January 12, 1971

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

• Original typewritten diary (PDF)

The President's day began at 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.

Digitized versions can be found at HathiTrust.

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.

• Federal Register of Tuesday, January 12, 1971

Argued

• Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics
• Coolidge v. New Hampshire
• United States v. Vuitch

Decided

• Bruno v. Pennsylvania
• Decker v. Harper & Row Publishers, Inc.
• National Labor Relations Board v. Local 825, International Union of Operating Engineers, AFL-CIO
• Wyman v. James

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.

• Transcript of diary entry (PDF)
• Original audio recording (MP3)

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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.

• President's Daily Brief of 12 January 1971

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

• 132. Memorandum From the Director of the Program Analysis Staff, National Security Council (Smith) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, January 12, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–209, National Security Decision Memoranda, NSDM 4. Confidential. Sent for action.

Vol. V, United Nations, 1969-1972

Committee of 24

• 70. Telegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State, New York, January 12, 1971, 2350Z

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 19 UN. Confidential.

Appointment of UN Development Program Administrator

• 251. Letter From the Representative to the United Nations (Yost) to Secretary of State Rogers, New York, January 12, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 300, Agency Files, USUN, Vol. VI. Confidential.

Vol. XIII, Soviet Union, October 1970-October 1971

"A Key Point in Our Relationship": Backchannel Talks on SALT, Berlin, and the Summit

• 92. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to the White House Chief of Staff (Haldeman), Washington, January 12, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 815, Name Files, Garment, Leonard. Confidential. Sent for information. Saunders forwarded a draft of this memorandum (with Sonnenfeldt’s concurrence) to Kissinger on December 21, 1970, noting: “This is basically a domestic, political question. However, it might be appropriate to provide Haldeman with a judgment as to the foreign policy implications of casting about for the Jewish vote on the basis of the rationale that they have been giving Len Garment. In other words, on the one hand there is the simple political question of trying to appeal to the Jewish vote. On the other hand, there is the question of involving the President with an identified group for mainly domestic reasons on the basis of a foreign policy stance that is developed in connection with non-domestic considerations.” (Ibid., Box 405, Subject Files, USSR (Jewish Defense League)) According to several attached notes, neither Kissinger’s nor Garment’s memorandum was forwarded to the President.

• 93. Transcript of a Telephone Conversation Between Secretary of State Rogers and the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), January 12, 1971, 8:15 a.m., PST

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, Henry Kissinger Telephone Conversation Transcripts, Box 8, Chronological File. No classification marking. Rogers was in Washington; Kissinger was in San Clemente. A typewritten parenthetical note indicates that the transcript was “not verbatim.”

• 94. Transcript of a Telephone Conversation Between Attorney General Mitchell and the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), January 12, 1971, 8:45 a.m., PST

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, Henry Kissinger Telephone Conversation Transcripts, Box 8, Chronological File. No classification marking. Mitchell was in Washington; Kissinger was in San Clemente.

Vol. XVII, China, 1969-1972

China,January-September 1971

• 102. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, January 12, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 1031, Files for the President—China Material, Exchanges Leading up to HAK’s Trip to China, December 1969–July 1971. Top Secret; Sensitive. Sent for information. A notation on the memorandum indicated the President saw it. Nixon was in San Clemente, California, January 5–14. Kissinger and Bogdan met in Washington from 12:30 to 12:50 p.m. (Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box 438, Miscellany, 1968–1976, Record of Schedule)

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.

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-5464 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-5464-03-25, Mother-daughter portraits of Pat Nixon and Tricia Nixon at La Casa Pacifica. 1/12/1971, San Clemente, California Western White House, La Casa Pacifica, living room. Pat Nixon, Tricia Nixon, unidentified man.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5464-08, Mother-daughter portrait of Pat Nixon and Tricia Nixon at La Casa Pacifica. 1/12/1971, San Clemente, California Western White House, La Casa Pacifica, living room. Pat Nixon, Tricia Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5464-11, Portrait of Tricia Nixon at La Casa Pacifica. 1/12/1971, San Clemente, California Western White House, La Casa Pacifica, living room. Tricia Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5464-21, Mother-daughter portrait of Pat Nixon and Tricia Nixon sitting in the living room at La Casa Pacifica. 1/12/1971, San Clemente, California Western White House, La Casa Pacifica, living room. Pat Nixon, Tricia Nixon.

Roll WHPO-5465 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-5465-02-10, President Nixon and Pat Nixon sitting in the La Casa Pacifica living room. 1/12/1971, San Clemente, California Western White House, La Casa Pacifica, living room residence. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, photographer.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5465-06, President Nixon and Pat Nixon sitting in the La Casa Pacifica living room having coffee. 1/12/1971, San Clemente, California Western White House, La Casa Pacifica, living room residence. President Nixon, Pat Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5465-11-19, President Nixon and Pat Nixon petting their dog while relaxing on the patio at La Casa Pacifica. 1/12/1971, San Clemente, California Western White House, La Casa Pacifica, residence. President Nixon, Pat Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5465-20, Pat Nixon standing with the Irish Setter dog King Timahoe, in a tile floored entry way at La Casa Pacifica. 1/12/1971, San Clemente, California Western White House, La Casa Pacifica, residence. President Nixon, Pat Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5465-21-33, President Nixon and Pat Nixon walking along the beach near the Western White House, La Casa Pacifica. 1/12/1971, San Clemente, California Western White House, La Casa Pacifica, beach. President Nixon, Pat Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5465-31, President Nixon and Pat Nixon walking along the beach near the Western White House, La Casa Pacifica. 1/12/1971, San Clemente, California Western White House, La Casa Pacifica, beach. President Nixon, Pat Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5465-34, President Nixon and Pat Nixon, viewed from behind while embracing each other and walking along the beach near the Western White House, La Casa Pacifica. 1/12/1971, San Clemente, California Western White House, beach. President Nixon, Pat Nixon.

Roll WHPO-5466 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-5466-03-10, President Nixon and Pat Nixon relaxing in the living room at La Casa Pacifica. 1/12/1971, San Clemente, California Western White House, La Casa Pacifica, living room residence. President Nixon, Pat Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5466-06, President Nixon and Pat Nixon sitting in the living room at the Western White House, La Casa Pacifica. 1/12/1971, San Clemente, California Western White House, La Casa Pacifica, living room residence. President Nixon, Pat Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5466-11, Close up portrait of Pat Nixon pinning a carnation flower on President Nixon's lapel at La Casa Pacifica. 1/12/1971, San Clemente, California Western White House, La Casa Pacifica, patio, residence. President Nixon, Pat Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5466-11-15, Portraits of Pat Nixon pinning a carnation flower on President Nixon's lapel at La Casa Pacifica. 1/12/1971, San Clemente, California Western White House, La Casa Pacifica, patio, residence. President Nixon, Pat Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5466-16-17, Portraits of Pat Nixon smiling at one another while standing on the patio at La Casa Pacifica. 1/12/1971, San Clemente, California Western White House, La Casa Pacifica, patio, residence. President Nixon, Pat Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5466-18-21, President Nixon and Pat Nixon pose for portraits with their Irish Setter Dog King Timahoe at the Western White House, La Casa Pacifica. 1/12/1971, San Clemente, California Western White House, La Casa Pacifica. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, King Timahoe.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5466-22-23A, President Nixon and Pat Nixon at the Western White House, La Casa Pacifica. 1/12/1971, San Clemente, California Western White House, La Casa Pacifica, living room residence. President Nixon, Pat Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5466-22-24, Pat Nixon wearing a rain coat, scarf and holding an umbrella, standing outside the La Casa Pacifica residence. 1/12/1971, San Clemente, California Western White House, La Casa Pacifica. Pat Nixon.

Roll WHPO-5467 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-5467-03-37, Pat Nixon and daughter Tricia Nixon relaxing in the living room at La Casa Pacifica in San Clemente. 1/12/1971, San Clemente, California Western White House, La Casa Pacifica, living room residence. Pat Nixon, Tricia Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5467-08, Portrait of Tricia Nixon standing in the living room near a window at the Western White House in San Clemente. 1/12/1971, San Clemente, California Western White House, La Casa Pacifica, living room residence. Tricia Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5467-15, Portrait of Tricia Nixon standing in the living room near a window at the Western White House in San Clemente. 1/12/1971, San Clemente, California Western White House, La Casa Pacifica, living room residence. Tricia Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5467-34, Pat Nixon and daughter Tricia Nixon relaxing in the living room at La Casa Pacifica in San Clemente. 1/12/1971, San Clemente, California Western White House, La Casa Pacifica, living room residence. Pat Nixon, Tricia Nixon.

Roll WHPO-5468 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-5468-02A-09A, 11A-36A, President Nixon and Pat Nixon relaxing in the living room at the Nixon's home, Casa Pacifica, San Clemente, CA. 1/12/1971, San Clemente, California Western White House, La Casa Pacifica, living room residence. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, photographers.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5468-07A, Pat Nixon walking down a tile floored loggia hallway at the Nixon's home La Casa Pacifica in San Clemente. 1/12/1971, San Clemente, California Western White House, La Casa Pacifica, living room residence. Pat Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5468-22A, President Nixon and Pat Nixon smiling toward one another while relaxing in the living room at La Casa Pacifica. 1/12/1971, San Clemente, California Western White House, La Casa Pacifica, living room residence. President Nixon, Pat Nixon.

Roll WHPO-5469 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-5469-02A-13A, President Nixon and Pat Nixon walking on the La Casa Pacifica residence grounds. 1/12/1971, San Clemente, California Western White House, La Casa Pacifica, grounds. President Nixon, Pat Nixon.

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-4080
  "Thirty Minutes" with guest Elliot Richardson.
  ABC
  Runtime: 30:00
• WHCA-4082
  ABC News Special: "Polling America".
  NBC
  Runtime: 1:00
• WHCA-4089
  Weekly News Summary, Tape I.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:00
  
  11. Smith/Gill: Steel Prices. Time Code Start: 21:23. Keywords: iron alloy, metals, steel production, costs, prices. Network: ABC.
  
  12. Smith/Jennings: Muskie in Egypt. Time Code Start: 23:11. Keywords: Mideast, Middle East, Senators, travel, trips, Presidents, Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: ABC.
  
  13. Reasoner: Commentary on the Presidential news conference. Time Code Start: 25:22. Keywords: Presidents, media, press conferences, news conferences, interviews. Network: ABC.
  
  14. Brinkley: Supreme Court rules welfare workers right to enter homes of welfare recipients; California Governor Reagan speaks to Legislators on welfare. Time Code Start: 27:17. Keywords: Family Assistance Programs, government aid, financial aid, health and welfare assistance, financial aid. Network: NBC.
  
  15. Chancellor: Steel prices. Time Code Start: 30:24. Keywords: iron alloy, metals, steel production, costs, prices. Network: NBC.
  
  16. Pierpoint: Steel prices. Time Code Start: 31:22. Keywords: iron alloy, metals, steel production, costs, prices. Network: CBS.
  
  17. Mudd: Campaign reform; Former welfare secretary John Gardner files suit to close loopholes in political campaign financial rules. Time Code Start: 32:31. Keywords: elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates, reforms. Network: CBS.
  
  19. Severied: Commenary on campaign reform. Time Code Start: 35:50. Keywords: elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: CBS.

• New York Times of January 12, 1971

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The Vanderbilt Television News Archive is the world's most extensive and complete archive of television news. They have been recording, preserving and providing access to television news broadcasts of the national networks since August 5, 1968.

• January 1971 Broadcast Index

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