The Presidential historical materials of the White House Press Office are in the custody of the National Archives and Records Administration under the provisions of Title I of the Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-526, 88 Stat. 1695) and implementing regulations. In accordance with the act and regulations, archivists reviewed the file group to identify personal and private materials (including materials outside the date span covered by the act) as well as nonhistorical items. No items of this nature were found in these files. Through this review, it was also determined that the files did not contain any items which are security classified or otherwise restricted under the act and regulations. Materials covered by the act have been archivally processed and are described in this finding aid.
- Linear feet of materials: 48 linear feet, 2 linear inches
- Approximate number of pages: 88,000
The White House Press Office during the Presidency of Richard Nixon was responsible for daily communication with the White House press corps. Ronald L. Ziegler was the Press Secretary to the President for Nixon's entire term in office from January 1969 to August 1974 and Gerald Warren served as the Deputy Press Secretary. The office held daily briefings for the press and produced the White House’s press releases.
The files contain materials produced by the Press Office for distribution to the media. These materials include press releases, press conference transcripts, and other notices to the press. The topics addressed cover the full range of activities and policies of the Nixon White House. The materials are divided into seven series: White House Press Releases, Press Releases Not Released to the Press, First Lady's Press Releases, White House Press Conferences, Official Transcripts of Presidential Press Conferences, Left to Right Identifications, and President's Schedule. Other related materials maybe found in the Ziegler Files and Warren Files of the White House Special Files.
Boxes: 1-50
Series: White House Press Releases
Spans: 1969-1974
Description: This series contains press releases issued by the White House. It includes notices to the press, executive orders, pool reports, presidential statements, biographies of newly appointed officials, the President's schedule, and presidential proclamations. The topics addressed cover the full range of activities and policies of the Nixon White House. Arranged chronologically.
Boxes: 51-52
Series: Press Releases Not Released to the Press
Spans: 1969-1973
Description: This series contains drafted press notices that were never released to the press. Most concern remarks that the President or administration officials made on various subjects. The first folder in each box contains a table of contents that lists the unreleased notices. Arranged chronologically.
Boxes: 53-54
Series: First Lady's Press Releases
Spans: 1969-1974
Description: This series contains press releases concerning the First Lady and First Family. Intermingled are a small number of memoranda related to White House social events. Arrangement for almost all of the files is chronological but a few files are grouped by subject.
Boxes: 55-101
Series: White House Press Conferences
Spans: 1969-1974
Description: This series contains transcripts of regular press conferences given by White House Press Office personnel. Initially, briefings were given by Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler. During the last two years of Nixon's presidency, press conference duties largely shifted to Deputy Press Secretary Gerald Warren. Press conferences were generally given at the White House, although Warren and Ziegler gave occasional briefings from Key Biscayne, Florida and San Clemente, California while traveling with the President. The press conferences cover the full range of the activities of the administration with especially extensive attention to the war in Southeast Asia, the President's 1971 trip to China, and the Watergate break-in and subsequent events. Arranged chronologically.
Boxes: 102-103
Series: Official Transcripts of Presidential Press Conferences
Spans: 1969-1974
Description: This series contains two sets of official White House transcripts of Presidential news conferences. Arranged chronologically.
Boxes: 104
Series: Left to Right Identifications
Spans: 1974
Description: This series contains notices to the press providing identification of participants at meetings, ceremonies, and photo opportunities with the President. Arranged in reverse chronological order.
Boxes: 104
Series: President's Schedule
Spans: 1974
Description: This series contains notices to the press providing the President's official schedule for the day. Arranged chronologically.
Boxes: 105-110
Series: Background Briefings
Spans: January 1969-July 1974
Description: This series contains transcripts of background briefings given to the press on domestic and foreign policy issues. The transcripts include the ground rules such as whether direct quotations were permissible and how the information was to be attributed. Arranged chronologically.
Processing Note: The Background Briefings series was opened on September 24, 2026.
WHITE HOUSE PRESS RELEASES, 1969-1974
Box 1
1/20/69-3/31/69
Box 2
4/1/69-5/31/69
Box 3
6/1/69-7/31/69
Box 4
8/1/69-9/15/69
Box 5
9/16/69-10/25/69
Box 6
10/26/69-12/10/69
Box 7
12/11/69-2/9/70
Box 8
2/10/70-3/13/70
Box 9
3/14/70-4/30/70
Box 10
5/1/70-6/15/70
Box 11
6/16/70-7/15/70
Box 12
7/16/70-8/20/70
Box 13
8/21/70-9/31/70
Box 14
10/1/70-10/31/70
Box 15
11/1/70-12/15/70
Box 16
12/16/70-1/31/71
Box 17
2/1/71-3/10/71
Box 18
3/11/71-4/20/71
Box 19
4/21/71-5/31/71
Box 20
6/1/71-6/30/71
Box 21
7/1/71-8/15/71
Box 22
8/16/71-9/30/71
Box 23
10/1/71-11/20/71
Box 24
11/21/71-12/31/71
Box 25
1/1/72-2/10/72
Box 26
2/11/72-3/25/72
Box 27
3/26/72-4/30/72
Box 28
5/1/72-5/31/72
Box 29
6/1/72-7/10/72
Box 30
7/11/72-8/25/72
Box 31
8/26/72-9/30/72
Box 32
10/1/72-10/31/72
Box 33
11/1/72-12/31/72
Box 34
1/1/73-2/20/73
Box 35
2/21/73-3/31/73
Box 36
4/1/73-5/10/73
Box 37
5/11/73-6/20/73
Box 38
6/21/73-7/31/73
Box 39
8/1/73-8/31/73
Box 40
9/1/73-10/15/73
Box 41
10/16/73-11/25/73
Box 42
11/26/73-12/31/73
Box 43
1/1/74-1/13/74
Box 44
2/1/74-2/28/74
Box 45
3/1/74-3/31/74
Box 46
4/1/74-4/30/74
Box 47
5/1/74-5/31/74
Box 48
6/1/74-6/30/74
Box 49
7/1/74-7/31/74
Box 50
8/1/74-8/9/74
PRESS RELEASES NOT RELEASED TO THE PRESS, 1969-1973
Box 51
10/12/69-11/23/72
Box 52
1/5/73-9/24/73
FIRST LADY'S PRESS RELEASES, 1969-1974
Box 53
List of First Lady’s Overseas Trips, 1940-1972
Church Services, 1969-March 19, 1972
Mrs. Nixon’s Activities, January-July 1972
1969
January-June 1970
July-December 1970
1971
January-June 1972
Box 54
July-December 1972
January-June 1973
July-December 1973
January-August 7, 1974
WHITE HOUSE PRESS CONFERENCES, 1969-1974
Box 55
1/20/69-2/15/69
Box 56
2/17/69-3/20/69
Box 57
3/20/69-4/24/69
Box 58
4/24/69-5/28/69
Box 59
5/29/69-7/14/69
Box 60
7/14/69-9/12/69
Box 61
9/12/69-10/21/69
Box 62
10/21/69-11/28/69
Box 63
12/1/69-1/14/70
Box 64
1/22/70-3/5/70
Box 65
3/7/70-4/14/70
Box 66
4/14/70-5/20/70
Box 67
5/20/70-6/24/70
Box 68
6/26/70-8/7/70
Box 69
8/7/70-9/21/70
Box 70
9/21/70-11/10/70
Box 71
11/12/70-12/16/70
Box 72
12/16/70-1/26/71
Box 73
1/26/71-3/8/71
Box 74
3/8/71-4/16/71
Box 75
4/19/71-6/1/71
Box 76
6/2/71-7/15/71
Box 77
7/17/71-8/28/71
Box 78
8/30/71-10/7/71
Box 79
10/7/71-11/22/71
Box 80
11/23/71-1/5/72
Box 81
1/6/72-2/21/72
Box 82
2/22/72-4/10/72
Box 83
4/11/72-5/18/72
Box 84
5/19/72-7/17/72
Box 85
7/19/72-9/11/72
Box 86
9/12/72-11/8/72
Box 87
11/9/72-12/18/72
Box 88
12/19/72-2/8/73
Box 89
2/9/73-3/26/73
Box 90
3/27/73-5/10/73
Box 91
5/11/73-6/14/73
Box 92
6/19/73-8/1/73
Box 93
8/2/73-8/31/73
Box 94
9/4/73-10/11/73
Box 95
10/12/73-11/21/73
Box 96
11/26/71-1/3/74
Box 97
1/4/74-2/11/74
Box 98
2/12/74-3/27/74
Box 99
3/28/74-5/14/74
Box 100
5/15/74-7/11/74
Box 101
7/12/74-8/7/74
OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS OF PRESIDENTIAL PRESS CONFERENCES, 1969-1974
Box 102
Presidential Press Conference #1 (January 27, 1969) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #2 (February 6, 1969) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #3 (March 4, 1969) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #4 (March 14, 1969) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #5 (April 18, 1969) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #6 (June 19, 1969) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #7 (September 26, 1969) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #8 (December 8, 1969) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #9 (January 30, 1970) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #10 (May 8, 1970) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #11 (July 30, 1970) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #12 (December 10, 1970) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #13 (February 17, 1971) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #14 (March 4, 1971) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #15 (April 29, 1971) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #16 (May 1, 1971) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #17 (June 1, 1971) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #18 (August 4, 1971) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #19 (September 16, 1971) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #20 (October 12, 1971) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #21 (November 12, 1971) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #22 (February 10, 1972) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #23 (March 24, 1972) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #24 (June 22, 1972) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #25 (June 29, 1972) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #26 (July 27, 1972) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #27 (August 29, 1972) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #28 (October 5, 1972) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #29 (January 31, 1973) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #30 (March 2, 1973) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #31 (March 15, 1973) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #32 (August 22, 1973) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #33 (September 5, 1973) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #34 (October 3, 1973) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #35 (October 26, 1973) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #36 (February 25, 1974) (Set I)
Presidential Press Conference #37 (March 6, 1974) (Set I)
Box 103
Set II, No. 1-37 [January 27, 1969-March 6, 1974]
LEFT TO RIGHT IDENTIFICATIONS, 1974
Box 104
Left to Right Identifications 1974
PRESIDENT'S SCHEDULE, 1974
January 1974
February 1974
March 1974
April 1974
May 1974
June 1974
July 1974
August 1974
BACKGROUND BRIEFINGS
Box 105
[1/31/1969 4:10 PM] [Dr. Daniel P. Moynihan, Richard C. Van Dusen, Donald Santarelli, John Ehrlichman, Ron Ziegler] [President's Recommendation for D.C.]
[2/6/1969 5:45 PM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Ron Ziegler]
[2/19/1969 10:23 AM] [Dr. Daniel P. Moynihan, Ron Ziegler] [Economic Opportunity Act]
[2/19/1969 4:31 PM] [Ron Ziegler, Tim Elbourne, John D. Ehrlichman] [President's European Trip]
[2/21/1969 3:55 PM] [Ron Ziegler, Dr. Henry A. Kissinger] [President's European Trip]
[2/25/1969 12:55 AM] [Ron Ziegler, Martin Hillenbrand, Dr. Henry Kissinger, Robert McCloskey] [President's European Trip]
[2/25/1969 7:20 PM] [William P. Rogers] [President's European Trip]
[2/27/1969 8:00 PM] [Ron Ziegler, Dr. Henry A. Kissinger] [President's European Trip]
[2/28/1969 6:17 PM] [Ron Ziegler, Dr. Henry A. Kissinger] [President's European Trip]
[2/28/1969 6:46 PM] [Ron Ziegler, Dr. Henry A. Kissinger] [President's European Trip]
[3/2/1969 12:56 PM] [William P. Rogers, Ron Ziegler, Robert McCloskey]
[3/14/1969 11:10 AM] [Dr. Henry Kissinger, Ron Ziegler] [ABM System]
[3/26/1969 10:50 AM] [Philip S. Hughes, Ronald L. Ziegler] [Fiscal 1970 Budget]
[4/21/1969 9:51 AM] [John Ehrlichman, Ron Ziegler]
[4/21/1969 10:36 AM] [Dr. Charls E. Walker, Edwin S. Cohen, Ron Ziegler] [Tax Reform Message]
[4/23/1969 10:09 AM] [Ron Ziegler, John Dean, Henry Petersen] [President's Message on Organized Crime]
[4/24/1969 10:15 AM] [Ron Ziegler, Winton M. Blount] [President's Message on Postal Service]
[4/28/1969 1:20 PM] [Dr. Patrick Moynihan, Thomas Fletcher, Ron Ziegler] [D. C. Message]
[4/30/1969 9:55 AM] [Gerald L. Warren, Phillip S. Hughes] [President's Grant Consolidation Message]
[5/2/1969 2:15 PM] [Ron Ziegler, M. Alan Woods, John W. Dean, III, David A. Nelson, Robert Mahoney]
[5/2/1969 5:00 PM] [Ron Ziegler, Dr. Henry Kissinger]
[5/6/1969 4:50 PM] [Dr. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Richard E. Lyng] [Message on Hunger]
Box 106
[5/13/1969 10:30 AM] [Peter M. Flanigan, Harold Wool, B. T. Franks] [The President's Message on the Draft]
[5/14/1969 7:55 PM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger] [President's Address]
[5/22/1969 11:43 AM] [President]
[5/26/1969 5:10 PM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger] [Vietnam]
[5/27/1969 12:35 PM] [Ron Ziegler, Dr. Henry A. Kissinger]
[6/6/1969 4:05 PM] [Ron Ziegler, Dr. Henry Kissinger]
[6/9/1969 9:04 PM] [Ron Ziegler, Dr. Henry Kissinger]
[6/16/1969 10:32 AM] [James M. Beggs, John H. Shaffer, Ron Ziegler] [Message on Airways and Airports]
[6/28/1969 10:06 AM] [Ron Ziegler, Dr. Henry A. Kissinger] [On the President's Trip]
[7/14/1969 10:32 AM] [John E. Ingersoll, John Dean, Jerry Warren, G. Gordon Liddy] [Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs]
[7/18/1969 10:10 AM] [Robert H. Finch, Daniel P. Moynihan, Ron Ziegler] [Population Message]
[7/18/1969 2:10 PM] [Henry Kissinger, Ron Ziegler] [President's Trip to Asia and Romania]
[7/25/1969 6:30 PM] [President]
[7/26/1969 6:30 PM] [Ron Ziegler, Marshall Green] [Philippines and Indonesia]
[7/27/1969 6:40 PM] [Ron Ziegler, Marshall Green] [Indonesia]
[7/29/1969 6:45 PM] [Ron Ziegler, Henry Kissinger]
[7/30/1969 7:58 PM] [Ron Ziegler, Henry Kissinger] [Vietnam]
[8/1/1969 7:15 PM] [Ron Ziegler, Henry Kissinger] [Pakistan]
[8/8/1969 3:05 PM] [Ron Ziegler, John Ehrlichman, Edward Morgan, Richard Nathan, Bob Patricelli, Jerome Rosow, Dr. Arthur F. Burns, Dr. Daniel P. Moynihan] [President's Domestic Message]
Box 107
[8/11/1969 9:30 PM] [Don Rumsfeld, Ron Ziegler] [Office of Economic Opportunity]
[9/16/1969 9:50 AM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger]
[9/22/1969 11:45 AM] [Dr. Arthur F. Burns, Ron Ziegler] [Presidential Task Forces]
[9/22/1969 12:15 PM] [George P. Shultz, Ron Ziegler] [Collective Bargaining]
[10/31/1969 3:30 PM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Charles Meyer, Ron Ziegler]
[11/3/1969 8:20 PM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger] [President's Vietnam Speech]
[11/18/1969 10:03 AM] [Carl Gilbert, Ted Gates, Fred Bergsten] [The President's Message on World Trade]
[11/20/1969 4:05 PM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger]
[11/21/1969 11:40 AM] [U. Alexis Johnson] [Meetings between the President and Prime Minister Sato]
[11/25/1969 10:38 AM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Ron Ziegler] [Chemical and Biological Warfare]
[12/15/1969 5:02 PM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger] [President's December 15th Vietnam Speech]
[12/16/1969 2:05 PM] [John Ehrlichman, Bryce N. Harlow, Dr. Daniel Patrick Moynihan]
[12/17/1969 9:30 AM] [John Ehrlichman, Bryce N. Harlow, Dr. Daniel Patrick Moynihan]
[12/18/1969 2:50 PM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger]
[2/10/1970 9:20 AM] [Administration Officials] [Environmental Message]
[2/14/1970 9:45 AM] [Ron Ziegler, Henry Kissinger] [Administration Policy Concerning Toxins]
[2/14/1970 10:10 AM] [Ron Ziegler, Henry Kissinger] [Preparation of the President's Foreign Policy Message]
[2/16/1970 5:13 PM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Elliot Lee Richardson, David Packard, Ron Ziegler] [United States Foreign Policy for the 1970s]
[2/18/1970 10:35 AM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Gerald L. Warren] [United States Foreign Policy for the 1970s]
[2/26/1970 10:30 AM] [Gerald L. Warren, Dr. Maurice Mann, Edwin Harper] [Federal Economy Act of 1970]
Box 108
[2/27/1970 10:43 AM] [Lawrence H. Silberman, Edward Morgan, Ron Ziegler] [Emergency Public Interest Protection Act of 1970]
[3/6/1970 1:07 PM] [Ron Ziegler, Dr. Henry A. Kissinger] [President's Statement on Laos]
[3/24/1970 10:42 AM] [John Ehrlichman, Jerris Leonard, Robert Mardian, J. Stanley Pottinger, Leonard Garment, Ron Ziegler] [Elementary and Secondary School Desegregation]
[4/3/1970 11:17 AM] [John Ehrlichman, Roger W. Jones, James W. Hargrove, Ron Ziegler] [Postal Message]
[4/20/1970 5:13 PM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger]
[4/27/1970 4:15 PM] [Leonard Garment, John W. Dean, III]
[4/30/1970 7:40 PM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger]
[4/30/1970 8:14 PM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger]
[5/1/1970 11:50 AM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger]
[5/9/1970 10:04 AM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger] [Southeast Asia]
[5/16/1970 9:30 AM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger]
[5/21/1970 12:45 PM] [Len Garment, Samuel M. Cohn, Richard P. Nathan]
[6/17/1970 11:05 AM] [George P. Shultz, Maurice H. Stans, Herbert Stein] [President's Address on Economic Policy and Productivity]
[6/26/1970 10:14 AM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, John W. Vogt, Jr., William H. Sullivan] [United States Foreign Policy]
[6/30/1970 10:05 AM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger] [President's Report on Cambodia]
[6/30/1970 10:51 AM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger]
[8/14/1970 1:30 PM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Joseph J. Sisco]
[8/19/1970 12:35 PM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger] [Geneva Protocol]
Box 109
[8/24/1970 10:04 AM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Joseph J. Sisco]
[9/10/1970 4:55 PM] [Daniel Patrick Moynihan, John Ehrlichman]
[9/15/1970 10:50 AM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger]
[9/16/1970 1:30 PM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Joseph J. Sisco]
[9/25/1970 2:43 PM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger]
[9/25/1970 3:00 PM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger] [Dr. Kissinger's Visit to Paris]
[9/25/1970 3:20 PM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger]
[9/25/1970 3:30 PM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger]
[9/29/1970 7:10 PM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger]
[10/1/1970 8:43 PM] [Henry A. Kissinger] [President's Visit to Yugoslavia]
[10/7/1970 6:40 PM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger] [New Initiative for Peace In Southeast Asia]
[10/7/1970 7:17 PM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger] [New Initiative for Peace in Southeast Asia]
[10/12/1970 10:07 AM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Joseph Sisco]
[10/12/1970 4:00 PM] [John Ehrlichman]
[11/18/1970 3:08 PM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger]
[12/23/1970 1:30 PM] [Robert H. Finch, John Ehrlichman, George P. Shultz]
[12/24/1970 10:25 AM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger]
[1/22/1971 4:25 PM] [George P. Schultz, Herbert G. Klein, Donald Rumsfeld, Caspar W. Weinberger, William Safire, Murray Weidenbaum] [On the State of the Union Message]
[1/22/1971 6:02 PM] [George P. Schultz, Donald Rumsfeld, Caspar W. Weinberger, Murray Weidenbaum] [On the State of the Union Message]
Box 110
[2/23/1971 11:35 AM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger]
[2/23/1971 4:22 PM] [Press Conference of Dr. Henry A. Kissinger]
[2/24/1971 4:25 PM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger]
[4/7/1971 6:20 PM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger]
[4/7/1971 7:48 PM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger]
[5/20/1971 12:45 PM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, U. Alexis Johnson, Gerard C. Smith] [SALT Negotiations]
[5/20/1971 2:12 PM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger] [SALT Negotiations]
[5/20/1971 4:02 PM] [Dr. Henry A. Kissinger] [SALT Negotiations]
[6/11/1971 12:05 PM] [Press Conference of John Ehrlichman, Leonard Garment]
[7/16/1971 9:15 AM] [Dr. Henry Kissinger, Ron Ziegler]
[8/15/1971 7:40 PM] [John M. Connally, Paul W. McCracken, Ron Ziegler]
[8/27/1971 11:00 AM] [Kenneth Rush]
[10/5/1971 10:05 AM] [Ron Ziegler]
[10/7/1971 3:00 PM] [George Shultz]
[10/7/1971 6:31 PM] [George P. Shultz, Dr. Paul W. McCracken, Dr. Arthur F. Burns, Arnold R. Weber, Herbert Stein]
[12/7/1971 4:40 PM] [Henry A. Kissinger] [India-Pakistan]
[9/13/1973 11:46 AM] [Press Conference of Melvin R. Laird]
[9/27/1973 11:05 AM] [Press Conference of John K. Tabor, Karl Bakke, Rene D. Tegtmeyer, Thomas Kauper]
[7/20/1974 10:21 AM] [Henry A. Kissinger]