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May 1, 1969

Introduction

This almanac page for Thursday, May 1, 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.

Previous Date: Wednesday, April 30, 1969

Next Date: Friday, May 2, 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.

    Announcements

    Appointments and Nominations

    Executive Orders

    Statements by the President

    • Jeremiah O'Leary (5 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 637, May 1, 1969)
      Statement by the President on the Death of the Washington Newspaperman.

    Acts Approved by the President

    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.

    • Guests of the President for the trip to the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 3, 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 greeted William Passmore of East Chicago, Ind., Handicapped Man of the Year, in the Rose Garden at the White House.
    • Roy Jenkins of Great Britain, Chancellor of the Exchequer, paid a courtesy call on the President.
    • Deputy Prime Minister Pak Chung Hun of Korea met with the President.
    • Seven-year-old Rosemary Woods of Chicago, Ill., cystic fibrosis poster child and niece and namesake of the President's private secretary, accompanied by her parents, met with the President in the Rose Garden.
    • The President is announcing the reappointment of Harold Russell of Wayland, Mass., as Chairman of the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped.

  • 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.

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

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.

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

    International Monetary Policy, 1969-1972

    • 122. Memorandum of Conversation , Washington, May 1, 1969, 10:45 a.m.

      Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1967-69, POL UK-US. Confidential; Nodis. Drafted by Bergsten. According to the President’s Daily Diary, the meeting lasted from 10:37 to 11:25 a.m. (National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Central Files, President’s Daily Diary) The Diary does not record Ambassador Freeman and Bergsten as attendees, but does list John Harris, an aide to the Chancellor.

    Vol. VI, Vietnam, January 1969-July 1970

    Vietnam, January 1969-July 1970

    • 64. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, May 1, 1969

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 182, Paris Talks/Meetings, Paris Talks, Memos and Miscellaneous/Memcons, Vol. III, 4/5–69. Secret. Sent for information. A stamped note on the memorandum indicates the President saw it. Attached but not printed was a retyped and undated INR Intelligence Note entitled, “Hanoi Adopts Moderate Tone in Paris.” In an April 30 memorandum to Kissinger, Sneider informed him that Lodge wished to make a proposal using the DRV’s Four Points of April 8, 1965, at the next private session in Paris as a means of getting a dialogue going. (Ibid., Box 181, Paris Talks/Meetings, Private Meetings, March–December 1969) In a second memorandum of the same date Kissinger informed the President that at the Paris Plenary session of April 30, despite a “comprehensive attack on U.S. policy in Vietnam,” the DRV clearly wanted the United States to explore the NLF’s offer made on March 20 to talk with “other parties,” to address the DRV’s Four Points, and hinted that they might be willing to work within the GVN’s constitution if it was revised. Nixon saw this memorandum. (Ibid., Box 182, Paris Talks/Meetings, Paris Talks, Memos and Miscellaneous/Memcons, Vol. III, 4/5–69)

    Vol. XIX, Part 1, Korea, 1969-1972

    North Korean Shootdown of a U.S. Reconnaissance Flight and Contingency Planning, January-November 1969

    • 21. Memorandum of Conversation , Washington, May 1, 1969

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Special Files, President’s Office Files, Box 78, Memoranda for the President, Beginning April 27, 1969. Secret. The meeting was held at the White House. According to the President’s Daily Diary, the meeting was held from 11:29 a.m. to 12:26 p.m. (Ibid., White House Central Files) This memorandum is attached to a May 10 memorandum from Jeanne W. Davis to Lawrence Eagleburger indicating that Kissinger approved the memorandum of conversation with the stipulation that it could be distributed within the Department only on a Nodis basis. Deputy Prime Minister Park Choong Hoon also met with Rogers on April 28. (Memorandum of conversation, April 28; ibid., Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 540, Far East, Korea, Vol. I, to 9–69)

    Vol. XXIX, Eastern Mediterranean, 1969-1972

    Cyprus

    Vol. XLI, Western Europe; NATO, 1969-1972

    United Kingdom

    • 314. Memorandum of Conversation , Washington, May 1, 1969, 10:45 a.m.

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Special Files, President’s Office Files, Memos for the President. Confidential. Drafted by Bergsten.

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

    Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; Implementation of Safeguard System

    • 20. Memorandum From Helmut Sonnenfeldt of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, May 1, 1969

      In this memorandum, Sonnenfeldt briefed Kissinger for the Under Secretaries Committee meeting scheduled to take place that afternoon that was to review an options paper prepared by ACDA on the NPT ratification. Sonnenfeldt attached the options paper for Kissinger’s consideration.

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 66, Subject Files, Non-Proliferation Treaty, Vol. I, April 69–March 70. Secret. Sent for information. The memorandum at Tab B is not published. Written in the right hand margin of page 2 of the attachment is, “But Senate itself asked for simultaneous ratification.” An arrow points to the last sentence in paragraph (b). The attachment cited in the footnote to page one of Tab A is not published.

    • 21. Journal Entry by the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (Seaborg), Washington, May 1, 1969

      In this office diary entry, Seaborg recounted the discussion of the NPT at the May 1 Under Secretaries meeting. The Commission focused on easing German concerns, creating a strategy for depositing the ratification at the most advantageous time, and the status of other nations with regards to the NPT.

      Source: Department of Energy Archives, Records of the U.S Atomic Energy Commission, Job 65–42, Seaborg Diary, pp. 101003–101010. Confidential 5/1/69–3

    Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee; Seabed Arms Control Treaty

    • 93. Memorandum From Secretary of Defense Laird to President Nixon, Washington, May 1, 1969

      Laird indicated that the Defense Department did not favor a seabeds treaty; however, it suggested language for a treaty should the President decide to move ahead on it. The memorandum cautioned the President to take a “restrained and conservative” approach.

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 382, Subject Files, Seabeds Vol. II. Secret.

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

    Haiti

    • 382. Intelligence Note From the Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (Hughes) to Secretary of State Rogers, No. 334, Washington, May 1, 1969. , Washington, May 1, 1969

      The Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) reported that in an apparent effort to win a resumption of aid from the United States, President Duvalier had “cracked down” on Haitian Communists. According to INR’s analysis, “the communists in Haiti are few in number and constitute no real threat to the regime.”

      Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 23–7 HAI. Secret; No Foreign Dissem. On April 17 Nachmanoff sent a memorandum to Kissinger which concluded that Duvalier seemed “to expect better treatment (aid) from this administration than he received from previous administrations.” (Ibid., Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 785, Country Files, Latin America, Haiti, Vol. I)

  • 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-0926 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-0926-00-02, President Nixon and representatives and award winners from the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, unidentified persons.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0926-04-12, President Nixon seated with British Chancellor of the Exchequer Roy Jenkins and others. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, West Portico. President Nixon, Roy Jenkins, Treasury Secretary David Kennedy, British Ambassador John Freeman, Emil Mosbacher, Jenkins aide John Harris, Kissinger.

    Roll WHPO-0927 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-0927-02-10, President Nixon walking with Henry Kissinger. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, West Portico. President Nixon, Ron Ziegler, Henry Kissinger, Maj. John V. Brennan (AKA) Jack Brennan.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0927-11-17, President Nixon walking with Ronald Ziegler and Maj. John V. Brennan (AKA) Jack Brennan. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, West Portico. President Nixon, Ziegler, Kissinger, Maj. John V. Brennan (AKA) Jack Brennan.

    Roll WHPO-0928 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-0928-03, President Nixon leaving White House. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Stevie Wonder, Utah Senator Wallace Bennett, Florida Representative Charles E. Bennett, Mrs. Charles E. Bennett, William Passmore, his mother Mrs. Passmore, other guests.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0928-04-15, President Nixon greeting award winners from the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, including Handicapped American of 1968 William Passmore and singer Stevie Wonder. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Stevie Wonder, Utah Senator Wallace Bennett, Florida Representative Charles E. Bennett, Mrs. Charles E. Bennett, William Passmore, his mother Mrs. Passmore, other guests.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0928-10, President Nixon kneels by the wheelchair of William Passmore, as he attaches something to the President's lapel. Passmore, the Handicapped American of 1968, was attending the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped awards ceremony with his mother, Mrs. Passmore, standing nearby. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, William Passmore, his mother Mrs. Passmore, unidentified persons.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0928-16-17, President Nixon with award winners from the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, including Handicapped American of 1968 William Passmore, Utah Senator Wallace Bennett, Florida Congressman Charles E. Bennett, and singer musician Stevie Wonder. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Stevie Wonder, Wallace Bennett, Charles E. Bennett, Mrs. Charles E. Bennett, William Passmore, Mrs. Passmore, unidentified guests.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0928-18, Unidentified men by a White House entrance. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden.

    Roll WHPO-0929 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-0929-03-09, President Nixon greeting award winners from the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Stevie Wonder, Utah Senator Wallace Bennett, Florida Representative Charles E. Bennett, Mrs. Charles E. Bennett, William Passmore, his mother Mrs. Passmore, other guests.

    Roll WHPO-0930 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-0930-02A-25A, Pat Nixon receiving a lilac bush and flower bouquet of Commemorative blue lilacs in memory of former President Dwight Eisenhower. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Jacqueline Kennedy Garden. Pat Nixon, John Eisenhower, unidentified persons.

    Roll WHPO-0931 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-0931-02-09, Pat Nixon receiving a lilac bush and a print of the flower from unidentified persons. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Jacqueline Kennedy Garden. Pat Nixon, unidentified persons.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0931-17, Pat Nixon holding a bouquet of lilacs while standing outside on the White House lawn. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Jacqueline Kennedy Garden. Pat Nixon.

    Roll WHPO-0932 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-0932-03-21, Pat Nixon receiving a commemorative blue lilac bush, flower bouquet, and other items from John Eisenhower and others. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Jacqueline Kennedy Garden. Pat Nixon, John Eisenhower, unidentified persons.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0932-19, Pat Nixon receiving a commemorative blue lilac bush, flower bouquet, and other items from John Eisenhower and others. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Jacqueline Kennedy Garden. Pat Nixon, John Eisenhower, unidentified persons.

    Roll WHPO-0933 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-0933-01-05, President Nixon seated with Deputy Prime Minister of Korea, Park Choong Hoon, Dong Jo Kim, Ambassador of Korea, Yoon Sae Yang, Director of the Off. Of Investment Promotion, Economic Planning Bd., of Korea, Winthrop G. Brown, Deputy Asst. , Sec. of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Park Choong Hoon, Dong Jo Kim, Yoon Sae Yang, Winthrop G. Brown.

    Roll WHPO-0934 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-0934-01A-04A, President Nixon seated with Korean officials. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Park Choong Hoon, Dong Jo Kim, Yoon Sae Yang, Winthrop G. Brown.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0934-06A-35A, President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Everett Dirksen, Rose Mary Woods, and others meet with 1969 Cystic Fibrosis Poster Child in the White House garden while members of the media record the event. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Everett Dirksen, Rose Mary Woods, Rose Mary Woods, reporters and photographers of the press corps.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0934-27A, President Nixon, Pat Nixon, and Rose Mary Woods meeting with 1969 Cystic Fibrosis Poster Child Rosemary Woods in the White House garden while members of the media record the event. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Rose Mary Woods.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0934-33A, President Nixon and Everett Dirksen climb the porch steps after meeting with Pat Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and the 1969 Cystic Fibrosis Poster Child in the White House garden, while members of the media record the event. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Everett Dirksen, reporters and photographers of the press corps.

    Roll WHPO-0937 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-0937-02-37, White House exterior, framed by flowering tulips and a fountain. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House Grounds.

    Roll WHPO-0938 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-0938-03-04, President Nixon talking with Handicapped American of 1968, William Passmore. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, William Passmore.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0938-05-09, President Nixon walking with Ron Ziegler. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House Grounds. President Nixon, Ron Ziegler, unidentified military aide.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0938-18, President Nixon walking with Ron Ziegler. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House Grounds. President Nixon, Ron Ziegler, unidentified military aide.

    Roll WHPO-0941 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-0941-01 No negative - contact sheet only., North and South exterior of White House, framed by tulips and fountains. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House Grounds.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0941-02, North and South exterior of White House, framed by tulips and fountains. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House Grounds.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0941-03, The White House North Portico façade viewed from the water fountain bordered with bright red tulips in full bloom. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House Grounds.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0941-04, North and South exterior of White House, framed by tulips and fountains. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House Grounds.

    Roll WHPO-0942 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-0942-01, South exterior of White House, framed by tulips and a fountain. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House Grounds.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0942-02, South exterior of White House, framed by tulips and a fountain. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House Grounds.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0942-03 No negatives - contact sheet only., South exterior of White House, framed by tulips and a fountain. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House Grounds.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0942-04, South exterior of White House, framed by tulips and a fountain. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House Grounds.

    Roll WHPO-0943 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-0943-01, South exterior of White House, framed by tulips and a fountain. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House Grounds.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0943-02, The White House South exterior viewed from the water fountains, bordered with white, red and yellow tulips in full bloom. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House Grounds.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0943-03 No negative - contact sheet only., South exterior of White House, framed by tulips and a fountain. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House Grounds.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0943-04, South exterior of White House, framed by tulips and a fountain. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House Grounds.

    Roll WHPO-0944 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-0944-01-02 No negatives - contact sheet only., South exterior of White House, framed by tulips and a fountain. 5/1/1969, Washington, D.C. White House Grounds.

Context (External Sources)