Date: October 9, 1972

Time: 11:36 am – 11:56 am

Location: Oval Office

The President met with Russell E. Train and John C. Whitaker; the White House photographer

and members of the press were present at the beginning of the meeting.

Introductions

-Train

-Travels to Soviet Union

-Caviar

-Lake Baikal

[Photograph session]

US-Soviet Union environmental negotiations

-Trip by the President to Soviet Union

-Soviet Union compared to People’s Republic of China [PRC]

-Historic preservation

-Leningrad

-Siberia

-Russian architecture

-Soviet buildings

-Leningrad

-The President’s view

-Moscow

-Embassy

-Construction

-1956

-Residence

-Cooperation

-Meeting with Nikolai Podgorny

-Messages for the President

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-Support in 1972 election

-Reception

-Letter to Podgorny

-Train’s necktie

-Joint working groups

-Air pollution

-Soviets coming to US

-Timing

-Americans going to the Soviet Union

-Timing

-Pollution

-Lake Baikal

-Socialism

-Tourism

-Lake Baikal

-Compared to Lake Tahoe, Nevada

-Soviets and gambling

-Casinos

-Leo Tolstoy

-Olympic games

Sports

-Olympic Games

-Podgorny

-US and Soviet Union

-German Democratic Republic [GDR] [East Germany]

-West Germany

-Women

-The President’s activities

-Podgorny’s interest

-Golfing, bowling

-Podgorny and other Soviet leaders

-Hunting

-Water

-Spectator sports

-The President’s possible trip to Soviet Union

-Football

-Basketball

-Hockey

-Canada

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-Alexei N. Kosygin’s remark

-Sports as business

-Trading of athletes

-Comparisons

US-Soviet union environmental negotiations

-Supreme Soviet

-Environmental questions

-Vladimir A. Kirillin

-Speech

-PRC

-Civilization

-Soviets

-PRC and India

-Significance

-Bilateral relations

-World cooperation

-Cleaner air and water

-International diplomatic climate

-Trade

-Berlin

-Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT]

-Areas of agreement between US and Soviet Union

-Differences in philosophy

-Environment

-Health

-Science

-Trade

-Relations between superpowers

-The President’s view

-Speechwriters

-Other countries

-North Korea – South Korea relations

-Japan ­ PRC relations

-Middle East

-India ­ Pakistan relations

-United Nations [UN] environmental conference

-Latin America

-Africa

-Europe

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-Possible positive effect and benefits

Vodka

-Russian compared to Smirnoff

Wines

-Ukraine, Georgia

-California

-Red Bordeaux

-French

-California

-Louis Martini

-European view

Train and Whitaker left at 11:56 am.