April 11, 1972

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Argued

• Barker v. Wingo
• Combs v. United States
• Deepsouth Packing Company, Inc. v. Laitram Corporation
• Morrissey v. Brewer

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Vol. VIII, Vietnam, January-October 1972

The Easter Offensive, March 30-May 7, 1972

• 73. Memorandum From Philip A. Odeen of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, April 11, 1972

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–085, Washington Special Actions Group Meetings, WSAG Meeting Vietnam 4/13/72. Secret. Urgent; sent for information.

Vol. XIV, Soviet Union, October 1971-May 1972

U.S.-Soviet Relations and the Spring Offensive in Vietnam, March 30-April 18, 1972

• 92. Minutes of Washington Special Actions Group Meeting, Washington, April 11, 1972, 10:11-11:42 a.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H–Files), Box H–115, WSAG Minutes, Originals. Top Secret; Sensitive. No drafting information appears on the minutes. The meeting was held in the White House Situation Room. According to Kissinger’s Record of Schedule, the meeting lasted from 10:12 to 10:41 a.m. (Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box 438, Miscellany, 1968–1976)

Vol. XXI, Chile, 1969-1973

Cool and Correct: The U.S. Response to the Allende Administration, November 5, 1970-December 31, 1972

• 298. Minutes of a Meeting of the Senior Review Group, Washington, April 11, 1972, 4:08-5:15 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–64, SRG Meeting, Chile, 4/11/72. Secret. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room. Davis sent the minutes to Kissinger under an April 13 covering memorandum. A copy of the memorandum was sent to Kennedy, Jorden, and Hormats. (Ibid.)

Vol. XXIX, Eastern Europe, 1969-1972

Austria

• 67. Transcript of Telephone Conversation Among the Presidentʼs Assistant (Haldeman), the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), and President Nixon, Washington, April 11, 1972, 10:50 a.m.

  Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box 21, Telephone Conversations, Chronological File. No classification marking.

Vol. XXXII, SALT I, 1969-1972

Narrowing the Issues, October 19, 1971-April 18, 1972

• 257. Backchannel Message From the Chief of the Delegation to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (Smith) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Helsinki, April 11, 1972, 1600Z

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 427, Backchannel Files, Backchannel Messages, 1972 SALT. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusive. Copies were sent to Haig and Sonnenfeldt.

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

Iran 1972

• 177. Telegram 2080 From the Embassy in Iran to the Department of State, Tehran, April 11, 1972, 0645Z

  The Embassy conveyed the request of the Shah’s sister, Princess Ashraf, for U.S. Government assistance in refuting the charge that the U.S. Federal Narcotics Bureau had once recommended that she be denied entry to the United States due to a heroin trafficking incident in 1961.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 15–1 IRAN. Confidential; Exdis. In Telegram 35450 to Tehran, March 1, the Department inquired about a press story regarding a member of the Shah’s entourage, Amir Hushang Davallou, who had been charged in Switzerland with narcotics trafficking. Invoking diplomatic immunity, DAVALLOU had departed the country on the private plane of the Shah, who allegedly cut short his vacation to get DAVALLOU out of the country. The scandal rekindled charges of narcotics trafficking within the Shah’s inner circle. (Ibid, SOC 11–5 SWITZ)

Vol. E-5, Part 1, Documents on Sub-Saharan Africa, 1969-1972

Nigerian Civil War

• 214. Memorandum From Fred Rondon of the National Security Council Staff to the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, April 11, 1972

  Rondon forwarded Secretary of State Rogersʼ memorandum recommending that Ambassador Iyalla pay a farewell call on the President. National Security Council Staff Secretary Jeanne Davis called the idea a “non-starter” and Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Haig disapproved it.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 742, Country Files, Africa, Nigeria, Vol. I. Confidential. Sent for action. The suggested schedule attached at Tab II is not published, nor is the biographical sketch attached to Rogersʼ memorandum. A handwritten notation on Rondonʼs memorandum states, “disapproved by Genʼl Haig 4–14.” In an April 11 memorandum to John Howe, Jeanne Davis wrote: “I think this is a non-starter. The Presidentʼs office (Parker) has made it plain that the President does not want to see any more departing Ambassadors unless there are overriding reasons why he should. If HAK really wants to support this, we will have to be prepared to have one or two turn-downs before it actually goes through.” Haig wrote on the memorandum, “AgreeDrop it.” Both Haig and John Howe initialed Haigʼs comment. (Ibid.)

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

Mexico

• 475. Memorandum From William J. Jorden of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, April 11, 1972., Washington, April 11, 1972

  In preparation for an April 12 meeting with Foreign Secretary Rabasa, National Security Council staff member Jorden provided President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs Kissinger with an update on the status of salinity negotiations.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 788, Country Files, Latin America, Mexico, Vol. III, 1972. Secret; Eyes Only. Sent for action; Outside system. Attached but not published are Tabs A, B, and D. Tab A is an April 7, 1971 memorandum from McBride to Kissinger, Tab B is a chart identifying 4 options for resolving the salinity issue, Tab D has 3 letters from Echeverría to Nixon, one dated April 6, the other two undated, and biographical information on Rabasa. Attached at Tab C is a memorandum from Jorden to Kissinger, March 25. It is published as Document 474. Kissinger and Jorden met with Rabasa on April 12, 11:51 a.m.–12:32 p.m. No further record of a conversation has been found. (Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Papers of Henry A. Kissinger, Box 438, Miscellany, 1968–76, Record of Schedule)

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Old Executive Office Building

• 329-14; 10:31 a.m. - 10:34 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Bull, Stephen B.
• 329-15; Unknown between 12:35 p.m. & 12:37 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo
• 329-16; 12:37 p.m. - 12:40 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Bull, Stephen B.
• 329-17; Unknown between 12:40 p.m. & 1:12 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo
• 329-18; Unknown between 12:40 p.m. & 1:12 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo; White House operator
• 329-19; 1:12 p.m. - 1:14 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.
• 329-20; Unknown between 1:14 p.m. & 2:06 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 329-21; 2:06 p.m. - 2:08 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Helms, Richard M.
• 329-22; Unknown between 2:08 p.m. & 2:45 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 329-23; Unknown between 2:08 p.m. & 2:45 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President)
• 329-24; Unknown between 2:08 p.m. & 2:45 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo
• 329-25; Unknown between 2:08 p.m. & 2:45 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.
• 329-26; 2:45 p.m. - 2:55 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.

Oval Office

• 706-1; 9:41 a.m. - 10:09 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.
• 706-2; 10:10 a.m. - 12:35 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); [Unknown person(s)]; White House operator; Walters, Vernon A.; Kissinger, Henry A.; Ziegler, Ronald L.; Sanchez, Manolo
• 706-3; Unknown between 12:35 p.m. & 2:56 p.m.; United States Secret Service agents; Bull, Stephen B.
• 706-4; 2:57 p.m. - 3:03 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Ehrlichman, John D.
• 706-5; 3:06 p.m. - 5:05 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Peterson, Peter G.; Ehrlichman, John D.; Flanigan, Peter M.; Cole, Kenneth R., Jr.; Bull, Stephen B.; Sanchez, Manolo; Burns, Arthur F.; Shultz, George P.; Connally, John B.; Malek, Frederic V.
• 706-6; Unknown between 5:05 p.m. & 11:59 p.m.; United States Secret Service agents; Sanchez, Manolo

White House Telephone

• 22-102; Unknown between 10:10 a.m. & 10:49 a.m.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); White House operator
• 22-103; Unknown between 10:10 a.m. & 10:49 a.m.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Walters, Vernon A.
• 22-104; Unknown between 10:10 a.m. & 10:49 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); White House operator
• 22-105; Unknown between 10:49 a.m. & 10:54 a.m.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Kissinger, Henry A.; Nixon, Richard M. (President)
• 22-106; Unknown between 12:40 p.m. & 1:12 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 22-107; 1:12 p.m. - 1:14 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.
• 22-108; Unknown between 1:14 p.m. & 2:06 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 22-109; 2:06 p.m. - 2:08 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Helms, Richard M.
• 22-110; Unknown between 6:21 p.m. & 7:41 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 22-111; 7:41 p.m. - 7:54 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.
• 22-112; Unknown between 7:54 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 22-113; 8:00 p.m. - 8:01 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Hoover, J. Edgar

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-8865 Photographer: Schumaker, Byron | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-8865-, Pat Nixon standing outside with Judy Agnew and two other women in Red Cross uniforms and attending the Red Cross Luncheon. 4/11/1972, Washington, D.C. Capitol Hill. Pat Nixon, Judy Agnew, unidentified women, musician.

Roll WHPO-8866 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-8866-, Members of the Arkansas State Legislature in group shots. 4/11/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn. Arkansas state legislators.

Roll WHPO-8867 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-8867-, President Nixon, Hugh Scott, Mike Mansfield, and Henry Kissinger standing by a large map of China on an easel. 4/11/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, Map Room. President Nixon, Hugh Scott, Mike Mansfield, Henry Kissinger.

Roll WHPO-8868 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-8868-, Rumsfeld hosting a luncheon. 4/11/1972, Washington, D.C. Executive Staff Mess. Rumsfeld, staffers.

Roll WHPO-8869 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-8869-, Pat Nixon greeting women during a reception for American Pen Women. 4/11/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, State Dining Room. Pat Nixon, American Pen Women.

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-5273
  Weekly News Summary, Tape II.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
  
  16. The situation in South Vietnam: comments from State Department and Pentagon; increase in U.S. troops; film report of the fighting in South Vietnam. Time Code Start: 33:48. Keywords: United States Department of Defense headquarters, Armed Forces, Vietnam War, military, troops, increases, reports. Network: ABC.
  
  17. Report on proposed Senate bill limiting Presidential war powers. Time Code Start: 36:49. Keywords: Presidents,. Network: ABC.
  
  18. Film report of Vice President Agnew speech on leftist leaning of school teachers. Time Code Start: 37:26. Keywords: Vice Presidents, speeches, schools, faculty, politics. Network: ABC.
  
  19. Reasoner: Commentary on New York Mafia killings and the gangland mystique. Time Code Start: 39:12. Keywords: organized crime syndicates, assassinations, killings, shootings, gangs. Network: ABC.
  
  20. Situation in South Vietnam. Film report from Chon Thang, Republic of South Vietnam on drive to support beleaguered South Vietnamese army, with comments from Major General James Hollingsworth (U.S. Military Advisor). Time Code Start: 40:55. Keywords: Vietnam War, Armed Forces, Air Force, Army, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, National Guard, officials. Network: NBC.
  
  21. Report on President Nixon's "Special Action Group" and reports to the President on the communist offensive. Time Code Start: 43:43. Keywords: Presidents,. Network: NBC.
  
  22. U.S. aircraft carriers dispatched to Vietnam; film report of U.S.S. Saratoga on route to South Vietnam from Jacksonville, Florida. Time Code Start: 45:07. Keywords: Vietnam War, Navy, ships, aircraft. Network: NBC.
  
  23. Report on the busing situation and the Nashville, Tennessee, busing case; film report on court proceedings in Cincinnati, Ohio. Time Code Start: 47:28. Keywords: bills, laws, legislation, desegregation, racism, racial discrimination, African Americans, schools, students, transportation, reports. Network: NBC.
  
  24. Report on President Nixon's Phase II economic plan. Time Code Start: 49:58. Keywords: wage and price controls, freezes, prices, costs, increases, decreases, economy, economics, budgets, finances, recession, inflation, money. Network: NBC.
  
  25. Report on the number of hours Americans work to pay taxes. Time Code Start: 50:19. Keywords: taxes, taxation, revenue, employment. Network: NBC.
  
  26. Brinkley: Commentary on federal taxes. Time Code Start: 50:55. Keywords: taxes, taxation, revenue. Network: NBC.
  
  27. Kleindienst's nomination for Attorney General and alleged involvement in obstruction of justice. Film report from Senate Judiciary committee with comments by Senator Ervin re: the Kleindienst nomination. Time Code Start: 53:22. Keywords: law officials, nominations, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: NBC.
  
  28. Report on the International Telephone & Telegraph (ITT Corporation) case; Bob Wilson calls for perjury charges. Time Code Start: 55:18. Keywords: International Telephone & Telegraph, communications, world, corporations, conglomerates, campaign funding, investigations, hearings. Network: NBC.
  
  29. American ground troops move to close support for Army of the Republic of Viet Nam (ARVN) troops in combat. Film reports from Phu Bai and Da Nang. Time Code Start: 55:45. Keywords: Vietnam War, South Vietnamese Army (SVA), mlitary, troops, decreases, withdrawals. Network: NBC.
  
  30. Pentagon comments on the use of American ground troops and on withholding information about air strikes from American media. Time Code Start: 57:34. Keywords: United States Department of Defense headquarters, Armed Forces, Vietnam War, aircraft, bombings. Network: NBC.
  
  31. Reports on shore bombardment of Vietnamese targets by U.S. warships, B-52 strikes around the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) , fighting throughout Vietnam. Time Code Start: 58:24. Keywords: Vietnam War, military, aircraft, ships, bombings. Network: NBC.
  
  32. Adm. Moorer confident that tide of battle turning in favor of Army of the Republic of Viet Nam (ARVN). Film from Quang Tri and An Loc re. increased morale of Vietnamese and aftermath of battles. Time Code Start: 59:36. Keywords: Vietnam War, South Vietnamese Army (SVA), military, troops. Network: NBC.
  
  33. President Nixon administration statistics on the amount of Soviet aid to North Vietnam. Time Code Start: 65:26. Keywords: Soviet Union, Russia, USSR, Vietnam War, foreign aid, funding, finances. Network: NBC.
  
  34. Report on Justice Department action on the International Telephone & Telegraph (ITT Corporation) case. Time Code Start: 67:05. Keywords: International Telephone & Telegraph, communications, world, corporations, conglomerates, campaign funding, investigations, hearings. Network: NBC.
  
  35. Excess profits by large corporations. Donald Rumsfeld comments. Time Code Start: 67:32. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, interviews, businesses, investments, money. Network: NBC.
  
  36. Film report of Vice President Agnew attack on the leftist bias of intellectuals at a luncheon in Washington, D.C.. Time Code Start: 67:50. Keywords: Vice Presidents, speeches, politics. Network: NBC.
  
  37. "Jesus Freaks" registering as Republican voters. Time Code Start: 70:19. Keywords: Vote, voters, voting, Presidential elections, voting, registrations, political parties, Republicans, GOP, Christians, counterculture, religion. Network: NBC.
  
  38. United Mine Workers President (UMW) W.A. Tony Boyle on trial for murder for hire of Miners Union leader Joseph Yablonski. Time Code Start: 71:01. Keywords: trials, killings, deaths, crimes, violence, homicides, murders, shootings, assassinations, labor, unions, leaders. Network: NBC.
  
  39. Film report on segregated school buses in Bradley, Arizona (no city in AZ named Bradley - possibly Buckeye or Bisbee) and upcoming Justice Department suit. Time Code Start: 71:33. Keywords: desegregation, racism, racial profiling, racial discrimination, civil rights, African Americans, schools, students. Network: NBC.
  
  40. Doctor Tkach (President Nixon's doctor) comments on acupuncture. Time Code Start: 74:43. Keywords: Presidents, health, medical, doctors, physicians, tests, examinations, interviews. Network: NBC.

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