January 27, 1969

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 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.

Memorandums to Federal Agencies

• Review of the Budget (5 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 180, January 27, 1969)
  The President's Memorandum to the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies.

News Conferences

• The President's News Conference of January 27, 1969 (5 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 175, January 27, 1969)
  No. 1.

Proclamations

• American Heart Month, 1969 (5 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 181, January 27, 1969)
  Proclamation 3892. Dated January 27, 1969. Released January 28, 1969.

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 went to the Pentagon for a briefing on the military situation by the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

• Ambassador Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa of Nicaragua, dean of the diplomatic corps, paid a courtesy call on the President at the White House.

Nominations Submitted to the Senate

Does not include promotions of members of the Uniformed Services, nominations to the Service Academies, or nominations of Foreign Service Officers.

• RICHARD C. VAN DUSEN, of Michigan, to be Under Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
• FLOYD H. HYDE, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
• SAMUEL C. JACKSON, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
• SAMUEL J. SIMMONS, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
• SHERMAN UNGER, of Ohio, to be General Counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
• DAVID A. HAMIL, of Colorado, to be Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration for a term of 10 years.

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.

• Memorandum on the Need for a Review of the Budget
• Proclamation 3892—American Heart Month, 1969
• The President's News Conference

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

The Congressional Record is the official daily record of the debates and proceedings of the U.S. Congress.

• House of Representatives: January 27, 1969
• Senate: January 27, 1969
• Extensions of Remarks: January 27, 1969

Argued

• Skinner v. Louisiana

Decided

• Presbyterian Church in United States v. Mary Elizabeth Blue Hull Memorial Presbyterian Church
• Securities and Exchange Commission v. National Securities
• Spinelli v. United States

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)
• Handwritten diary entry (JPG)

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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.

• Text search for January 27, 1969
• Date search for January 27, 1969

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 27 January 1969 (Morning)
• President's Daily Brief of 27 January 1969 (Afternoon)

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 Intelligence Community and the White House

• 183. Memorandum From the Director of Central Intelligence’s Deputy for National Intelligence Programs Evaluation (Bross) to Director of Central Intelligence Helms, Washington, January 27, 1969

  Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Executive Registry Files, Job 80–R01284A, Box 4, Folder 2, Intelligence Community Reorganization. Secret. A copy was sent to the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence.

Vol. XII, Soviet Union, January 1969-October 1970

Initial Contacts, January-April 22, 1969

• 6. National Security Study Memorandum 10 , Washington, January 27, 1969

  Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box CL 316, NSSM Studies, March 1969–June 1970. Confidential. A copy was sent to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Vol. XXIX, Eastern Europe, 1969-1972

Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty

• 28. Memorandum for the 303 Committee , Washington, January 27, 1969

  Source: Department of State, INR/IL Historical Files, 303 Committee Files, January–June 1969. Secret; Eyes Only. Tabs A–H, described below, are attached but not printed. No drafting information appears on the memorandum.

Romania

• 176. Memorandum From Helmut Sonnenfeldt of the National Security Council Staff to the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) , Washington, January 27, 1969

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 702, Country Files—Europe, Romania, Vol. I—8/69. Confidential. Sonnenfeldt routed the memorandum through Eagleburger.

Vol. E-2, Documents on Arms Control and Nonproliferation, 1969-1972

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; Implementation of Safeguard System

• 3. Memorandum From Helmut Sonnenfeldt of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) , Washington, January 27, 1969

  Sonnenfeldt commented on National Security Council staff member Spurgeon Keeny’s January 24 paper concerning the NPT. In it, Sonnenfeldt cautioned against Keeny’s simplification of what he saw as a more complex German problem.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 366, Subject Files, Non-Proliferation Treaty through March 1969. Secret. Sent for action. The memorandum was sent through Haig, who wrote “Concur” next to his name on page one and initialed it.

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

Iraq 1969-1971

• 244. Telegram 321 From the Embassy in Israel to the Department of State, Tel Aviv, January 27, 1969, 1552Z

  To preclude Israeli retaliation, the Embassy recommended that the Department strongly condemn the recent public hanging of Iraqi Jews.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files, 1967–69, POL 29 IRAQ. Confidential; Immediate. Repeated Immediate to London and to Rome, Beirut, Amman, Jerusalem, and USUN.

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-0077 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-0077-00A-12A, President Nixon speaking during his first televised Presidential Press conference. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0077-13A-21A, President Nixon speaking to a packed room of White House Press Corps reporters, during his first televised Presidential Press Conference. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, reporters, photographers, members of the press.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0077-15A, President Nixon speaking to a packed room of White House Press Corps reporters, during his first televised Presidential Press Conference. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, reporters, photographers, members of the press.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0077-22A-29A, President Nixon speaking during his first televised Presidential Press Conference. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0077-29A, President Nixon gestures with his hand while speaking during his first televised Presidential Press Conference. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon.

Roll WHPO-0078 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-0078-01A-26A, President Nixon gestures while speaking during his first televised Presidential Press Conference. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon.

Roll WHPO-0079 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-0079-01-17, Closeup facial portrait of President Nixon speaking during his first televised Presidential Press Conference. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon.

Roll WHPO-0080 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-0080-03-12, President Nixon answers questions from reporters during his first televised Presidential Press Conference. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, unidentified White House Press Corps reporters.

Roll WHPO-0081 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-0081-03-11, 15-18, HUD Secretary George Romney at a press conference with Ron Ziegler and unidentified officials. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Roosevelt Room. George Romney, Ron Ziegler, unidentified officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0081-03-11, 15-18, HUD Secretary George Romney at a press conference with Ron Ziegler and unidentified officials. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Roosevelt Room. George Romney, Ron Ziegler, unidentified officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0081-12, Profile of White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler listening to HUD Secretary George Romney at a press conference. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Roosevelt Room. Ron Ziegler.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0081-12, Profile of White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler listening to HUD Secretary George Romney at a press conference. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Roosevelt Room. Ron Ziegler.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0081-13-14, Profile portrait of Mrs. Lenore Romney listening to her husband HUD Secretary George Romney, during a press conference. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Roosevelt Room. Lenore Romney.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0081-13-14, Profile portrait of Mrs. Lenore Romney listening to her husband HUD Secretary George Romney, during a press conference. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Roosevelt Room. Lenore Romney.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0081-19-20, Unidentified stenographer using the stenograph machine recording HUD Secretary George Romney's press conference. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Roosevelt Room. unidentified stenographer.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0081-19-20, Unidentified stenographer using the stenograph machine recording HUD Secretary George Romney's press conference. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Roosevelt Room. unidentified stenographer.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0081-21-22, Unidentied official speaking at microphone during HUD Secretary George Romney's press conference. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. unidentified official.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0081-21-22, Unidentied official speaking at microphone during HUD Secretary George Romney's press conference. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. unidentified official.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0081-23, Unidentied hand writing with a pen a paper. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. unidentified official.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0081-23, Unidentied hand writing with a pen a paper. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. unidentified official.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0081-24-37, President Nixon answers questions from reporters during his first televised Presidential Press conference. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, unidentified White House Press Corps reporters.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0081-24-37, President Nixon answers questions from reporters during his first televised Presidential Press conference. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, unidentified White House Press Corps reporters.

Roll WHPO-0082 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-0082-04-12, HUD Secretary George Romney's press conference. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Roosevelt Room. George Romney, Ron Ziegler, unidentified officials, White House Press reporters.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0082-11, Profile portrait of Mrs. Lenore Romney listening to her husband HUD Secretary George Romney, (unseen) during a press conference. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Roosevelt Room. Mrs. Lenore Romney.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0082-14-28, President Nixon's first televised Presidential Press Conference. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, unidentified White House Press reporters and photographers.

Roll WHPO-0083 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-0083-03A-11A, HUD Secretary George Romney's press conference. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Roosevelt Room. George Romney, Ron Ziegler, unidentified White House Press reporters and stenographer, unidentified officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0083-12A-13A, Press Secretary Ron Ziegler speaking to White House Press Reporters during HUD Secretary George Romney's press conference. Unidentified Stenographer in foreground. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Roosevelt Room. Ron Ziegler, unidentified White House Press reporters and stenographer.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0083-14A-25A, President Nixon's answers reporter's questions, during the first televised Presidential Press Conference. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon unidentified White House Press reporters and photographers.

Roll WHPO-0097 Photographer: Fabian Bachrach | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-0097-[DASH], Closeup formal portrait of President Nixon. 1/27/1969, unknown studio unknown studio. President Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0097-01, Formal Closeup head and shoulders portrait of President Nixon. (copy). 1/27/1969, unknown studio unknown studio. President Nixon.

Roll WHPO-0102 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-0102-00A-07A, President Nixon at luncheon with Henry Kissinger, Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird and Gen. Earle Wheeler, while receiving a briefing on the S.I.O.P., Single Integrated Operational Plan. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. Pentagon, lunchroom. Frame 1A, L-R: President Nixon, Henry Kissinger, Melvin Laird, General Earle Wheeler.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0102-01A, President Nixon at luncheon with Henry Kissinger, Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird and Gen. Earle Wheeler, while receiving a briefing on the S.I.O.P., Single Integrated Operational Plan. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. Pentagon, lunchroom. Clockwise: President Nixon, Melvin laird, Henry Kissinger, General Earle Wheeler.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0102-08A-12A, A group portrait of President Nixon, Henry Kissinger, Melvin Laird and Gen. Earle Wheeler, standing in the Pentagon hallway after a luncheon briefing on the Single Integrated Operational Plan. (SIOP). 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. Pentagon, hallway. L-R: Henry Kissinger, Melvin Laird, President Nixon, General Earle Wheeler.

Roll WHPO-0103 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-0103-00-08, President Nixon receiving a photograph gift album from Nicaraguan Ambassador Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa, during an Oval Office meeting with Henry Kissinger and Emil Mosbacher. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. L-R: Emil "Bus" Mosbacher, President Nixon, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa, Henry Kissinger.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0103-08, President Nixon receiving a photograph gift album from Nicaraguan Ambassador Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa, during an Oval Office meeting with Henry Kissinger and Emil Mosbacher. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. L-R: Emil "Bus" Mosbacher, President Nixon, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa, Henry Kissinger.

Roll WHPO-0118 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-0118-01A-04A, President Nixon walks to his limo in the Pentagon parking garage area, after a luncheon briefing with General Wheeler and Melvin Laird and Henry Kissinger, on the S.I.O.P., Single Integrated Operational Plan. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. Pentagon. Frame 3A: President Nixon, Gen. Earle Wheeler, Melvin Laird. Unidentified security guards and military guards.

Roll WHPO-0172 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-0172-01, President Nixon holding his first nationally televised press conference. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, mostly all male reporters taking notes in the front row, members of the White House Press Corps.

Roll WHPO-0173 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-0173-01, President Nixon holding his first nationally televised press conference in the East Room. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, mostly all male audience of reporters taking notes, members of the White House Press Corps.

Roll WHPO-0180 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-0180-01, Formal standing portrait of Mrs. Judy Agnew dressed in her inaugural ball evening gown and gloves. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. Judy Agnew.

Roll WHPO-0752 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-0752-, President Nixon standing in front of a microphone. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. President Nixon.

Roll WHPO-0761 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-0761-, President Nixon talking while standing at a microphone. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. President Nixon.

Roll WHPO-0764 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-0764-, President Nixon talking at a microphone. 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. President Nixon.

Roll WHPO-0907 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-0907-17A-22A, President Nixon at a microphone (Head and shoulders). 1/27/1969, Washington, D.C. President Nixon.

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-005
  Press briefing-Press lobby entrance, White House. (1/27/1969)
  
  Runtime: 10:00
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

• WHCA-SR-B-006
  Press conference-Washington Hilton Hotel, Wash. DC. (1/27/1969)
  
  Runtime: 8:31
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

P - Formal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-P-690114
  Remarks by President Nixon in a press conference. (1/27/1969, East Room, White House)
  
  Runtime: 0:29:18
  
  Keywords: Presidential press conferences, presidential news conferences, interviews, media
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA/ABC
  
  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-3206
  The President's [First] Press Conference. NBC and CBS commentary. Partial episode of Gunsmoke at the end. President Richard Nixon.
  CBS, NBC
  Runtime: 00:34:50

• New York Times of January 27, 1969

• AP Images photos from January 27, 1969
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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 1969 Broadcast Index

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• January 27, 1969