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August 25, 1969

Introduction

This almanac page for Monday, August 25, 1969, pulls together various records created by the federal government and links to additional resources which can provide context about the events of the day.

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Next Date: Tuesday, August 26, 1969

Schedule and Public Documents

  • The Daily Diary files represent a consolidated record of the President's activities. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

    The President's day began at The Western White House, San Clemente, California

  • The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents made available transcripts of the President's news conferences; messages to Congress; public speeches, remarks, and statements; and other Presidential materials released by the White House.

    Appointments and Nominations

    Acts Approved by the President

    • H.R. 671 -- Public Law 91-64
      An Act to compensate the Indians of California for the value of land erroneously used as an offset in a judgment against the United States obtained by said Indians.
    • H.R. 1707 -- Private Law 91-43
      An Act for the relief of Miss Jalileh Farah Salameh El Ahwal.
    • H.R. 5107 -- Private Law 91-44
      An Act for the relief of Miss Maria Mosio.
    • H.R. 10107 -- Public Law 91-65
      An Act to continue for a temporary period the existing suspension of duty on certain istle and the existing interest equalization tax.
    • H.R. 12720 -- Public Law 91-63
      An Act to provide for the conveyance of certain real property of the District of Columbia to the Washington International School, Incorporated.
    • S. 742 -- Public Law 91-66
      An Act to amend the Act of June 12, 1948 (62 Stat. 382), in order to provide for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Kennewick division extension, Yakima project, Washington, and for other purposes.

    Checklist of White House Press Releases

    The releases listed below, made public by the Office of the White House Press Secretary during the period covered by this issue, are not included in the issue.

    • Press conference of Dr. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Assistant to the President for Urban Affairs, following the meeting of the Urban Affairs Council.

    Digest of Other White House Announcements

    Following is a listing of items of general interest which were announced in the press but not made public as formal White House press releases during the period covered by this issue. Appointments requiring Senate approval are not included since they appear in the list of nominations submitted to the Senate, below.

    • The President announced his intention to nominate William O. Baker to be a member of the Board of Regents of the National Library of Medicine, Public Health Service.
    • The President has accepted the resignation of Roger Tubby as United States Representative to the European Office of the United Nations.

  • The Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other Presidential documents.

    No Federal Register published on this date

Archival Holdings

  • The H. R. Haldeman Diaries consists of seven handwritten diaries, 36 dictated diaries recorded as sound recordings, and two handwritten audio cassette tape subject logs. The diaries and logs reflect H. R. Haldeman’s candid personal record and reflections on events, issues, and people encountered during his service in the Nixon White House. As administrative assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, Haldeman attended and participated in public events and private meetings covering the entire scope of issues in which the Nixon White House engaged in during the years 1969-1973. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

  • The National Archives Catalog is the online portal to the records held at the National Archives, and information about those records. It is the main way of describing our holdings and also provides access to electronic records and digitized versions of our holdings. 

    The Catalog searches across multiple National Archives resources at once, including archival descriptions, digitized and electronic records, authority records, and web pages from Archives.gov and the Presidential Libraries. The Catalog also allows users to contribute to digitized historical records through tagging and transcription.

    Nixon Library Holdings

    All National Archives Units

National Security Documents

  • The President's Daily Brief is the primary vehicle for summarizing the day-to-day sensitive intelligence and analysis, as well as late-breaking reports, for the White House on current and future national security issues. Read "The President's Daily Brief: Delivering Intelligence to Nixon and Ford" to learn more.

  • The Foreign Relations of the United States series presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity. Visit the State Department website for more information.

    Vol. II, Organization and Management of U.S. Foreign Policy, 1969-1972

    The NSC System

    Vol. XIX, Part 1, Korea, 1969-1972

    North Korean Shootdown of a U.S. Reconnaissance Flight and Contingency Planning, January-November 1969

    • 36. Memorandum for the Record , San Clemente, California, August 25, 1969

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–071, Washington Special Actions Group, WSAG Meeting 8/25/69 Korea Contingency Plans. Top Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only. Drafted by Holdridge. The meeting was held at the Western White House. A summary of conclusions of the meeting is ibid.

    Vol. XX, Southeast Asia, 1969-1972

    Thailand

    • 20. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, August 25, 1969

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 560, Country Files, Far East, Thailand, Vol. I. Secret; Noforn; Nodis. A note to Kissinger on the first page in Nixon’s hand reads: “Urgent. K—Give me a brief statement as to [how to] handle this issue if Fulbright raises it Tuesday A.M.” According to an attached September 15 memorandum from Ken Cole to Kissinger, the President was referring to a September 16 meeting with Fulbright. A notation on the memorandum indicates it was of high priority.

    Vol. XXIII, Arab-Israeli Dispute, 1969-1972

    The Rogers Plan

    • 44. Memorandum for the Record, San Clemente, California, August 25, 1969

      Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box TS–76, Committees and Panels, Washington Special Actions Group, July–August, 1969. Top Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only. All brackets are in the original except those indicating text omitted by the editors. At the July 2 WSAG meeting, Kissinger asked Johnson “to see what could be done bureaucratically to set up a Middle East planning element.” Johnson replied that he would “look into what has been done in Middle East planning in the recent past and under the former administration.” At the August 8 WSAG meeting, the group decided that a Middle East scenario should be conceived “based on Arab attack of Israel, with Soviet military assistance extending beyond the now-existing border between the Arab States and Israel.” Minutes of both meetings are ibid.

      In National Security Decision Memorandum 19, July 3, Nixon directed that the political-military contingency plans prepared by NSC Interdepartmental Groups be forwarded to the Washington Special Actions Group. (Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box CL–314, National Security Memoranda) The WSAG was created on May 16 when the President directed that the Interdepartmental Coordinating Committee on Korea “be constituted on a permanent basis in the event of future similar crises worldwide.” Kissinger explained that Nixon “visualizes” that the WSAG would “confine itself to consideration of the policies and plans affecting crises.” Furthermore, “implementation of policy decisions and coordination of operations” would be “conducted through the interagency Crisis Task Forces prescribed by the Under Secretaries Committee under the authority of NSDM 8.” (Memorandum from Kissinger to Rogers, Laird, and Helms, May 16; ibid.) For NSDM 8, dated March 21, and Kissinger’s May 16 memorandum, see Foreign Relations, 1969–1976, volume II, Organization and Management of U.S. Foreign Policy, 1969–1972, Documents 31 and 45.

    Vol. E-5, Part 1, Documents on Sub-Saharan Africa, 1969-1972

    Nigerian Civil War

    • 106. Letter From Norman Cousins to the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) , New York, August 25, 1969

      Norman Cousins, editor of the Saturday Review, expressed his reservations about the possibility of an early Federal victory and his belief that President Nixon could play an effective role in ending the war. He suggested that the food situation might be serious but was not decisive in Biafraʼs ability to persevere.

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 741, Country Files, Africa, Nigeria, Vol. I. Confidential.

  • The Kissinger telephone conversation transcripts consist of approximately 20,000 pages of transcripts of Kissinger’s telephone conversations during his tenure as Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (1969-1974) and Secretary of State (1973-1974) during the administration of President Richard Nixon. Visit the finding aid for more information.

    Digitized versions of many of these transcripts can be found on the Yale University Library website.

Audiovisual Holdings

  • The White House Photo Office collection consists of photographic coverage of President Richard Nixon meeting with prominent social, political, and cultural personalities; speaking engagements and news conferences of the President and various high-ranking members of the White House staff and Cabinet; Presidential domestic and foreign travel, including Presidential vacations; social events and entertainment involving the First Family, including entertainers present; official portraits of the President, First Family, and high-ranking members of the Nixon administration; the 1969 and 1973 Inaugurals; the President’s 1972 Presidential election campaign appearances (including speeches) and other official activities of the White House staff and the President’s Cabinet from January 20, 1969 until August 9, 1974 at the White House and the Old Executive Office Building; other locations in Washington, DC, such as The Mall; and the Presidential retreats in Camp David, Maryland, Key Biscayne, Florida, and San Clemente, California. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

    Roll WHPO-1882 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-1882-02-12, President Nixon and Vice President Agnew meeting with the Urban Affairs Council in the San Clemente Western White House. 8/25/1969, San Clemente, California Conference Room, Western White House. President Nixon, Spiro Agnew, Donald Rumsfeld, Robert Finch, John Mitchell, Hickel, George Shultz, Herbert Stein, Robert Mayo, Arthur Burns, John Volpe, Clifford Hardin, George Romney, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Maurice Stans.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-1882-05A, President Nixon and Vice President Agnew meeting with the Urban Affairs Council in the San Clemente Western White House. 8/25/1969, San Clemente, California Conference Room, Western White House. President Nixon, Spiro Agnew, Donald Rumsfeld, Robert Finch, John Mitchell, Hickel, George Shultz, Herbert Stein, Robert Mayo, Arthur Burns, John Volpe, Clifford Hardin, George Romney, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Maurice Stans.

    Roll WHPO-1883 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-1883-02A-9A, Vice President Agnew outside the Western White House, briefing the press. 8/25/1969, San Clemente, California Western White House grounds. Spiro Agnew, Ron Ziegler, press.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-1883-10A-14A, President Nixon and Vice President Agnew meeting with the Urban Affairs Council in the San Clemente Western White House. 8/25/1969, San Clemente, California Conference Room, Western White House. President Nixon, Spiro Agnew, Donald Rumsfeld, Robert Finch, John Mitchell, Hickel, Volpe, George Shultz, Spiro Agnew, Herbert Stein, Robert Mayo, John Mitchell, Arthur Burns, John Volpe, Clifford Hardin, George Romney, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Maurice Stans.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-1883-15, President Nixon and Vice President Agnew meeting with the Urban Affairs Council in the San Clemente Western White House. 8/25/1969, San Clemente, California Conference Room, Western White House. President Nixon, Spiro Agnew, Donald Rumsfeld, Robert Finch, John Mitchell, Hickel, George Shultz, Herbert Stein, Robert Mayo, John Volpe, Clifford Hardin, George Romney, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Maurice Stans.

  • 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.

    B - Vice-Presidential (Agnew and Ford)

    • WHCA-SR-B-019
      Remarks regarding damage by Hurricane Camille-San Clemente, CA. (8/25/1969)

      Runtime: 9:00

      Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

    H - White House Staff Member Recordings

    • WHCA-SR-H-067
      Press briefing by Ronald Ziegler and Daniel Patrick Moynihan. (8/25/1969, San Clemente, San Clemente, California)

      Runtime: [N/A]

      Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media, press secretary

      Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by FMO (initials of WHCA engineer)

      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-3419
      President Nixon in Vietnam.
      NBC
      Runtime: 00:14:43

Context (External Sources)