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April 10, 1974

Introduction

This almanac page for Wednesday, April 10, 1974, 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.

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    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.

  • 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 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.

  • 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. XV, Soviet Union, June 1972-August 1974

    Summit Preparations, April-May 1974

    Vol. XXXVI, Energy Crisis, 1969-1974

    March 29-August 3, 1974

    • 347. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, April 10, 1974, 2-4 p.m.

      Source: National Archives, RG 429, Records of the Council on International Economic Policy, 1971–77, Central File 1972–77, Box 54, File 53508, Memcon major oil firms. No classification marking. Drafted by Hale on April 17.

    Vol. XXXVIII, Part 2, Organization and Management of Foreign Policy; Public Diplomacy, 1973-1976

    Managing the Department of State

    Vol. E-8, Documents on South Asia, 1973-1976

    Afghanistan

    • 12. Telegram 72260 From the Department of State to the Embassy in Afghanistan, Washington, April 10, 1974, 0018Z

      Secretary of State Kissinger concurred with the Kabul Embassy’s assessment of relations with Afghanistan, and discussed at length development efforts.

      Source: National Archives, RG 84, Kabul Embassy Files: Lot 77 F 53, POL 1, AFG Government (General) 1974. Confidential. Repeated to Colombo, Islamabad, Kathmandu, London, Moscow, New Delhi, Tehran, and CINCPAC. In telegram 1090 from Kabul, 21 February, the Embassy summarized its yearly policy review, concluding that the change in regime had not altered the United States’ role in Afghanistan and emphasizing that the use of aid could encourage Afghanistan to remain outside Soviet orbit. (Ibid).

    Bangladesh

    • 35. Minutes of the Secretary of State’s Staff Regional Staff Meeting, Washington, April 10, 1974, 3:10 p.m.

      Secretary of State Kissinger, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Rodger Davies, and Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Sisco discussed the prospects for improved relations on the subcontinent in the wake of the agreement on POWs and the recognition of Bangladesh.

      Source: National Archives, RG 59, Transcripts of Secretary of State Kissinger’s Staff Meetings, 1973–77, Entry 5177, Box 2, Secretary’s Analytical Staff Meetings. Secret.

    Vol. E-9, Part 2, Documents on the Middle East Region, 1973-1976

    Middle East Region

    Saudi Arabia

  • 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-E2598 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2598-00-13, President Nixon and Jim Sparling, Republican candidate for Michigan's Eighth Congressional District, standing up through the limo sun roof while traveling in a motorcade touring through Michigan's 8th Congressional District neighborhood streets in Huron County. 4/10/1974, Michigan, USA from Huron County Airport, Bad Axe to Sandusky City. President Nixon, Jim Sparling, secret service agents, reporters, crowd.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2598-04, President Nixon and Jim Sparling, Republican candidate for Michigan's Eighth Congressional District, standing up through the presidential motorcade limousine pointing to the crowd, touring through Michigan's 8th Congressional District neighborhood streets in Huron County. Airport, Bad Axe to Sandusky City. Secret service agents seen running beside limousine. 4/10/1974, Michigan, USA from Huron County Airport, Bad Axe to Sandusky City. President Nixon, Jim Sparling, secret service agents, reporters, crowd.

    Roll WHPO-E2599 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2599-01A-29A, President Nixon and Jim Sparling, Republican candidate for Michigan's Eighth Congressional District, standing up through the limo sun roof while traveling in a motorcade touring through Michigan's 8th Congressional District neighborhood streets Huron County Airport, Bad Axe to Sandusky City. 4/10/1974, Michigan, USA from Huron County Airport, Bad Axe to Sandusky City. President Nixon, Jim Sparling, secret service agents running next to cars.

    Roll WHPO-E2600 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2600-01A-25A, President Nixon and Jim Sparling, Republican candidate for Michigan's Eighth Congressional District, standing up through the limo sun roof while traveling in a motorcade touring through Michigan's 8th Congressional District neighborhood streets Huron County Airport, Bad Axe to Sandusky City. 4/10/1974, Michigan, USA from Huron County Airport, Bad Axe to Sandusky City. President Nixon, Jim Sparling, secret service agents running next to cars.

    Roll WHPO-E2601 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2601-02-31, President Nixon and Jim Sparling, Republican candidate for Michigan's Eighth Congressional District, standing up through the limo sun roof while traveling in a motorcade touring through Michigan's 8th Congressional District neighborhood streets Huron County Airport, Bad Axe to Sandusky City. 4/10/1974, Michigan, USA from Huron County Airport, Bad Axe to Sandusky City. President Nixon, Jim Sparling, secret service agents running next to cars.

    Roll WHPO-E2602 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2602-02-29, President Nixon and Jim Sparling, Republican candidate for Michigan's Eighth Congressional District, standing up through the limo sun roof while traveling in a motorcade touring through Michigan's 8th Congressional District neighborhood streets Huron County Airport, Bad Axe to Sandusky City. 4/10/1974, Michigan, USA from Huron County Airport, Bad Axe to Sandusky City. President Nixon, Jim Sparling, secret service agents running next to cars.

    Roll WHPO-E2603 Photographer: Moore, Robert (Supervisor/Director, WHPO Photographic Laboratory) | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2603-01A-15A, President Nixon and Jim Sparling, Republican candidate for Michigan's Eighth Congressional District, speaking at a park in Michigan's 8th Congressional District neighborhood streets while motoring from Huron County Airport in Bad Axe to Sandusky City. A big "welcome to" sign is in the background. 4/10/1974, Michigan, USA from Huron County Airport, Bad Axe to Sandusky City. President Nixon, Jim Sparling, secret service agents running next to cars.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2603-09, President Nixon addressing the crowd at a park in Michigan's 8th Congressional District neighborhood streets while motoring from Huron County Airport in Bad Axe to Sandusky City. A big "welcome to" sign is in the background. 4/10/1974, Michigan, USA from Huron County Airport, Bad Axe to Sandusky City. President Nixon, Jim Sparling, secret service agents, crowd.

    Roll WHPO-E2604 Photographer: Moore, Robert (Supervisor/Director, WHPO Photographic Laboratory) | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2604-01-30, President Nixon and Jim Sparling, Republican candidate for Michigan's Eighth Congressional District, standing up through the limo sun roof while traveling in a motorcade touring through Michigan's 8th Congressional District neighborhood streets Huron County Airport, Bad Axe to Sandusky City. President Nixon speaking at a park in Michigan's 8th Congressional District neighborhood streets Huron County Airport, Bad Axe to Sandusky City. A big welcome to sign hangs in the background. 4/10/1974, Michigan, USA from Huron County Airport, Bad Axe to Sandusky City. President Nixon, Jim Sparling, secret service agents, crowd.

    Roll WHPO-E2605 Photographer: Moore, Robert (Supervisor/Director, WHPO Photographic Laboratory) | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2605-01-18, President Nixon and Jim Sparling, Republican candidate for Michigan's Eighth Congressional District, standing up through the limo sun roof while traveling in a motorcade touring through Michigan's 8th Congressional District neighborhood streets Huron County Airport, Bad Axe to Sandusky City. 4/10/1974, from Huron County Airport, Bad Axe to Sandusky City. President Nixon, Jim Sparling, secret service agents, crowd.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2605-31, President Nixon and Jim Sparling, Republican candidate for Michigan's Eighth Congressional District, standing up through the limo sun roof while traveling in a motorcade touring through Michigan's 8th Congressional District neighborhood streets Huron County Airport, Bad Axe to Sandusky City. 4/10/1974, from Huron County Airport, Bad Axe to Sandusky City. President Nixon, Jim Sparling, secret service agents, crowd.

    Roll WHPO-E2606 Photographer: Moore, Robert (Supervisor/Director, WHPO Photographic Laboratory) | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2606-00A-22A, President Nixon and Jim Sparling, Republican candidate for Michigan's Eighth Congressional District, standing up through the limo sun roof while traveling in a motorcade touring through Michigan's 8th Congressional District neighborhood streets Huron County Airport, Bad Axe to Sandusky City. 4/10/1974, Michigan, USA from Huron County Airport, Bad Axe to Sandusky City. President Nixon, Jim Sparling, secret service agents, crowd.

    Roll WHPO-E2607 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2607-02-22, Pat Nixon entertaining Occoquan first grade students. 4/10/1974, Occoquan, VA Pat Nixon, unidentified children, teachers.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2607-17, Pat Nixon entertaining first grade students from Occoquan, VA. 4/10/1974, Occoquan, VA Pat Nixon, unidentified children, teachers.

    Roll WHPO-E2613 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2613-01A-29A, President Nixon with various GOP officials in Michigan. 4/10/1974, Michigan, USA unknown. President Nixon, Creighton Holden, Republican National Committeeman. Ranny Reicker, Republican National Committee woman. Jerry Roe, State Republican Executive Director. Mildred Dunnell, Republican State Vice Chairman. Jerry Nissley, Saginaw County Republican Campaign Director. Mrs. Elmer Smith, Co-Chairman of the Republican National Committee.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2613-20, President Nixon in Michigan greeting members of the crowd. Members of the press standing nearby with boom microphones and cameras. A woman is wearing a hat that reads "Nixon Now." Ron Ziegler stands nearby. 4/10/1974, Michigan, USA unknown. President Nixon, crowd, members of the press, Ron Ziegler.
  • 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-179
      Crowd/Arrival-Tri City Airport, MI. (4/10/1974)

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

    P - Formal Presidential Remarks

    • WHCA-SR-P-740408
      Remarks by President Nixon on arrival in Tri-City Airport, Michigan. (4/10/1974)

      Runtime: 15:20

      Keywords: weather, natural disasters, storms, tornado, 1974 Super Tornado, 1974 Super Outbreak, damages,

      Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
    • WHCA-SR-P-740409
      Remarks by President Nixon for Republican candidate Sparling at County Court House in Bad Axe, Mich. (4/10/1974)

      Runtime: 11:25

      Keywords: Possibly related: weather, natural disasters, storms, tornado, 1974 Super Tornado, 1974 Super Outbreak, damages

      Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
    • WHCA-SR-P-740410
      Remarks by President Nixon in Cass City, Michigan. (4/10/1974)

      Runtime: 9:00

      Keywords: Possibly related: weather, natural disasters, storms, tornado, 1974 Super Tornado, 1974 Super Outbreak, damages

      Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
    • WHCA-SR-P-740411
      Remarks by President Nixon with candidate Sparling in Bad Axe, Cass City, and Sandusky, Michigan. (4/10/1974)

      Runtime: 44:50:00

      Keywords: Possibly related: weather, natural disasters, storms, tornado, 1974 Super Tornado, 1974 Super Outbreak, damages

      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-553
      Briefing of Spanish-speaking leaders by Anne Armstrong. (4/10/1974, Family Theater)

      Runtime: 1:33:00

      Keywords: Briefings, private briefings

      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-554
      White House Bible study. (4/10/1974, Family Theater)

      Runtime: 38:00:00

      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.
  • 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-6878
      "The Merv Griffin Show" - Frank Mankiewicz, Herb Klein and Dr. John McLaughlin. Richard Nixon, Vice President Gerald Ford.
      NBC
      Runtime: 01:30:04
    • WHCA-6879
      "Washington Connection". Richard Nixon, Vice President Gerald Ford.
      NBC
      Runtime: 0:30
    • WHCA-6884
      Weekly News Summary, Tape I.
      ALL NETWORKS

      33. Smith/Kaplow: U.S. reaction to Israel's Prime Minister Golda Meir resignation, Meir in Vienna, Austria. Time Code Start: 71:55. Keywords: Middle East, Mideast, Israeli, war, military, leaders, trips, truces, treaty, treaties, meetings, negotiationsresignations, reactions. Network: ABC.

      34. Smith/Donaldson: White House says wait for new material; Committee will probably supoena information. Time Code Start: 73:38. Keywords: bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, recordings, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: ABC.

      35. Reasoner/Jarriel: President Nixon's campaigning in Michigan. Time Code Start: 75:50. Keywords: Presidents, weather, natural disasters, storms, tornado, 1974 Super Tornado, 1974 Super Outbreak. Network: ABC.

      36. Smith/Zimmerman: Judge Sirica asked not to be involved with Watergate anymore. Time Code Start: 78:32. Keywords: courts, trials, prosecutions, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: ABC.

      37. Smith: Commentary on the reflections of Israel's Prime Minister Golda Meir. Time Code Start: 80:04. Keywords: Middle East, Mideast, Israeli, Prime Ministers. Network: ABC.

      38. Chancellor/Scherrer: Congressional subpoena of White House now seems likely with Respresentatives Hutchinson, Railsback, Cohen and McClory. Time Code Start: 81:44. Keywords: House of Representatives, bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, recordings, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: NBC.

      39. Chancellor/McCormick: White House planned to give committee less information than it presently has. Time Code Start: 84:18. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: NBC.

      40. Chancellor/Stern: Watergate committee subpoenas Rose Mary Woods and his brother Donald Nixon's records. Time Code Start: 85:34. 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: NBC.

      41. Chancellor/Vito: President Nixon campaigning in Michigan with President Nixon. Time Code Start: 87:07. Keywords: Presidents, weather, natural disasters, storms, tornado, 1974 Super Tornado, 1974 Super Outbreak. Network: NBC.

      42. Chancellor/Burrington: Israel's Prime Minister Golda Meir resigns. Time Code Start: 89:28. Keywords: Middle East, Mideast, Israeli, Prime Ministers, resignations. Network: NBC.

      43. Chancellor/Valeriani: Secretary of State Kissinger's thoughts on Israel's Prime Minister Golda Meir. Time Code Start: 91:32. Keywords: Middle East, Mideast, Israeli, Prime Ministers, resignations, cabinet, advisors, media, press conferences, news conferences, interviews. Network: NBC.

      44. Chancellor/Hager: Mitchell-Stans conspiracy trial; Mitchell testifies. Time Code Start: 93:04. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, trials, obstruction of justice, perjury, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: NBC.
    • WHCA-6885
      Weekly News Summary, Tape II.
      ALL NETWORKS

      1. Chancellor: Cornfield claims President Nixon met Robert Vesco in Austria. Time Code Start: 00:00. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, scandals, financiers, banking, investments, securities, frauds, stocks, bonds, sales, Presidential elections, donations, contributions, gifts, money, funding. Network: NBC.

      2. Mudd/Rather: President Nixon's campaigning in Michigan with President Nixon. Time Code Start: 00:50. Keywords: Presidents,. Network: CBS.

      3. Mudd/Morton: Subpoena of White House now seems likely with Representatives Wiggins, Hutchinson, Railsback, and Eilberg. Time Code Start: 03:40. Keywords: bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, recordings, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: CBS.

      4. Mudd/Fenton/Kalb: Israel's Prime Minister Golda Meir resigns and Secretary of State Kissinge's view on what affect it will have. Time Code Start: 05:48. Keywords: Middle East, Mideast, Israeli, Prime Ministers, resignations, cabinet, advisors, media, press conferences, news conferences, interviews. Network: CBS.

      5. Mudd/Schakne: Mitchell testifies at his conspiracy trial. Time Code Start: 08:50. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, law officials. Network: CBS.

      6. Mudd/Schorr: Allegedly Connally received ten thousand dollars ($10,000) from the milk lobby. Time Code Start: 10:37. Keywords: Presidential campaigns, contributions, funding, finances, donations, investigations, food, dairy products, lobbys, lobbyists. Network: CBS.

      7. Sevareid: Commentary on the United Nations (U.N.) special session. Time Code Start: 12:05. Keywords: organization of nations, intergovernmental alliance. Network: ABC.

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