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January 25, 1969

Introduction

This almanac page for Saturday, January 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: Sunday, January 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 White House - Washington, D. C.

  • 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

    Statements by the President

    • Disaster Assistance for Mississippi (5 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 174, January 25, 1969)
      Statement by the President on Federal Action Taken Following Tornado Damage and a Gas Explosion Near Laurel, Miss.

    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.

    • Biographical data on Richard C. Van Dusen.

    • Biographical data on Floyd H. Hyde.

    • Biographical data on Samuel C. Jackson.

    • Biographical data on Samuel J. Simmons.

    • Biographical data on Sherman Unger.

    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 attended the Alfalfa Club Dinner at the Statler Hilton Hotel.

  • Each Public Papers of the Presidents volume contains the papers and speeches of the President of the United States that were issued by the White House Office of the Press Secretary during the time period specified by the volume. The material is presented in chronological order, and the dates shown in the headings are the dates of the documents or events. In instances when the release date differs from the date of the document itself, that fact is shown in the text note.

    To ensure accuracy, remarks have been checked against audio recordings (when available) and signed documents have been checked against the original, unless otherwise noted. Editors have provided text notes and cross references for purposes of identification or clarity.

  • 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.

Archival Holdings

  • Selective document listing

    President's Office Files

    The President's Office Files consists of materials drawn together by the Special Files Unit from several administrative subdivisions within the White House Office. It is the handwriting and sensitive papers sent to the Staff Secretary that now comprise much of the President's Office Files. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

    • President's Handwriting, Box 1, President's Handwriting, January 1969
      • Note; The President to Dwight Chapin re: Requesting that the luncheon scheduled for 1:00 p.m. be changed from 12 to 15 people. January 25, 1969. 2 pgs.
      • Memo; Jim Keogh to The President re: State of the Union message. January 25, 1969. 1 pg.

    President's Personal File

    The President's Personal File is essentially a President's secretary's file, kept by Rose Mary Woods, personal secretary to the President, for two purposes: (1) preserving for posterity a collection of documents particularly close to the President, whether because he dictated or annotated them, or because of the importance of the correspondent or the event concerned and (2) giving appropriate attention–letters of gratitude, invitations to White House social events, and the like–to members and important friends and supporters of the Nixon administration. This generalization does not describe all the varied materials of a file group which is essentially a miscellany, but it does identify the reason for the existence of the file group's core. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

    • Memoranda from the President, Box 1, Memos--January 1969
      • Memo; The President to Mrs. Nixon re: RN's room. January 25, 1969. 1 pg.
      • Memo; The President to John Ehrlichman re: The five o'clock group. January 25, 1969. 1 pg.
      • Memo; The President to John Ehrlichman re: The five o'clock group. January 25, 1969. 1 pg.
      • Memo; The President to Bob Haldeman re: Preparing remarks. January 25, 1969. 2 pgs.
      • Memo; The President to Jim Keogh re: Materials from the research group. January 25, 1969. 1 pg.
      • Memo; The President to The Secretary of State re: Czech uprising. January 25, 1969. 1 pg.
      • Memo; The President to Dr. DuBridge re: Nuclear testing. January 25, 1969. 1 pg.
      • Memo; The President to John Ehrlichman re: Brooklyn Navy Yard. January 25, 1969. 2 pgs.
      • Memo; The President to John Ehrlichman re: Alan Boyd story. January 25, 1969. 1 pg.
      • Memo; The President to John Ehrlichman re: The Five O'Clock Group. January 25, 1969. 3 pgs.
      • Memo; The President to Bob Haldeman re: Representative mail. January 25, 1969. 1 pg.
      • Memo; The President to Bob Haldeman re: Letter from Jackie Kennedy. January 25, 1969. 1 pg.
      • Memo; The President to Bob Haldeman re: Automatic, brief letters. January 25, 1969. 1 pg.
      • Memo; The President to John Ehrlichman re: Letter to the Cabinet. January 25, 1969. 2 pgs.
      • Memo; The President to Bob Haldeman re: Mississippi tornado. January 25, 1969. 1 pg.
    • President's Speech File, Box 46
      • Saturday, January 25, 1969, Alfalfa Club Dinner

  • Selective document listing

    White House Press Office

    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. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

    • White House Press Conferences, Box 55
      • News Conference #15 at the White House with Ron Ziegler, Press Secretary to the President; and Hon. George C. Romney, Secretary, Housing and Urvban Development, January 25, 1969, 12:12 P.M. EST. 11 pgs.
      • News Conference #16 at the White House with the President and Ron Ziegler, January 25, 1969, 3:42 P.M. EST. 9 pgs.

  • 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.

    • No President's Daily Brief delivered on this date

  • 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. VI, Vietnam, January 1969-July 1970

    Vietnam, January 1969-July 1970

    • 10. Minutes of National Security Council Meeting , Washington, January 25, 1969

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–109, NSC Minutes, Originals, 1969. No classification marking. No drafting information appears on the minutes. There are many handwritten corrections on the text. Kissinger briefly summarizes this NSC meeting in White House Years, pp. 237–238, as follows: “the team was too new and career officers too demoralized. The briefings did not offer new and imaginative ideas to a new President eager for them, even from the military.”

    Vol. XVII, China, 1969-1972

    China, 1969

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

    Panama

    • 518. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the Department of State (Read) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, January 25, 1969. , Washington, January 25, 1969

      The Department of State reported that the new Panamanian Government showed little concern that the actions it took could damage its relations with the United States. The Department of State stated it was encouraging the return to constitutional government, maintaining a satisfactory working relationship, and assuring continued National Guard cooperation in protecting the Panama Canal.

      Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 2 PAN. Confidential. Drafted on January 24 by Guthrie; and cleared by Sanders and Vaky. Robert Brown signed above Benjamin Read’s typeset signature. SNIE 84–69, January 30, provided additional information on Panama and concluded that “relations with the U.S. are likely to be somewhat strained throughout the period of military rule. We think the officer corps of the Guardia has become more nationalistic over the last couple of years, yet we doubt that the new regime will encourage blatant anti-Americanism, for fear it could not control an aroused populace.” (Central Intelligence Agency, NIC Files, Job 79–R01012A, Box 373, Folder 2, Situation in 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.

    • 4:10 PM, D Chapin; Mr. Kissinger
    • 4:30 PM, Mr. Haldeman; Mr. Kissinger
    • 4:40 PM, Dwight Chapin; Mr. Kissinger

Audiovisual Holdings

  • 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-004
      Remarks to the Women's National Rep. Club luncheon-Waldorf Astoria, NY, NY. (1/25/1969)

      Runtime: 20:00

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

    G - Cabinet Officer Briefings

    • WHCA-SR-G-001
      Remarks by H.U.D. secretary George Romney to the press. (1/25/1969, Press Lobby, The White House)

      Runtime: 0:07:35

      Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; No WHCA engineer initials listed

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

    I - Various Administration Events

    • WHCA-SR-I-001
      Alfalfa Club dinner at the Statler Hilton with Neil McElroy, Admirals Wright and Carney, Sgt. Jones, Col. Frank Borman, Harold Stassen, Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr., Col Boky and the President [TR] [see P-690112]. (1/25/1969)

      Runtime: 3:00:00

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

    P - Formal Presidential Remarks

    • WHCA-SR-P-690112
      Remarks by President Nixon at the 56th Annual Alfalfa Club Dinner at the Statler Hilton Hotel. (1/25/1969, Statler Hilton Hotel, Washington, CD,)

      Runtime: 0:12:24

      Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA

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

Context (External Sources)