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November 28, 1973

Introduction

This almanac page for Wednesday, November 28, 1973, 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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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.

    Digitized versions can be found at HathiTrust.

  • 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

Any selection of archival documents will necessarily be partial. You should use the documents and folders identified below as a starting place, but consult the linked collection finding aids and folder title lists and the collections themselves for context. Many documents to be found this way do not lend themselves to association with specific dates, but are essential to a complete understanding of the material.

  • 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

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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. XXV, Arab-Israeli Crisis and War, 1973

    Arab-Israeli Crisis and War, 1973

    • 362. Backchannel Message From Secretary of State Kissinger to the Egyptian Presidential Adviser for National Security Affairs (Ismail), Washington, November 28, 1973

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Kissinger Office Files, Box 132, Country Files, Middle East, Egypt/Ismail, Vol. VIII, November 1–December 31, 1973. Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. A note on the message indicates that it was sent for delivery at 10:44 a.m., with instructions to pass to Eilts who was to give it to Fahmi. Eilts should tell Fahmi this message was in reply to a letter from Ismail and that Kissinger would not initiate further contacts with Ismail.

    Vol. XXXVIII, Part 1, Foundations of Foreign Policy, 1973-1976

    Foundations of Foreign Policy, 1973-1976

    • 23. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, November 28, 1973, 3 p.m.

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 1027, Presidential/HAK MemCons, MemCons April–Nov 1973 HAK & Presidential [1 of 5]. Secret; Nodis. Drafted by Stoessel. The conversation took place in the Secretary’s office.

    Vol. E-14, Part 2, Documents on Arms Control and Nonproliferation, 1973-1976

  • 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 can be found in the National Archives Catalog.

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-E1859 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E1859-, Governor John Love and two unidentified men. 11/28/1973, unknown unknown.

    Roll WHPO-E1860 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E1860-, President Nixon standing in the Oval office with Secretary of the Interior Rogers Morton, Ron Walker, Lynn Greenwalt, Norman Ross and Richard Fairbanks. 11/28/1973, Washington D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Rogers C.B. Morton, Ronald H. Walker, Lynn A. Greenwalt (Director of the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife), Norman Ross (Domestic Council Staff Assistant) , Richard M. Fairbanks (Associate Director of the Domestic Council).
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E1860-14A, President Nixon standing in the Oval office with Secretary of the Interior Rogers Morton, Ron Walker, Lynn Greenwalt, Norman Ross and Richard Fairbanks. 11/28/1973, Washington D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Rogers C.B. Morton, Lynn A. Greenwalt (Director of the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife), possibly Richard M. Fairbanks (Associate Director of the Domestic Council), Ronald H. Walker, or Norman Ross (Domestic Council Staff Assistant).

    Roll WHPO-E1861 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E1861-, President Nixon meeting with Secretary Roger Morton, Dr. Lynn Greenwalt and Ron Walker. 11/28/1973, Washington DC White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Rogers C.B. Morton, Ronald H. Walker, Lynn A. Greenwalt (Director of the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife), Norman Ross (Domestic Council Staff Assistant) , Richard M. Fairbanks (Associate Director of the Domestic Council).

    Roll WHPO-E1862 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E1862-, Anne Armstrong accepts letters of support for President Nixon. 11/28/1973, unknown 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.

    K - Informal Presidential Remarks

    • WHCA-SR-K-115
      Photo opportunity with Rogers C.B. Morton-Oval Office [no remarks]. (11/28/1973)

      Runtime: 1:00

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

    S - White House Press Office Briefings (continuation of the L-series)

    • WHCA-SR-S-384
      Press briefing by Gerald Warren. (11/28/1973, White House Press Lobby)

      Runtime: 37:38:00

      Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media

      Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by __ (initials of WHCA engineer)

      Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
    • WHCA-SR-S-385
      Press briefing by Secretary of the Interior Rogers C.B. Morton. (11/28/1973, White House Press Lobby)

      Runtime: 10:20

      Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media

      Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by __ (initials of WHCA engineer)

      Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
    • WHCA-SR-S-714
      Progress report on the administration's progress in drug abuse enforcement, treatment, and rehabilitation. (11/28/1973, EOB Conference Room (450))

      Runtime: 87:00:00

      Keywords: drugs, drug abuse, narcotics, heroin, marijuana, addicts, addiction, prevention, programs

      Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by E. Doss (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-6680
      "Martin Agronsky: Evening Edition".
      ALL NETWORKS
      Runtime: 00:29:18
    • WHCA-6685
      Weekly News Summary, Tape II.
      ALL NETWORKS
      Runtime: 01:20:00

      1. Reasoner/Schoumacher: White House tapes with Rose Mary Woods. Time Code Start: 00:00. Keywords: Presidents, personal secretaries, employees, women, bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, recordings, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, scandals. Network: ABC.

      2. Reasoner/Jarriel: White House tapes; subpoenas and erasures. Time Code Start: 02:48. Keywords: bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, recordings, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, scandals. Network: ABC.

      3. Reasoner/Jennings: Arab summit; use of oil as leverage. Time Code Start: 04:49. Keywords: Arabian, Arabs, Middle East, Mideast, summits, meetings, energy, petroleum, drilling, oil supply, oil supplies. Network: ABC.

      4. Reasoner/Peterson: Secretary of Interior press conference; oil shale; Alaskan oil pipeline; rationing. Time Code Start: 08:11. Keywords: petroleum, gasoline, oil crisis, energy crisis, transportation, shortages, investigations, report, cabinet, advisors, media, conferences. Network: ABC.

      5. Reasoner: Commentary on the good and bad sides of the energy crisis. Time Code Start: 10:38. Keywords: petroleum, oil, gasoline, fuel, shortages, rationing, natural resources. Network: ABC.

      6. Chancellor/Stern: Saxbe nomination for Attorney General; White House tapes and Rose Mary Woods. Time Code Start: 12:34. Keywords: law officials, attorneys, lawyers, nominees, personal secretaries, employees, women, bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, recordings, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, scandals. Network: NBC.

      7. Chancellor: White House tapes; President Nixon's finances. Time Code Start: 15:34. Keywords: Presidents, budgets, bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, recordings, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, scandals. Network: NBC.

      8. Chancellor/Perkins: Secretary of Interior Morton press conference on energy conservation and oil shale. Time Code Start: 16:23. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, media, press conferences, news conferences, interviews, cabinet, advisors, petroleum, oil, gasoline, fuel, oil supply, oil supplies, imports, shortages, mining. Network: NBC.

      9. Chancellor/Goralski: More on Secretary Morton. Time Code Start: 18:56. Keywords: cabinet, advisors. Network: NBC.

      10. Chancellor/Bell: Retail food prices still high. Time Code Start: 21:44. Keywords: food, meat, agriculture, animal products, dairy products, prices, costs, increases, shortages. Network: NBC.

      11. Brinkley: commentary on who got what out of the Middle East. Time Code Start: 23:49. Keywords: Middle East, Mideast, war. Network: NBC.

      12. Chancellor/Levine: Foreign money in U.S. industries. Time Code Start: 25:31. Keywords: investments, credit, loans, cash, currency, funding, financial aid. Network: NBC.

      13. Cronkite/Graham: White House tapes with Rose Mary Woods. Time Code Start: 27:54. Keywords: Presidents, personal secretaries, employees, women, bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, recordings, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, scandals. Network: CBS.

      14. Cronkite/Rather: More on White House tapes. Time Code Start: 30:11. Keywords: bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, recordings, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, scandals. Network: CBS.

      15. Cronkite/Pierpoint: Secretary of Interior Morton ok's oil shale mining. Time Code Start: 31:43. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, energy, petroleum, oil, gasoline, fuel, oil supply, oil supplies, imports, shortages, sales, costs, increases, rationing, embargoes. Network: CBS.

      16. Cronkite/Dean/Pomoroy/Hall: Amtrak a going business. Time Code Start: 33:20. Keywords: mass transportation, railways, railroads, commuter trains, railroads, trains, rail travel, mass transit, transportation, commuters, commuting. Network: CBS.

      17. Cronkite/McLaughlin: Arab summit conference done. Time Code Start: 36:40. Keywords: Arabian, Arabs, Middle East, Mideast, summits, meetings. Network: CBS.

Context (External Sources)