MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON l C rtJ5 T NODIS XGDS MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION PA RTICIPANTS President Nixon Vadim A Trapeznikov Soviet Academician Dr Guyford Stever Science Adviser Major General Brent Scowcroft Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Amb Anatoli F Dobrynin Soviet Ambassador to the Unite d State s DATE AND TIME Tuesday March 20 1973 12 00 Noon PLACE The Oval Office The press carne in for photographs The President Here take the seat of honor General-Secretary Brezhnev sat there Ambassador Dobrynin sets there indicating i I am sorry to hear about Mr Kirillin Trapeznikov He had an operation He is getting better The President Give him my regards t - Trapeznikov He sends his best wishes Stever Trapeznikov has done a grea job in taking over as chairman We will have a heart agreement in six months Trapeznikov The work we are doing is very important based on the important agreement signed in Moscow Stever This agreement has triggered a great deal of cooperative interest in many areas CLl SSIFJED BY Brent Scowcroft ------ EXE fPT FRO ' I GE ' F RAL DECLASSIFICATION SCIlEDULE OF EXE 'UTlVE ORDER 116 2 3EGRBT NODIS XGDS EXE IPTION CATEGORY S b 1 3 -- ----------- AUTOMATICALLY DECLASSIFIED ON Imp to det _ File scanned from the National Security Adviser's Memoranda of Conversation Collection at the Gerald R Ford Presidential Library -SEGRiJ P NODIS XGDS 2 At 12 12 the press left Trapeznikov There will be more and more topics of interest to both countries The President While science is not as spectacular as SALT both are important and greatly affect what we can do in the future Trapeznikov Sometimes the question arises which country will profit more but in reality both will benefit The President Cooperation between the intellectuals of both sides will help the whole world For example in the field of medicine cancer we are spending a lot of money and hope we will find answers It doesn1t matter who finds it first it will benefit the whole world So it is in all these scientific fields Trapeznikov That is right but much brain power is used for destruction We must use our brains to bring better life for all people on earth We know you want to avoid pollution and we are interested too As we develop industry we pollute the environment We review these questions with Dr Stever They are of immense importance A well known scientist s id IIWe cannot expect love from nature after what we have done to it II SO we have to work to save it and it is a very import ant task for our two countries Our two countries must play the leading role because we are the most highly advanced Therefore we should make our joint work as effective and as practical as pos sible We are starting with basic sciences but they ev£ ntually lead to practical results' and that is what we are after Therefore our cooperation should be not just meetings but practical results of benefit to both There was much preparatory work for this meeting after your visit to Moscow Now we are summing up our work and Dr Stever and I are very pleased with the cooperation• • SEGRET NODIS XGDS • k SECBE' fNODIS XGDS 3 We would like to firIn up the individuals and organizations who will cooperate with each other I Illight ask is Dr Stever pleased Stever Yes very pleased The best work is in the working groups where we are in close contact The Illeeting has been ver y productive The Fresident This kind of conversation probably could not have taken place a year ago A s Mr Trapeznikov knows there have been exchanges but Illore atIllospheric than substantive Now after Illy Illeeting we have llloved froIll syIllbolislll to the hard substance General-Secretary Brezh nev and I share the saIlle feeling We want results Not just get to know each other -- though that is good -- but to work for results It doesn1t m atter who is fir st because we will share the results This hopefully is what the Moscow sUIllIllit will be known for in fifty years - - that our two peoples went frolll getting to know each other to working together Dobrynin On behalf of General-Secretary Brezhnev I agree but we will reIlleIllber it for 100 years I just caIlle back there is a feeling in our country going deeper and deeper These two gentleIllen sYIllbolize our cooperation The President I aIll glad you will see the West Have you gone there yet Stever They will go first to Los Angeles then Salinas and Chicago etc The President That is a good tr p Stever V re are alllazed at the nUIllber of industries who want to get on Our schedule We canIt accoIllIllodate theIll all Mr Trapeznikov and Dr Stever departed at 12 33 p Ill AIllbassador Dobrynin Illentioned that a new ver sion of the nuclear treaty was cOIlling along with ideas for the sUIllIllit Illeeting agenda SOE GR gT NODIS XGDS I jJ Ug Jm_ z p __--'---- - lAM V ' _rM lA J £d-kl'r-­ r t w l£2 cn _ _ __ ___ __ W uMJ1 _ ----- - - J' ­ • • SEC 3 1 NBC MMO 11124198 ITATE DEPT -' ---I NARA DATf Ll L' ' ' f ' -p ' ' _ t j '- u· C- n-£lA · ' c ----1------ ----'------------------ ------- ' 'J _ I' ­ · i