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media, press secretary
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by FF (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
• WHCA-SR-H-580
  Press briefing by Ronald Ziegler, Leonid Zamyatin, Mr. Vashin, and Mr. Petrovsky in Moscow. (5/23/1972, Moscow, USSR)
  
  Runtime: 58:00:00
  
  Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media, press secretary
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by FF (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

K - Informal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-K-274
  Agreement on Environmental Protection-Moscow, U.S.S.R. [no comments]. (5/23/1972)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

The White House Communications Agency Videotape Collection contains “off-the-air” recordings of televised programs produced between 1968 and 1974. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

• WHCA-5396
  Coverage of the President in Moscow. William Safire, presidential phrase maker; Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr., historian and social critic.
  Group W Productions
  Runtime: 01:06:17
• WHCA-5397
  NBC Coverage of Moscow Trip.
  Post-Newsweek Stations, Inc.
  Runtime: 00:30:00
• WHCA-5398
  "Showdown in the West". coverage of Oregon and Rhode Island primaries FTN: U.S. Senator Hugh Scott (R-PA).
  CBS, ABC
  Runtime: 00:30:56
• WHCA-5401
  Summary of News Coverage of Nixon's Trip to Russia - Tape 1 [News Summary].
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
  
  28. Smith: President Nixon meets with Russian officials. Time Code Start: 68:00. Keywords: Presidents, travel, trips, Nixon trips, international, Moscow, SALT, S.A.L.T., Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, Russia, Soviet Union, USSR, Cold War, détente. Network: ABC.
  
  29. Gill: Some agreements signed. Time Code Start: 69:48. Keywords: Presidents, travel, trips, SALT, S.A.L.T., Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, Russia, Soviet Union, USSR, Cold War, détente, signings, treaties, treaty. Network: ABC.
  
  30. Chapman: Soviet pollution problems. Time Code Start: 71:15. Keywords: Soviet Union, Russia, USSR, ecology, environment, pollutants, air pollution, water pollution, noise pollution, smog, smoke, fossil fuels, litter, sludge, contamination, debris. Network: ABC.
  
  31. Reasoner: Reaction to the Russia trip. Time Code Start: 73:10. Keywords: Presidents, travel, trips, Moscow, reactions, SALT, S.A.L.T., Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, Russia, Soviet Union, USSR, Cold War, détente. Network: ABC.
  
  32. Reasoner/Watson: First Lady Pat Nixon tours Soviet Russian school PS 42 meeting students. Time Code Start: 73:36. Keywords: Presidents, families, wife, travel, trips, First Lady trips, international, Russia, USSR, Soviet Union, tourism, schools. Network: ABC.
  
  33. Snell: New York's PS 42 compared to Moscow's PS 42. Time Code Start: 76:01. Keywords: Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, American, public schools, education, comparisons. Network: ABC.
  
  34. Chancellor/Valeriani: Russia treaties. Time Code Start: 78:14. Keywords: Presidents, travel, trips, SALT, S.A.L.T., Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, Russia, Soviet Union, USSR, Cold War, détente. Network: NBC.
  
  35. Chancellor/Bell: First Lady Pat Nixon in Moscow, Russia. Time Code Start: 81:58. Keywords: Presidents, families, wife, travel, trips, First Lady trips, international, Russia, USSR, Soviet Union, tourism. Network: NBC.
  
  36. Chancellor/Brinkley: Moscow markets. Time Code Start: 85:09. Keywords: Soviet Union, USSR, Russia. Network: NBC.
  
  37. Chancellor: Final word on Moscow. Time Code Start: 87:39. Keywords: Soviet Union, USSR, Russia. Network: NBC.
  
  38. Chancellor: Moscow. Time Code Start: 88:04. Keywords: Soviet Union, USSR, Russia. Network: NBC.
  
  39. Cronkite: Russia. Time Code Start: 88:40. Keywords: Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, Moscow. Network: CBS.
  
  40. Rather: Agreements on medicine and meetings; Ziegler. Time Code Start: 89:04. Keywords: pharmaceuticals, medicines, drugs, narcotics, programs, tests, testing, health care. Network: CBS.
  
  41. Kalb: Summit meetings. Time Code Start: 92:40. Keywords: SALT, S.A.L.T., Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, Russia, Soviet Union, USSR, Cold War, détente, summits, meetings. Network: CBS.
• WHCA-5402
  Summary of News Coverage of Nixon's trip to Russia - Tape 2 [News Summary].
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
  
  1. Cronkite: First Lady Pat Nixon in Moscow, Russia. Time Code Start: 00:00. Keywords: Presidents, families, wife, travel, trips, First Lady trips, international, Russia, USSR, Soviet Union, tourism. Network: CBS.
  
  2. Mudd/Sevareid: Summit in Russia. Time Code Start: 02:10. Keywords: SALT, S.A.L.T., Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, Russia, Soviet Union, USSR, Cold War, détente, summits, meetings,. Network: CBS.
  
  3. Cronkite: Moscow 25 years ago [related terms: Russia, Soviet Union, USSR]. Time Code Start: 05:15. Keywords: Soviet Union, USSR,. Network: CBS.
• WHCA-5403
  Weekly News Summary, Tape I.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
  
  34. Reasoner/Bennett: Vietnam. Time Code Start: 81:14. Keywords: Vietnam War. Network: ABC.
  
  35. Utley/Brady/Troute: Vietnam. Time Code Start: 84:42. Keywords: Vietnam War. Network: NBC.
• WHCA-5404
  Weekly News Summary, Tape II.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
  
  1. Utley/Mackin: Primary '72, the California primary. Time Code Start: 00:00. Keywords: Presidential elections, campaigns, primaries, voting. Network: NBC.
  
  2. Mudd/Schieffer: Vietnam; Vice Admiral Mack on mining of Hanoi harbor. Time Code Start: 02:50. Keywords: Vietnam War, Navy, weapons, oceans, bombs, mine fields. Network: CBS.
  
  3. Davis: Major Freedman. Time Code Start: 08:15. Keywords: military, officials. Network: CBS.
  
  4. Mudd/Dick: Bremer and Governor Wallace (O'Brien visits Governor George Wallace). Time Code Start: 09:01. Keywords: Governors, Presidential elections, campaigns, primaries, candidates, reports, assassinations, shootings. Network: CBS.

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