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April 19, 1969

Introduction

This almanac page for Saturday, April 19, 1969, pulls together various records created by the federal government and links to additional resources which can provide context about the events of the day.

Previous Date: Friday, April 18, 1969

Next Date: Sunday, April 20, 1969

Schedule and Public Documents

  • The Daily Diary files represent a consolidated record of the President's activities. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

    The President's day began at The White House - Washington, D. C.

  • The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents made available transcripts of the President's news conferences; messages to Congress; public speeches, remarks, and statements; and other Presidential materials released by the White House.

    Announcements

    • Disaster Relief for Nevada (5 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 585, April 19, 1969)
      Announcement of Allocation of Funds for Repair of Flood Damage.

    Appointments and Nominations

    Swearing-In Ceremonies

    Digest of Other White House Announcements

    Following is a listing of items of general interest which were announced in the press but not made public as formal White House press releases during the period covered by this issue. Appointments requiring Senate approval are not included since they appear in the list of nominations submitted to the Senate, below.

    • Foreign Minister Alberto Franco Nogueira of Portugal met with the President at the White House.
    • Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands met with the President at the White House.
    • Max Fisher of the New Detroit Committee and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development George Romney met with the President.
    • The President has appointed Charles A. Meyer, Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, to be the representative of the United States on the Inter-American Economic and Social Council of the Organization of American States, and also a member of the United States National Commission in the Pan American Railway Congress Association.

  • 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.

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.

    • Annotated News Summaries, Box 28, News Summaries - April 1969 [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 dated April 19, 1969, you should also consult the full folder for the month.]

    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 H. R. Haldeman Diaries consists of seven handwritten diaries, 36 dictated diaries recorded as sound recordings, and two handwritten audio cassette tape subject logs. The diaries and logs reflect H. R. Haldeman’s candid personal record and reflections on events, issues, and people encountered during his service in the Nixon White House. As administrative assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, Haldeman attended and participated in public events and private meetings covering the entire scope of issues in which the Nixon White House engaged in during the years 1969-1973. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

    • Transcript of diary entry (PDF)
      Saturday, April 19.

      President came in late - canceled meeting with Kissinger and NSC group because decision already made - not to go ahead with Korean plan - primarily because all his advisers are opposed. Kissinger called me at home early in morning to discuss this and his general concern that President had been let down, and thus had failed to make a strong decision at opportune time. But Kissinger had also come to the conclusion President could not go ahead.

      Had me in for quite a while in the morning, just to talk. Reviewed decision and reasons. Real problem was risk of second war - which public wouldn't buy. Also felt reaction to incident was so mild that people didn't want or expect hard retaliation.

      After some appointments, ending with Romney, President called me into little office (Romney and Ehrlichman still in Oval Office) just to talk some more. Then set up a meeting with Harlow and Klein to discuss their readings of Congressional and editorial reaction. Both reported strong approval of President's action to date - restraint with firmness. Obviously impression is that he's acted more positively than he really has.

      Decision now to go ahead on Cambodia on Tuesday - to provide necessary show to Soviets to back up Kissinger's talk with them.

      President well recognizes Kissinger's thesis that a really strong overt act on part of President is essential to galvanize people into overcoming slothfulness and detachment arising from general moral decay. Kissinger feels this was ideal time and place - President concerned that it's not. That an act related to ending Vietnam War will be better accepted than one that risks another land war - which this does. Ehrlichman took this view and President said "so you've sold out to the doves too." John's point is that Kissinger's ultimate alternative of nuclear use is unacceptable. Kissinger says why have them if you absolutely ban their use.

      It's been a tough period, and President has moved with total command and self-assurance - while thoroughly canvassing and probing alternatives. I think he's now fortified to move very strongly on next incident - and has learned a lot from this one regarding our weaknesses. Especially in area of lack of military contingency planning and readiness, i.e. we couldn't strike back for five days because we didn't have enough force available, and no plan.

      Kissinger also really fed up because military had no plan and spent all the decision time arguing what planes to use, in inter-service rivalry, and Rogers spent Friday morning lining up a golf date for Friday afternoon. Kissinger also plans to force whole range of contingency plans. So some good has come out of it.

      President rather surprised by first wave of telegrams after press conference - they were strongly disapproving of his lack of positive steps to retaliate.
    • Handwritten diary entry (JPG)

  • 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.

    • No President's Daily Brief delivered on this date

  • The Foreign Relations of the United States series presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity. Visit the State Department website for more information.

    Vol. XXVIII, Southern Africa

    Portuguese Africa

    • 88. Memorandum of Conversation , Washington, April 19, 1969, 11:30 a.m.

      Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL PORT–US. Secret;Exdis. Drafted by Landau and approved by the White House on April 22. According to the President’s Daily Diary, the meeting was held in the Oval Office and ended at noon. (Ibid., Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Central Files)

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

    Western Europe Region and NATO

    • 15. National Security Study Memorandum 44 , Washington, April 19, 1969

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 365, Subject Files, National Security Study Memoranda, Nos. 43–103. Secret. A copy was sent to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.

    Portugal

    • 254. Memorandum of Conversation , Washington, April 19, 1969, 11:30 a.m.

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Special Files, President’s Office Files, Memos for the President. Secret; Exdis. Drafted by Landau. The meeting took place in the White House. Nogueira held discussions with Under Secretary Johnson and Secretary Rogers on April 16 and 17, respectively. Memoranda of conversation are ibid., RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL PORT–US.

  • 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-0827 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-0827-02-07, President Nixon and Pat Nixon attending Virginia Knauer's swearing-in ceremony as Special Assistant to the President for Consumer Affairs. Judge Catherine Kelly, (District of Columbia Court of Appeals) officiating, and attended by Attorney General William C. Sennett, Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Goldberg, Pat Hitt, Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well,. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Virginia Knauer, Pat Nixon, Judge Catherine Kelly, Attorney General William C. Sennett, Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Goldberg, Pat Hitt, Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0827-05, President Nixon and Pat Nixon attending Virginia Knauer's swearing-in ceremony as Special Assistant to the President for Consumer Affairs. Judge Catherine Kelly, (District of Columbia Court of Appeals) officiating, and attended by Attorney General William. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Virginia Knauer, Pat Nixon, Judge Catherine Kelly, Attorney General William C. Sennett, Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Goldberg, Pat Hitt, Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0827-08-09, President Nixon and Pat Nixon showing Virginia Knauer plants in the White House Rose Garden after her swearing in ceremony there. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Virginia Knauer, Pat Nixon.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0827-10-12, President Nixon and Pat Nixon with Virginia Knauer's swearing-in ceremony guests at the White House Lawn near the Executive Office Building. In the group are Judge Catherine Kelly, (District of Columbia Court of Appeals) officiating, and attended by Attorney General William C. Sennett, Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Goldberg, Pat Hitt, Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well,. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Virginia Knauer, Pat Nixon, Judge Catherine Kelly, Attorney General William C. Sennett, Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Goldberg, Pat Hitt, Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well.

    Roll WHPO-0828 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-0828-01A-03A, White House rose garden flowers in full bloom include a white Dogwood tree, red and yellow tulips, and purple ground cover plants. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0828-04A-10A, President Nixon and Pat Nixon attending Virginia Knauer's swearing-in ceremony as Special Assistant to the President for Consumer Affairs. Judge Catherine Kelly, (District of Columbia Court of Appeals) officiating, and attended by Attorney General William C. Sennett, Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Goldberg, Pat Hitt, Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well,. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Virginia Knauer, Pat Nixon, Judge Catherine Kelly, Attorney General William C. Sennett, Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Goldberg, Pat Hitt, Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0828-11A-22A, President Nixon and Pat Nixon lead a Rose Garden tour for Virginia Knauer and her swearing-in ceremony guests at the White House. In the group are Judge Catherine Kelly, (District of Columbia Court of Appeals) officiating, and attended by Attorney General William C. Sennett, Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Goldberg, Pat Hitt, Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well,. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Virginia Knauer, Pat Nixon, Judge Catherine Kelly, Attorney General William C. Sennett, Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Goldberg, Pat Hitt, Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0828-23A, The White House and lawn. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0828-24A-27A, Virginia Knauer with groups of her swearing-in ceremony guests on the White House Lawn. Guest include Attorney General William C. Sennett, Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Goldberg, Pat Hitt, Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well,. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Virginia Knauer, Pat Nixon, Judge Catherine Kelly, Attorney General William C. Sennett, Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Goldberg, Pat Hitt, Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well.

    Roll WHPO-0831 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-0831-03A-14A, Nixon at meeting in the Oval office Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, Henry Kissinger.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0831-08A, President Nixon seated at his Oval Office desk during a meeting with Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0831-15A, n/a. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office.

    Roll WHPO-0832 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-0832-04-19, President Nixon seated at his Oval office desk during a meeting with Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, Henry Kissinger.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0832-05, President Nixon seated at his Oval office desk during a meeting with Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands and Henry Kissinger. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, Henry Kissinger.

    Roll WHPO-0833 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-0833-02A-14A, White House Rose Garden. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden.

    Roll WHPO-0834 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-0834-02, Miscellaneous items on a desk. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0834-03-14, President Nixon and Pat Nixon attending Virginia Knauer's swearing-in ceremony to become Special Assistant to the President for Consumer Affairs. Judge Catherine Kelly, (District of Columbia Court of Appeals) officiating, and attended by Attorney General William C. Sennett, Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Goldberg, Pat Hitt, Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well,. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Virginia Knauer, Judge Catherine Kelly, Attorney General William C. Sennett, Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Goldberg, Pat Hitt, Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0834-11, President Nixon and Pat Nixon attending Virginia Knauer's swearing-in ceremony to become Special Assistant to the President for Consumer Affairs. Judge Catherine Kelly, (District of Columbia Court of Appeals) officiating, and attended by Attorney General William. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Virginia Knauer, Judge Catherine Kelly, Attorney General William C. Sennett, Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Goldberg, Pat Hitt, Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0834-13, President Nixon and Pat Nixon attending Virginia Knauer's swearing-in ceremony as Special Assistant to the President for Consumer Affairs. Judge Catherine Kelly, (District of Columbia Court of Appeals) officiating, and attended by Attorney General William. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Virginia Knauer, Judge Catherine Kelly, Attorney General William C. Sennett, Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Goldberg, Pat Hitt, Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0834-15-19, President Nixon and Pat Nixon lead a Rose Garden tour for Virginia Knauer and her swearing-in ceremony guests at the White House. In the group are Judge Catherine Kelly, (District of Columbia Court of Appeals) officiating, and attended by Attorney General William C. Sennett, Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Goldberg, Pat Hitt, Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well,. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Virginia Knauer, Pat Nixon, Judge Catherine Kelly, Attorney General William C. Sennett, Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Goldberg, Pat Hitt, Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0834-20-22, President Nixon speaking with Virginia Knauer following her swearing in ceremony as Consumer Affairs Special Assistant. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Virginia Knauer.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0834-23-24, President Nixon speaking with Senator Hugh Scott, following Virginia Knauer's swearing in ceremony as Consumer Affairs Special Assistant. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Virginia Knauer.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0834-24, President Nixon and Pat Nixon speaking with Senator Hugh Scott, following Virginia Knauer's swearing in ceremony as Consumer Affairs Special Assistant. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Hugh Scott, unidentified persons.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0834-25-27, President Nixon and Pat Nixon walking across the lawn back to the White House with an unidentified military aide in uniform, after attending Virginia Knauer's swearing-in ceremony as Special Assistant to the President for Consumer Affairs. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, an unidentified man.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0834-28, President Nixon and Pat Nixon standing at the lawn entrance to the White House after attending Virginia Knauer's swearing-in ceremony as Special Assistant to the President for Consumer Affairs. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House lawn entrance. President Nixon, Pat Nixon.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0834-29, President Nixon, a military aide in uniform, and two unidentified staff members walking back toward the rose garden entrance to the White House. The Executive Office Building (EOB) façade is visible in the background and Oval office exterior in the foreground. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, unidentified staff members and military aide in uniform.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0834-30-32, A portrait of Virginia Knauer and members of her family. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. Virginia Knauer, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well.

  • 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.

    P - Formal Presidential Remarks

    • WHCA-SR-P-690413
      Remarks by President Nixon at the Swearing In of Virginia H. Knauer as Special Assistant to the President for Consumer Affairs, with Judge Kelly. (4/19/1969, Rose Garden at the White House)

      Runtime: 2:18

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

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