June 3, 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.

Addresses and Remarks

• Freedom: A Condition, and a Process (5 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 791, June 3, 1969)
  The President's Address at the Dedication of the Karl E. Mundt Library at General Beadle State College, Madison, South Dakota.

Acts Approved by the President

• H.R. 9328 -- Public Law 91-20
  An Act to amend title 37, United States Code, to provide special pay to naval officers, qualified in submarines, who have the current technical qualification for duty in connection with supervision, operation, and maintenance of naval nuclear propulsion plants, who agree to remain in active submarine service for one period of four years beyond any other obligated active service, and for other purposes.
• S. 278 -- Public Law 91-21
  An Act to consent to the New Hampshire-Vermont Interstate School Compact.

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.

• The President's address at the dedication of the Karl E. Mundt Library at General Beadle State College, Madison, South Dakota (advance text).

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.

• Address at the Dedication of the Karl E. Mundt Library at General Beadle State College, Madison, South Dakota.

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, June 3, 1969

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

• House of Representatives: June 3, 1969
• Extensions of Remarks: June 3, 1969

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 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 03 June 1969

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. III, Foreign Economic Policy; International Monetary Policy, 1969-1972

International Monetary Policy, 1969-1972

• 128. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Germany, Washington, June 3, 1969

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1967-69, FN 10. Confidential; Priority; Limdis; Greenback. Drafted by Widman (Treasury); cleared by Volcker and Willis (Treasury), Heginbotham (E/OMA), and Kornblum (EUR/GER); and approved by Quinn (S/S-O)

Vol. VI, Vietnam, January 1969-July 1970

Vietnam, January 1969-July 1970

• 77. Memorandum of a Joint Cabinet and National Security Council Meeting , Washington, June 3, 1969

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Special Files, President’s Office Files, Box 1, Memos for the President’s File, 1969–1970, Beginning June 1, 1969. No classification marking. Drafted by Special Assistant to the President James Keogh. In attendance were members of the National Security Council, the Cabinet, and 26 sub-Cabinet and White House officials. The meeting lasted from 9:07 to 11:28 a.m. (Ibid., President’s Daily Diary)

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-1222 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-1222-, Clay Whitehead's office. 6/3/1969, Washington, D.C. Executive Office Building, Clay Whitehead's office. Clay Whitehead, unidentified women.

Roll WHPO-1223 Photographer: Hartmann | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-1223-, Two gooney birds. 6/3/1969, unknown unknown.

Roll WHPO-1224 Photographer: Hartmann | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-1224-, Tricia Nixon, in a formal gown, standing with Peter Lawford and a social aide. 6/3/1969, unknown unknown. Tricia Nixon, Peter Lawford, social aide.

Roll WHPO-1225 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-1225-04A/05-07A/08, President Nixon with Nevada Governor Paul Laxalt. 6/3/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Paul Laxalt.
• Frame(s): WHPO-1225-08A/09-10A/11, Presidential helicopter leaving the helipad. 6/3/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, South Grounds.

Roll WHPO-1226 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-1226-02-05, 10-12, The presidential Helicopter, Marine One, on the South Grounds. 6/3/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, South Grounds.
• Frame(s): WHPO-1226-03A, The presidential helicopter, Marine One, on the South Grounds. 6/3/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, South Grounds.
• Frame(s): WHPO-1226-06-09,13-22, John Davies with Girl Scouts. 6/3/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, South Grounds. John Davies, Girl Scouts.

Roll WHPO-1227 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-1227-, President Nixon and others boarding the presidential helicopter. 6/3/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, South Grounds. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Tricia Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, David Eisenhower, unidentified persons.
• Frame(s): WHPO-1227-07A, The presidential helicopter on the South Grounds ready to board. An Army guard standing near the door ramp. 6/3/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, South Grounds. unidentified military personnel.
• Frame(s): WHPO-1227-14A, Pat Nixon, Tricia Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and David Eisenhower boarding the presidential helicopter on the South Grounds. 6/3/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, South Grounds. Pat Nixon, Tricia Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, David Eisenhower.
• Frame(s): WHPO-1227-20A, President Nixon, an unidenfied aide carrying a briefcase, and possibly Gen. James Hughes walking to presidential helicopter parked on the South Grounds. 6/3/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, South Grounds. President Nixon, possibly Gen. James Hughes, unidentified aide.

Roll WHPO-1230 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-1230-, John Davies receives a Bible from an unidentified man. 6/3/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn. John Davies, unknown man.

Roll WHPO-1231 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-1231-, Harry Flemming standing with unidentified persons. 6/3/1969, Washington, D.C. White House. Harry Flemming, unidentified persons.

Roll WHPO-1238 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-1238-01-09, President Nixon arriving at Sioux Falls airport. 6/3/1969, South Dakota Sioux Falls airport. President Nixon, Karl Mundt, Pat Nixon, Tricia Nixon, Julie Eisenhower, David Eisenhower, unidentified persons.
• Frame(s): WHPO-1238-03, President Nixon greeting members of the crowd after arriving at the Sioux Falls airport. 6/3/1969, South Dakota Sioux Falls airport. President Nixon, Secret Service agents wearing sunglasses, crowd.
• Frame(s): WHPO-1238-10-19, President Nixon greeting band members in Madison, South Dakota. 6/3/1969, South Dakota Sioux Falls airport; Karl E. Mundt Library, General Beadle College, Madison. President Nixon, Karl Mundt, Pat Nixon, Tricia Nixon, Julie Eisenhower, David Eisenhower, unidentified persons.
• Frame(s): WHPO-1238-20, President Nixon waving from the podium with Governor Frank Farrar during the dedication of Karl E. Mundt Library on the campus of General Beadle College. 6/3/1969, South Dakota Karl E. Mundt Library, General Beadle College, Madison. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Governor Frank Farrar; possibly Senator Karl E. Mundt, former Governor Archie Gubbard, former Secretary of the Army Robert Stevens, Fred C. Christoperson (President of the Mundt Historical and Education Foundation), and Harry Bowes, President of the College.
• Frame(s): WHPO-1238-20-36A, President Nixon at the Karl E. Mundt Library on the campus of General Beadle College. 6/3/1969, South Dakota Karl E. Mundt Library, General Beadle College, Madison. President Nixon, Karl Mundt, Pat Nixon, Tricia Nixon, Julie Eisenhower, David Eisenhower, Senator Karl E. Mundt, Governor Frank Farrar, former Governor Archie Gubbard, former Secretary of the Army Robert Stevens, Fred C. Christoperson (President of the Mundt Historical and Education Foundation), Harry Bowes, President of the College.

Roll WHPO-1239 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-1239-03, President Nixon greets elderly hospital patients and their nurses outdoors. 6/3/1969, Madison, South Dakota unknown. President Nixon, patients, nurses, unidentified persons.
• Frame(s): WHPO-1239-03-04, President Nixon greets elderly hospital patients and their nurses outdoors. 6/3/1969, Madison, South Dakota unknown. President Nixon, patients, nurses, unidentified persons.
• Frame(s): WHPO-1239-05-06, Unidentified staff members on a plane en route to Colorado Springs, Colorado. 6/3/1969, in the air unknown. unidentified staff members.
• Frame(s): WHPO-1239-07-09, President Nixon greeting a crowd. 6/3/1969, Colorado Springs, Colorado Broadmoor Hotel. President Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-1239-10-15, President Nixon meeting with William Mather. 6/3/1969, Colorado Springs, Colorado Broadmoor Hotel. President Nixon, William Mather, crowd.

Roll WHPO-1240 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-1240-01-11, 15-19, 23-24, President Nixon at Sioux Falls airport. 6/3/1969, Sioux Falls, South Dakota airport, farmland. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, unidentified others.
• Frame(s): WHPO-1240-07, H.R. Haldeman, Assistant to the President, holding Super 8 film camera during Nixon's trip to the Karl Mundt Library. 6/3/1969, Madison, South Dakota Karl Mundt Library, outdoors. President Nixon, Karl Mundt, David Eisenhower, Pat Nixon, unidentified others.
• Frame(s): WHPO-1240-12-14, President Nixon with Karl Mundt, receiving a gift, and greeting patients and nurses. 6/3/1969, Madison, South Dakota Karl Mundt Library, outdoors. President Nixon, Karl Mundt, David Eisenhower, Pat Nixon, unidentified others.
• Frame(s): WHPO-1240-20-22, Aerials of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. 6/3/1969, South Dakota enroute, mid-air. President Nixon, Karl Mundt, David Eisenhower, Pat Nixon, unidentified others.

Roll WHPO-1241 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-1241-, President Nixon being greeted upon arrival by officials and a crowd. 6/3/1969, Colorado Colorado Springs airport. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, honor guard, crowd, Tricia Nixon, Julie Eisenhower, David Eisenhower, Governor John A. Love, Senator Gordon Allott, Senator Peter Dominick, (Lt. General Thomas S. Moorman (Supt. of the Air Force Academy), General Raymond J. Reeves (CINC NORAD), Major General Rowland M. Gleszer (Commanding General of Fort Carson), Lt. General Frederick R. Sharp (Canadian General from NORAD).

Roll WHPO-1242 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-1242-, President Nixon reviewing the honor guard and greeting crowd members upon arrival. 6/3/1969, Colorado Colorado Springs airport. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, honor guard, crowd, Tricia Nixon, Julie Eisenhower, David Eisenhower, Governor John A. Love, Senator Gordon Allott, Senator Peter Dominick, (Lt. General Thomas S. Moorman (Supt. Of the Air Force Academy), General Raymond J. Reeves (CINC NORAD), Major General Rowland M. Gleszer (Commanding General of Fort Carson), Lt. General Frederick R. Sharp (Canadian General from NORAD).

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.

P - Formal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-P-690601
  President Nixon's Address at the dedication of the Karl E. Mundt Library at General Beadle State College, Madison, South Dakota, with remarks by Mundt, Frank Farrar, Dr. Harry Bowes (President of the College). (6/3/1969, Karl E. Mundt Library)
  
  Runtime: 0:51:03
  
  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.

• WHCA-SR-P-690602
  Remarks by President Nixon to Karl Mundt after presentation of degree, with Mundt, Henry Bowes. (6/3/1969)
  
  Runtime: 0:48
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

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• June 1969 Broadcast Index

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