April 14, 1971

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• Statement About a Proposal for Internment of Prisoners of War in a Neutral Country
• Statement Announcing Changes in Trade and Travel Restrictions With the People's Republic of China
• Message to the Congress Transmitting Annual Report of the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Council on the Arts

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• Federal Register of Wednesday, April 14, 1971

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• Senate: April 14, 1971
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• Annotated News Summaries, Box 30, News Summaries - April 1971 [During this period, the Staff Secretary only removed pages from the News Summaries which contained President Nixon's handwriting, often leaving the document with no date. Although there are no specific documents with this date, you should also consult the full folder for the month.]

Among Pat Buchanan’s duties was the compilation and coordination of background briefing materials for Presidential and a few Vice Presidential press conferences. The briefings—for both the larger, announced press conferences and the smaller, informal ones held in the Oval Office—related to a widespread number of topics and were in the form of probable questions which the White House staff members anticipated news reporters would address to the President. Along with the questions, were answers recommended by Buchanan, other members of the White House staff, and the heads of major departments of the government.

The briefing books are primarily in the form of potential questions and suggested answers (often with heavy annotation by President Nixon), along with associated memos. A listing of briefing books is below, with indication of whether President Nixon annotated the book or not. Each book has an index to the potential questions with direct links to the National Archives Catalog. You should consult the full digital folder for suggested responses, President Nixon's annotations, and other documents and topics not covered by the index.

FOREIGN POLICY BRIEFING BOOK April 14, 1971 (Annotated)

Citation: FOREIGN POLICY BRIEFING BOOK April 14, 1971; box 3; White House Central Files: Staff Member and Office Files: Patrick J. Buchanan; Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, Yorba Linda, CA

Consult the full digital folder for other briefing materials not in the form of prepared questions and answers.

• MIDDLE EAST Arab-Israeli Settlement
  • How much longer do you feel the present drift can continue without some major Soviet military assistance or an out-break of fighting? What is the US doing?
• SOUTH ASIA Pakistan
  • What is the U.S. position on the civil war in Pakistan? Is the United States considering a cut-off in military and economic assistance?
• WITHDRAWAL FOR PRISONERS?
  • Would you agree to a fixed withdrawal date for U.S. troops -- in exchange for an enemy pledge to discuss the release of our prisoners -- or for actual enemy release of those prisoners.
  • Would you agree to a fixed withdrawal date for U.S. troops -- in exchange for an enemy pledge to discuss the release of our prisoners -- or for actual enemy release of those prisoners.
• YOUR PRIVATE TIMETABLE
  • Senator Scott has said you told a group of Congressmen you have in mind both a plan for withdrawal of all forces, and a timetable in your own mind when all American troops would be out of Vietnam. Did you tell the Congressional leadership that; and if so, what is the timetable in your mind?
  • Can you tell us if the plan, in your own mind, has a timetable, and if that timetable, in your own mind, has on it a date by which you expect all Americans to be out of Vietnam?
• THE RESIDUAL FORCE
  • Do you plan to retain in South Vietnam any residual United States forces, as long as the war is still going on at present levels? Considering the ARVN need for U.S. air and artillery support, could they make do without it?
• SOUTH VIETNAMESE RELIANCE ON U.S. AIR POWER
  • How long do you anticipate South Vietnam will need American air power, before they can take over these responsibilities themselves?
• U.S. VOLUNTEERS
  • It has been reported that you plan to announce after some point in the future, only American volunteers would be sent to Vietnam. Is such an announcement under consideration or in the works?
• USE OF AIR POWER IN INDOCHINA
  • During the period of U.S. troops withdrawals, presumably over the next 18 months, do you foresee the unlimited use of conventional air power which we have had for the past four to six months? Will the application of this massive air power continue in support of the GVN after our ground forces leave SVN? In other words, will we find ourselves indefinitely engaged in major air strike operations in Indochina? Would this continue in Cambodia and Laos, i.e., will we continue to meet a commitment to the GVN with air support on an Indochina-wide basis?
• PROSPECTS FOR TRADE WITH THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA
  • How much trade do you expect will take lace with the Peoples Republic of China since you allowed the opening of direct trade on April 14?
• TRAVEL TO THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA
  • What are the prospects for Americans to travel to the Peoples Republic of China since restrictions were taken off March 15 and the American Table Tennis Team and some reporters were invited in April 12?
• WASHINGTON-TAIPEI RELATIONS
  • Can you tell us how Nationalist China has reacted to your conciliatory gestures toward Mainland China?
• COMMUNIST CHINA AND THE UN: PEKING-WASHINGTON RELATIONS
  • Can you tell us precisely what is the United States position today with regard to the admission of Communist China to the United Nations, and what is your view with regard to diplomatic relations between Peking and Washington?
• SINO-SOVIET CONFLICT
  • Is your simultaneous easing of policy toward Peking and toughening toward Russia any indication of an attempt to develop a Washington-Peking accommodation to thwart Soviet ambitions? Does the U.S. have more to gain from good relations with China than that of Russia?
• SOVIET-AMERICAN RELATIONS
  • Do you agree that the Soviet Party Congress was moderate in dealing with US-Soviet Relations? Do you think this means that progress in our relations is possible? Will you consider a trip to the USSR or a summit meeting?
• SALT
  • What is the prospect for a SALT agreement? Why can we not accept the Soviet proposal for an ABM agreement as a first step?
• POLICY TOWARD CHILE
  • Will there be any change in our policy toward the Chilean Government as a result of the recent elections in which President Allende's government won a stronger show of support than previously?
• NATIONALIZATION IN CHILE
  • What are we going to do about the Chilean Government's proposed Constitutional amendment providing for nationalization of US copper companies in Chile?
• CHILE AND THE INTER-AMERICAN SYSTEM
  • In your report on U.S. Foreign Policy for the 1970' you describe the Chilean Government's decision to establish relations with Cuba as a challenge to the Inter-American system. Would you amplify this statement and what are we doing about it.

DOMESTIC BRIEFING BOOK April 14, 1971 (Annotated)

Citation: DOMESTIC BRIEFING BOOK April 14, 1971; box 3; White House Central Files: Staff Member and Office Files: Patrick J. Buchanan; Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, Yorba Linda, CA

Consult the full digital folders ([1 of 2] and [2 of 2]) for other briefing materials not in the form of prepared questions and answers.

• SENATOR MUSKIE
  • Your Press Secretary and Attorney General have stated that Senator Muskie's charges seem "politically motivated." Do you agree with that assessment.
• EARTH DAY RALLY
  • Can you give us your opinion on Senator Muskie's charge that the FBI spied on the Earth Day rally?
• SCALI
  • Can you tell us if John Scali has been brought aboard to improve the "image" of the President, or to deal with the problem, known as the "credibility gap." What is the new setup in your office of communications that everyone at this conference seems to be discussing?
• CALLEY DECISION
  • Your publicly stated decision to "review" the Calley verdict, before sentence is carried out -- coupled with your order to release him from the stockade -- is being construed by many as Presidential intervention, prejudicing the judicial process, and in the opinion of Captain Aubrey Daniel, reflecting adversely upon the process of military justice. Can you tell us why you publicly intervened in this case; whether you feel that intervention has, by implication, shown your dissatisfaction with the decision reached by the military court?
• THE VICE PRESIDENT AND THE MEDIA
  • For more than a year now, the Vice President has been conducting a running war with the national media, especially the networks. Do you not think that this running down of the media is damaging an important institution; and do you either agree with or countenance these attacks? How about the "selling of the Pentagon?"
• EQUAL TIME FROM ABC
  • Can you tell us your view of the DNC request -- and ABC's grant -- for equal time from all networks to answer your speech on Vietnam of last Wednesday night. (DNC also asked equal time for Howard K. Smith show, and for Today show appearance.)
• PRESS SUBPOENAS
  • The ASNE has been debating the question of the use of subpoena powers to force reporters to testify about their sources, and to get at reporters' notes. Can you give us the Administration view on this?
• 'WORST PRESS'
  • In your conversation with Howard K. Smith, you claimed to have had the worst press of any American President. Do you think that a fair assessment, and what do you think is the reason for it?
• HOOVER RETIREMENT
  • Do you envision a day, perhaps in your Administration, or even in your lifetime, when J. Edgar Hoover is no longer Director of the FBI?
• SURVEILLANCE & DOSSIERS
  • Can you give us your views on public and Congressional complaints of excessive wire-tapping by the Government and the FBI, and the keeping of great numbers of dossiers on private citizens -- especially members of anti-war groups -- by government agencies.
• WIRETAPPING
  • Who are the subjects of wiretapping and for what reasons?
  • Attorney General Mitchell has employed the second type of wiretapping for what he terms domestic security. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has just ruled that he cannot do this without court approval. Will this ruling be appealed? And what effect will it have on national security?
• BUGGED CONGRESSMAN
  • Can you allay the fears on Capitol Hill that members of Congress have been bugged by the FBI?
• CAMPAIGN SPENDING
  • There remains much ambiguity about the Administration's position on campaign spending legislation. Can you clear it up for us -- and tell us what kind of legislation you favor?
• CAMPAIGN ORGANIZATION
  • There is a Committee to Re-Elect Richard Nixon set up and operating at 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue -- right opposite the White House. Does the operation of this committee mean you are running again; and can you tell us how you are connected with it -- since two of your people, one of them still a Special Assistant on your staff, are the chief officers?
• PRIMARY CHALLENGE
  • Can you tell us what your reaction would be to a primary challenge from either Mayor Lindsay or Congressman McCloskey.
• DEMOCRATIC HOPEFULS
  • While you will not comment upon your own political future, can you handicap the Democratic hopefuls for us tonight?
• GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS
  • You have been in office twenty-seven months. What do you consider your greatest accomplishments -- and disappointments?
• ONE-TERM PRESIDENTS
  • Considering the enduring divisions and bitterness in society, the demands being made upon government -- do you think we are in an era of one-term Presidents?
• WAS IT WORTH IT?
  • Considering the cost in blood and treasure, all the division and bitterness brought to our country, the resources diverted from the works of peace, the alienation of allies and own people, has the price of Vietnam been worth it?
• WAR CRIMES TRIALS
  • Can you tell us your opinion of the various proposals for an investigation into the war crimes trials of the United States in Vietnam?
• TAX REDUCTION
  • There has been speculation the government is considering an added stimulus to the economy, in the form of tax reduction. Is this under consideration? Would you rule it out for this year?
• THE ECONOMY
  • Considering the .4 percent decline in industrial production, do you want to reassess all your projections of 4 percent unemployment, 3.5 percent inflation -- and a GNP of $1065 billion?
• BUDGET DEFICIT
  • Considering the Congressional action on Social Security, what is the likelihood that a full employment budget balance can be held -- and how much of a full employment budget deficit would you be willing to accept?
• THE FIRING OF SHULTZ
  • Do you have any comment on the demand of Senator Jackson for the firing of George Shultz?
• BLACK SUPPORT
  • Can you tell us your view as to why this Administration is so distrusted in the black community?
• REVENUE SHARING & REORGANIZATION
  • Can you tell us what your present hopes are for passage of revenue sharing and reorganization? Is it not true that some cities and communities will get less under revenue sharing than they get today?
• STEEL NEGOTIATIONS
  • Does the White House plan any intervention in steel negotiations to prevent a strike -- and do we expect a strike?
• KENT STATE GRAND JURY
  • Does the Justice Department plan to convene a grand jury to investigate the Kent State shootings?
• NATIONAL HOUSING POLICY
  • At your last press conference in the Oval Office you said that Secretary Romney and Attorney General Mitchell were working out a new housing policy, and that you expected to have their recommendations in thirty days. Can you tell us where they are?
  • Will the Federal government intervene in the Blackjack, Mo. case?
• MIDDLE EAST MIG-23's in UAR
  • Are the Soviets delivering MIG-23's to the UAR?
• IMPOUNDED FUNDS
  • Your Administration has refused to spend moneys for domestic programs specifically voted by the Congress; and Congress has criticized your Administration for adopting this stance. Have you any comment on why this was done, and under what authority?

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• Transcript of diary entry (PDF)
  Wednesday, April 14th. The President met with Stennis and Margaret Smith this morning on the military procurement, draft, and ABM questions. He feels strongly that we've got to force Defense to take on the fight on the ABM, that we'll, of course, not commit any Presidential involvement until the last two weeks before the vote; he wants Rogers and Laird to make statements on the necessity of ABM, especially for SALT. We're not to make any deals at all until vote time; he wants to get the new Senators briefed immediately, using Kissinger to do it; and find a way to hold the line until August. Obviously, if we can get some of the action we're after at SALT, that would preclude the problem, because we'll get the vote anyway then; but he doesn't want to have to give anything away prior to that.
  
  The Texas drought has him concerned, mainly because Connally's pushing him on it. Connally was very discouraged by his conversation with Lincoln, and doesn't think we're doing all we can do, and that we're not getting enough of the word out and demagoguing it. He wants someone on this to follow up on Lincoln from a political standpoint, and be sure that we're getting political credit, maybe have Hardin go down to look the situation over.
  
  He decided to go to California to greet the First Marine Division when they returned, but will shift the date from the 21st to the 30th, so he can go and spend a week out there, which will be the plan.
  
  He got into quite a long discussion again this morning on the PR situation regarding Connally's point, which really differs from what other people are saying. He feels that the real problem, apart from what the President does, is that the Cabinet and staff don't have any passion; they don't show any commitment to the President and his policies. It has to be more than just reciting the facts; they've got to cry, be outraged, etcetera. This is true of Ziegler, Klein, and so on, too.
  
  He makes the point that a man is known by the men he selects around him. On this basis, the Garment theory is wrong regarding the idea that the country only wants good people. For example, the Texas situation with the drought is something we should be worrying about, the fact that we aren't getting the hay in, and so on, and we should say so. We need warmth, passion and strength. The Cabinet, in order to do this, has got to attack. That's why Agnew is a personality, even though he doesn't have warmth, because he does get out and attack. The story of the warmth and commitment can only be gotten out by the staff from private meetings. The President said, for example, to read Lasky's book on John Kennedy, which points out that all of him was a myth created by the talk of his staff and others. He raises the question then, whether in the press conferences and conversations, etcetera, on television—all the Q and A's—whether he should show more emotion and not be so responsible. He wants me to talk individually with Ehrlichman, Shultz, Kissinger, Finch, Rumsfeld, Garment, Price, Safire, Moore, Klein, Ziegler, and Scali on this whole question of whether he should change, not in terms of changing his image, but whether we as an Administration are reflecting a true picture. We can't change the man, but what people say about him can be changed. We can make different points than we're now making.
  
  He had Henry in at midday and agreed to see Bob Murphy tomorrow afternoon to send him on his mission to Taipei. The China plan was discussed in some detail. They were reviewing the background of the President's initiatives on this, going clear back to his article for Foreign Affairs, which laid it out even before the campaign began and then a number of his speeches and other actions since then. The whole Asian tour, of course, was basically focused on opening lines to China, particularly the meetings with Yahya and Ceausescu...
  
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  ...messages they've been sending through Sainteny. Plus, of course, having forced Stoessel in Poland to set up the face-to-face meetings with the Chinese. All of this now appears to be paying off, as the ping-pong thaw takes effect.
  
  The latest problem is the wedding question of what we do for White House staff. The President has now directed me to decide which White House staff are to be invited. He wants to keep it down to a minimum. He originally wasn't going to have any, but recognizes that he's got to do that. He also had Ziegler in to discuss press handling of the wedding, wants to be sure Ron's on top of all the details there, not leave it to Connie.
  
  He had a meeting this afternoon with Bob Dole, didn't really cover anything. Dole had an idea that we ought to try to gin up a new cosmetic move regarding POW wives, and also had the idea of building one prototype SST instead of two, which we could do for the termination costs. The President called at 8:00 this evening, very pleased because the Dow Jones had closed at 932 today on 19 million shares, which now puts it above the point where it was when the President came in and 300 points above the low last year. Obviously, this has been a source of concern to him, and he's thoroughly delighted to see it get back up where it belongs.
  
  End of April 14th.
• Original audio recording (MP3)

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Vol. V, United Nations, 1969-1972

Special Meetings of the Security Council

• 116. Telegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State, New York, April 14, 1971, 0030Z

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, UN 3 SC. Confidential. Repeated to London, Paris, and Moscow.

Chinese Representation in the United Nations

• 345. Memorandum From Melvin H. Levine of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, April 14, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 300, Agency Files, USUN, January–May 1971, Vol. VI. Secret. Sent for information. The memorandum is stamped: “HAK has seen,” with the date June 4, 1971.

Vol. VII, Vietnam, July 1970-January 1972

The Consequences of Operation Lan Som 719 and the Search for a Settlement, April 8-October 6, 1971

• 181. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, April 14, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 154, Vietnam Country Files, Viet 9 Apr 71–30 Apr 71. Top Secret. Sent for information. A stamped notation on the memorandum reads, “The President has seen.”

Vol. XIII, Soviet Union, October 1970-October 1971

"A Key Point in Our Relationship": Backchannel Talks on SALT, Berlin, and the Summit

• 177. Conversation Between President Nixon and the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, April 14, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Tapes, Conversation 479–1. No classification marking. The editors transcribed the portion of the tape recording printed here specifically for this volume. According to the President’s Daily Diary, Nixon met Kissinger in the Oval Office on April 14 from 9:10 to 9:45 a.m. (Ibid., White House Central Files)

• 178. Transcript of a Telephone Conversation Between President Nixon and the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, April 14, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, Henry Kissinger Telephone Conversation Transcripts, Box 29, Home File. No classification marking. According to the President’s Daily Diary, the call lasted from 8:05 to 8:12 p.m. (Ibid., White House Central Files)

• 179. Letter From McGeorge Bundy to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), New York, April 14, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, Kissinger Office Files, Box 66, Country Files, Europe, USSR, Harris, Lou (Soviet Conversations). No classification marking. In a memorandum to Kissinger on April 20, David Halperin forwarded a draft reply to Bundy’s letter. Kissinger, however, wrote in the margin: “No reply. Have handled by phone.” (Ibid.)

Vol. XXI, Chile, 1969-1973

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

• 222. Memorandum From Arnold Nachmanoff of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, April 14, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 778, Country Files, Latin America, Chile, Vol. I, Korry File. Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only; Outside System. Sent for information. The memorandum was initialed by Kissinger.

Vol. XXIII, Arab-Israeli Dispute, 1969-1972

• 221. Minutes of a Senior Review Group Meeting, Washington, April 14, 1971, 3:05-4 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–112, Senior Review Group, SRG Minutes (Originals) 1971. Secret. The meeting was held in the White House Situation Room.

Vol. XL, Germany and Berlin, 1969-1972

Germany and Berlin, 1969-1972

• 218. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, April 14, 1971, 11:47 a.m.-12:20 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 1025, Presidential/HAK Memcons, Memcon—The President and Rainer Barzel, Apr. 14, 1971. Top Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only. The time of the meeting, which was held in the Oval Office, is taken from the President’s Daily Diary. (National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Central Files) The memorandum was evidently transcribed from Kissinger’s taped dictation. A tape recording of the conversation is ibid., White House Tapes, Conversation Between Nixon and Barzel, April 14, 1971, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m., Oval Office, OVAL 479–3. For his published accounts of the meeting, see Barzel, Auf dem Drahtseil, pp. 119–120; and Im Streit und umstritten, p. 169.

Vol. E-1, Documents on Global Issues, 1969-1972

U.S. Policy Towards Terrorism, Hijacking of Aircraft, and Attacks on Civil Aviation: Policy Towards Kidnapping of U.S. Officials Abroad, April 1970-April 1971

• 44. Memorandum From the Acting Executive Secretary of the Department of State (Brewster) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, April 14, 1971

  The Department of State sent Kissinger a copy of the OAS Convention to Prevent and Punish Acts of Terrorism Taking the Form of Crimes Against Persons and Related Extortion That are of International Significance. The report was attached but not published.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970-73, AV 12. No classification marking. Drafted by William V. Whittington (L/T) on April 6, and cleared by Crimmins (ARA) and Jova.

Oceans Policy

• 389. Memorandum From the Legal Adviser of the Department of State (Stevenson) to Secretary of State Rogers, Washington, April 14, 1971

  Stevenson summarized the historical development and current status of the South American fisheries dispute.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970-73, POL 33-8. Confidential. Sent for information. Sent through S/S. Drafted by Horace F. Shamwell, Ocean Affairs, Office of the Legal Adviser and Nordquist on April 13 and cleared by Oxman.

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

Iraq 1969-1971

• 285. Telegram 63120 From the Department of State to the Embassies in the United Kingdom, Libya, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, France, The Hague, and Austria and the Consulate in Saudi Arabia, Washington, April 14, 1971, 2225Z

  The Department notified the embassies that Iraq had demanded a greater rise in prices on oil piped from Eastern Mediterranean terminals than the oil companies had offered.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, PET 6 IRAQ. Secret. Drafted by Warren E. Clark Jr. (E/ORF/FSE); cleared by Robert L. Dowell, Jr. (NEA/IRN), Brooks Wrampelmeir (NEA/ARP); approved by Akins.

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

Bolivia

• 98. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, April 14, 1971., Washington, April 14, 1971

  President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs Kissinger reported on President Torres’s favorable reaction to the U.S. decision to suspend sales of stockpiled tin.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 770, Country Files, Latin America, Bolivia, Vol. 1I 1970–1974. Confidential. Sent for information. Attached but not published at Tab A is telegram 1740 from La Paz, dated April 8.

Mexico

• 460. Memorandum From Arnold Nachmanoff of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, April 14, 1971., Washington, April 14, 1971

  National Security Council staff member Nachmanoff provided background on the Colorado River salinity problem with Mexico. He recommended that President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs Kissinger meet with the Mexican Ambassador to discuss the issue.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 787, Country Files, Latin America, Mexico, Vol. II, January 1, 1970–December 31, 1971. Confidential. Sent for action. The memorandum was sent through Alexander Haig. Kissinger approved the recommendation on April 16. Attached but not published at Tab A is an April 12 memorandum from Eliot to Kissinger, detailing the Colorado River salinity problem. (Ibid.) Kissinger met with Ambassador Olloqui on April 21. During the meeting, Kissinger noted that it would probably be impossible to cede to Mexico’s demands on the salinity issue, and hoped that Mexico would reconsider the U.S. July 1970 proposal. (Ibid.)

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Old Executive Office Building

• 248-1; Unknown between 2:13 p.m. & 3:05 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo
• 248-2; Unknown between 2:13 p.m. & 3:05 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo
• 248-3; Unknown between 2:13 p.m. & 3:05 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Goode, Mark I.; Sanchez, Manolo
• 248-4; Unknown between 2:13 p.m. & 3:05 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 248-5; Unknown between 2:13 p.m. & 3:05 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo
• 248-6; Unknown between 2:13 p.m. & 3:05 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 248-7; Unknown between 2:13 p.m. & 3:05 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 248-8; Unknown between 2:13 p.m. & 3:05 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo
• 248-9; 3:05 p.m. - 3:07 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.
• 248-10; Unknown between 3:07 p.m. & 4:20 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.
• 248-11; Unknown between 3:07 p.m. & 4:20 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.
• 248-12; Unknown between 3:07 p.m. & 4:20 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
• 248-13; Unknown between 3:07 p.m. & 4:20 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo
• 248-14; Unknown between 3:07 p.m. & 4:20 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
• 248-15; Unknown between 3:07 p.m. & 4:20 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
• 248-16; 4:20 p.m. - 5:10 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Ziegler, Ronald L.
• 248-17; Unknown between 5:10 p.m. & 5:26 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 248-18; 5:26 p.m. - 5:29 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Buchanan, Patrick J.
• 248-19; Unknown between 5:29 p.m. & 5:40 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 248-20; Unknown between 5:29 p.m. & 5:40 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 248-21; 5:40 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Dole, Robert J.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")

Oval Office

• 479-1; 9:10 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; White House operator; [Unknown person(s)]
• 479-2; 9:50 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Stennis, John C.; Smith, Margaret Chase; Packard, David; Kissinger, Henry A.; MacGregor, Clark; Flanigan, Peter M.
• 479-3; 10:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.; Casey, William J.; Casey, Sophia (Kurz); Casey, Bernadette; Coffinas, Gustav; Langan, Thomas (Mrs.); Blen, Mary; Kurz, Lillian; Shaheen, John M.; Hall, Leonard W.; Kirk, Constance; Virdone, Joseph; Dickey, Raymond R.; Wells, John A.; Frank, Ben; Owens, Hugh F.; Smith, Richard B.; Needham, James J.; Needham, Dolores A. (Habick); Herlong, A[lbert] Sydney, Jr.; Lasker, Bernard J. ("Bunny"); Regan, Donald T.; Morin, Charles F.; Anderson, Glenn E.; Gordon, Albert H.; Calvert, Gordon L.; Rohatyn, Felix; Melton, Andrew J., Jr.; Stans, Maurice H.; Burns, Arthur F.; Connally, John B.; Springer, William L.; Carter, Robert; Folger, John C.; Sirica, John J.; Ryan, Michale B.; Sanchez, Manolo; Mosbacher, Emil ("Bus"), Jr.
• 479-4; 12:21 p.m. - 12:40 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.; Burns, Arthur F.; Butterfield, Alexander P.
• 479-5; Unknown between 12:40 p.m. & 1:05 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 479-6; Unknown between 12:40 p.m. & 1:05 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 479-7; Unknown between 12:40 p.m. & 2:11 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Kissinger, Henry A.; Ziegler, Ronald L.

White House Telephone

• 1-80; Unknown between 7:05 p.m. & 7:27 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 1-81; 7:27 p.m. - 7:40 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; [Unknown person(s)]
• 1-82; 7:40 p.m. - 7:41 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 1-83; 7:41 p.m. - 7:42 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.
• 1-84; Unknown between 7:42 p.m. & 7:45 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 1-85; 7:45 p.m. - 7:54 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Julie Nixon
• 1-86; 7:54 p.m. - 7:55 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 1-87; 7:55 p.m. - 7:57 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Flanigan, Peter M.
• 1-88; 7:58 p.m. - 7:58 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 1-89; 7:58 p.m. - 8:03 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
• 1-90; 8:04 p.m. - 8:04 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 1-91; 8:05 p.m. - 8:12 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.
• 1-92; 8:12 p.m. - 8:13 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 1-93; 8:13 p.m. - 8:14 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.
• 1-94; Unknown between 8:14 p.m. & 8:17 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 1-95; 8:17 p.m. - 8:18 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, [Dwight] David, II
• 42-36; Unknown between 2:13 p.m. & 3:05 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 42-37; 3:05 p.m. - 3:07 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.
• 42-38; 4:33 p.m. - 4:36 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.
• 42-39; Unknown between 5:10 p.m. & 5:26 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 42-40; 5:26 p.m. - 5:29 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Buchanan, Patrick J.

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-6043 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-6043-01-35A, Close-up portrait of Clark MacGregor. 4/14/1971, Washington, D.C. unknown. Clark MacGregor.
• Frame(s): WHPO-6043-07A, Portrait of Clark MacGregor posing with hand on chin. 4/14/1971, Washington, D.C. unknown. Clark MacGregor.

Roll WHPO-6044 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-6044-03-12, Pat Nixon receiving medals from representatives from the Franklin Mint in front of a landscape painting. 4/14/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Map Room. Pat Nixon, Franklin Mint representatives.

Roll WHPO-6045 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-6045-02A-05A, President Nixon sitting with Henry Kissinger, Clark MacGregor, Peter Flanigan, John Stennis, Margaret Chase Smith and others. 4/14/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Henry Kissinger, Clark MacGregor, Peter Flanigan, John Stennis, Margaret Chase Smith, David Packard.
• Frame(s): WHPO-6045-08A-15A, Judge John Sirica swearing in William Casey as Chairman of the SEC. 4/14/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, John Sirica, William Casey, Mrs. Casey, Casey family members, guests, Stans.

Roll WHPO-6046 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-6046-02A-13A, President Nixon sitting with German CDU/CSU chairman Dr. Rainer Barzel, German Ambassador to the U.S. Rolf Pauls, and others. 4/14/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Henry Kissinger, Emil Mosbacher, Rainer Barzel, Rolf Pauls, unidentified man.

Roll WHPO-6047 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-6047-02A-07A, Pat Nixon hosting a tea for the Women's Division of the Sons of Italy Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. 4/14/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, State Dining Room. Pat Nixon, Mary Ciccarone, Mrs. Volpe.

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-4275
  "The Great American Dream Machine".
  CBS
  Runtime: 01:29:59
• WHCA-4276
  "Newsroom". Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Elliot Richardson, musician Larry McNeely, impressionist Frank Gorshin, Pat O'Brien.
  Group W Productions
  Runtime: 00:59:39
• WHCA-4277
  "The Anatomy of Welfare".
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 01:00:04
• WHCA-4278
  "Washington Week in Review".
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 00:33:28
• WHCA-4282
  Weekly News Summary, Tape I.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 01:33:28
  
  34. Reasoner/Jarriel: U.S. & Red China relations. Time Code Start: 70:03. Keywords: People's Republic of China. Network: ABC.
  
  35. Smith/Downs: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Time Code Start: 71:21. Keywords: national security, intelligence gathering, covert activities, spying, espionage. Network: ABC.
  
  36. Reasoner/Bell: Indochina report. Time Code Start: 74:47. Keywords: Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam War. Network: ABC.
  
  37. Smith: Commentary on U. S. and Red China relations. Time Code Start: 77:21. Keywords: People's Republic of China. Network: ABC.
  
  38. Brinkley: President Nixon announces new policy, opens non-strategic goods trade with Communist China; U.S. Oil Companies may sell fuel to China ships; Film shows United States Ping Pong Team arriving in Peking, Communist China on April 10th. Time Code Start: 79:15. Keywords: People's Republic of China, petroleum, business, exchanges, agreements, contracts, profits, finance, sales, buying, selling, sports, ping pong, table tennis, games, table tennis, teams. Network: NBC.
  
  39. Brinkley: Senator Muskie interview on FBI surveillances and fear it creates, says FBI agents spied on Earth Day rallies last year. Time Code Start: 80:21. Keywords: Federal Bureau of Investigations, spying, youth, celebrations, media, interviews. Network: NBC.
  
  40. Brinkley: Rumsfeld warns of booming population, says Federal Government must eventually do something to control population. Time Code Start: 82:38. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, populations, census, statistics, increases, warnings, theories. Network: NBC.
  
  41. McGee: Vietnam report with Senator McCloskey comment. Time Code Start: 83:20. Keywords: Vietnam War. Network: NBC.
  
  42. Cronkite/Rather: White House allows trade with Red China. Time Code Start: 84:48. Keywords: People's Republic of China, business, exchanges, agreements, contracts, profits, finance, sales, buying, selling. Network: CBS.
  
  43. Cronkite: Film of U.S. Ping Pong team in People's Republic of China (table tennis). Time Code Start: 87:08. Keywords: People's Republic of China, sports, ping pong, table tennis, games, organizations, groups, travel, trips. Network: CBS.
  
  44. Cronkite/Drinkwater: U.S. trade with Red China. Time Code Start: 88:20. Keywords: People's Republic of China, business, exchanges, agreements, contracts, profits, finance, sales, buying, selling. Network: CBS.
  
  45. Sevareid: Commentary on Ping Pong champions (table tennis). Time Code Start: 89:55. Keywords: American, People's Republic of China, sports, ping pong, table tennis, games, organizations, groups, travel, trips. Network: CBS.

• New York Times of April 14, 1971

• AP Images photos from April 14, 1971
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The Vanderbilt Television News Archive is the world's most extensive and complete archive of television news. They have been recording, preserving and providing access to television news broadcasts of the national networks since August 5, 1968.

• April 1971 Broadcast Index

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