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January 18, 1971

Introduction

This almanac page for Monday, January 18, 1971, pulls together various records created by the federal government and links to additional resources which can provide context about the events of the day.

Previous Date: Sunday, January 17, 1971

Next Date: Tuesday, January 19, 1971

Schedule and Public Documents

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

    Foreign Economic Policy

    • 374. Memorandum by President Nixon, Washington, January 18, 1971

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Central Files, Subject Files, Box 3, Ex FG. No classification marking. The memorandum was released on January 19 and printed in Public Papers: Nixon, 1971, pp. 40–41.

    Vol. VII, Vietnam, July 1970-January 1972

    Planning and Decisions for Operations in Cambodia and Laos, October 9, 1970-February 7, 1971

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

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

    Vol. XX, Southeast Asia, 1969-1972

    Thailand

    • 105. Memorandum for the President’s File, Washington, January 18, 1971

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Special Files, President’s Office Files, Boxes 83–87, Memoranda for the President. Top Secret; Sensitive.

    Vol. XXXVI, Energy Crisis, 1969-1974

    March 10, 1970-April 2, 1971

    Vol. XXXIX, European Security

    MBFR and the Conference on European Security, December 1970-December 1971

    Vol. E-4, Documents on Iran and Iraq, 1969-1972

    Iran 1971

    • 111. Telegram 277 From the Embassy in Iran to the Department of State, Tehran, January 18, 1971, 1632Z

      Under Secretary Irwin reported back to President Nixon and Secretary Rogers on his meeting with the Shah, in which the Shah lobbied for a separate Persian Gulf oil agreement rather than the OPEC-wide deal that the companies sought.

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 602, Country Files, Iran. Secret; Nodis. Repeated to Jidda, Kuwait, Dhahran, Tripoli, London, The Hague, OECD Paris, and EC Brussels. In a telegram dated January 18, following his discussion with Amouzegar, Under Secretary Irwin recommended to the President and Secretary Rogers that the oil companies negotiate a regional oil agreement for the Persian Gulf. (Ibid., RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, PET 3 OPEC). Further documentation on the Irwin Mission is scheduled for publication in Foreign Relations, 1969–1976, Volume XXXVI, Energy Crisis, 1969–1974.

    Vol. E-10, Documents on American Republics, 1969-1972

    Ecuador

    • 305. Memorandum From Ashley Hewitt of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, January 18, 1971., Washington, January 18, 1971

      National Security Council staff member Hewitt conveyed to President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs Kissinger that President Nixon had tasked Secretary of State Rogers with lodging a strong protest with the Ecuadorian Ambassador; suspending Foreign Military Sales (FMS) sales for a year; and considering invoking the Kuchel and Pelley Amendments.

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, HAK Office Files, Box 148, Agency and Congressional Files, State/WH Relationship, Vol. 4. Secret. Sent for information. Haig initialed the memorandum and wrote at the top, “File State/WH relationship.” On January 19, Hewitt reported to Kissinger that Ambassador Burns emphasized that measures adversely affecting the Ecuadorian military would hurt U.S. interests and diminish Washington’s influence over the long term. Hewitt, however, thought that the FMS suspension would not have a significant effect on U.S. relations with Ecuador. (Ibid., NSC Files, Box 784, Country Files, Latin America, Ecuador, Vol. I, 1969–1970)

    Nicaragua

    • 500. Memorandum of Conversation, Managua, January 18, 1971., Managua, January 18, 1971

      Ambassador Shelton met with President Somoza to discuss Nicaragua’s political situation and United States-Nicaraguan relations.

      Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 2 NIC. Confidential. Transmitted to the Department of State as Enclosure 1 to Airgram A–10 from Managua, January 31. Drafted by Hines (ARA/LA/CEN). Attached but not published at Enclosure 2 is a January 19 memorandum of conversation with Fernando Agüero.

    Panama

  • 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-5489 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-5489-04-10, President Nixon meeting with representatives of the Construction Industry Collective Bargaining Commission. 1/18/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, William E. Dunn, John H. Lyons, J. Curtis Counts, Sec. James D. Hodgson, Peter T. Schoemann, Stephen D. Bechtel, Jr., John A Stastny.

    Roll WHPO-5490 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-5490-02-20, President Nixon seated informally in the Oval Office during a meeting with Secretary of State William Rogers, Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird, Richard Helms, Henry Kissinger, and Admiral Thomas Moorer. 1/18/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, William Rogers, Melvin Laird, Richard Helms, Henry Kissinger, Thomas Moorer.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-5490-15, President Nixon seated informally in the Oval Office during a meeting with Secretary of State William Rogers, Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird, Richard Helms, Henry Kissinger, and Admiral Thomas Moorer. 1/18/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, William Rogers, Melvin Laird, Richard Helms, Henry Kissinger, Thomas Moorer.

    Roll WHPO-5491 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-5491-01-11, Bible with ornate cover that has been given as a gift. 1/18/1971, Washington, D.C. unknown.

  • 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.

    G - Cabinet Officer Briefings

    • WHCA-SR-G-073
      Briefing by Secretary of Labor James D. Hodgson, with Ronald Ziegler. (1/18/1971, Press Center)

      Runtime: 44:00:00

      Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by LRR (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-4111
      Weekly News Summary, Tape I.
      ALL NETWORKS
      Runtime: 1:00

      6. Smith/Jarriel: Economy. Time Code Start: 07:04. Keywords: economy, economics, debt, budgets, finances, recession, inflation, money. Network: ABC.

      7. Gill: Cambodia. Time Code Start: 09:48. Keywords: Cambodia, Vietnam War. Network: ABC.

      8. Smith: Election 1972 (McGovern). Time Code Start: 10:36. Keywords: Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: ABC.

      9. Smith/Clark: 92nd Congress Reform. Time Code Start: 13:38. Keywords: House of Representatives, reforms. Network: ABC.

      10. Smith: Commentary on election spending. Time Code Start: 15:17. Keywords: elections, candidates, campaigns, campaigning, funds, fundraising, finances. Network: ABC.

      11. Chancellor: Steel and GNP (Gross National Product). Time Code Start: 17:17. Keywords: iron alloy, metals, steel production, costs, prices, gross national product, market value, products, goods and services, labor, property. Network: NBC.

      12. Chancellor/Brady: Cambodia. Time Code Start: 18:39. Keywords: Cambodia, Vietnam War. Network: NBC.

      13. Chancellor: Seniority. Time Code Start: 20:14. Keywords: tenures. Network: NBC.

      14. Cronkite/Rather: Steel and economy. Time Code Start: 21:17. Keywords: economy, economics, budgets, finances, recession, inflation, money, wages, costs, unemployment, prices, manufacturing. Network: CBS.

      15. Cronkite/Kalb/Dicks: McGovern, Muskie and Governor George Wallace. Time Code Start: 24:12. Keywords: Senators, Governors, Presidential elections, campaigns, primaries. Network: CBS.

      16. Sevareid: Commentary on Presidential hopefuls. Time Code Start: 28:32. Keywords: Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: CBS.

      17. Cronkite: Cambodia. Time Code Start: 30:43. Keywords: Cambodia, Vietnam War. Network: CBS.

Context (External Sources)