April 19, 1974

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• Statement About Energy Conservation Policy in Federal Land Use
• Memorandum About Energy Conservation Policy in Federal Land Use.
• Exchange of Remarks on Receiving Diplomatic Credentials From the Egyptian Ambassador.
• Executive Order 11779—Delegating the Authority of the President Under Section 9 of the United Nations Participation Act, as Amended, to the Secretary of State
• Proclamation 4286—National Coin Week 1974

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• Federal Register of Friday, April 19, 1974

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• News Summaries, Unmarked News Summaries, Box 69, News Summaries - April 1974 [11 of 20] [Note: Due to the way News Summary products were compiled, you should also consult nearby days for potentially relevant materials.]
  • Review of Friday Papers, April 19, 1974

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• President's Daily Brief of 19 April 1974

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Vol. E-11, Part 1, Documents on Mexico; Central America; and the Caribbean, 1973-1976

American Republics Regional

• 15. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, April 19, 1974

  Summary: Kissinger reported on a meeting with Latin American Foreign Ministers held in Washington to continue the dialogue established in Mexico City in February.
  
  Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Scowcroft Daily Work Files, Box 6, 4/19–30/74. Confidential. Sent for information. Scowcroft initialed the memorandum for Kissinger. Tab A is the April 18 communiqué issued at the conclusion of the Washington meeting of Foreign Ministers, published in the Department of State Bulletin, May 13, 1974, pp. 517–519. The decision to hold the Washington meeting was reached at the Tlatelolco Conference in February. (Ibid., p. 516) In telegram 85239 to all American Republic diplomatic posts, April 26, the Department reported that the Washington meeting had been a success. (National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D740117–0803, D740109–0672, D740098–0734) In telegram 51 from Atlanta, May 2, the Delegation to the OAS General Assembly informed the Department that the meeting there had been “marked by a pronounced optimism on the future of U.S.-Latin relations,” although little progress was made in defining the role of the OAS in the inter-American system. (Ibid., D740105–0151, D740104–1073)

Guatemala and Belize

• 182. Telegram 2197 From the Embassy in Guatemala to the Department of State, Guatemala City, April 19, 1974, 1910Z

  Summary: The Embassy reported that Guatemala’s ongoing problem of government-authorized political violence could lead to a reduction in all levels of U.S. Government assistance.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Country Files, Latin America, Box 785, Guatemala, Vol. I. Secret; Exdis. All brackets are in the original except “[of]”, added for clarity. In telegram 68545 to Guatemala City, the Department requested an assessment of how the Foreign Assistance Act of 1973, Section 32, might affect the status of U.S. Foreign Assistance; specifically, the statement: “It is the sense of Congress that the President should deny any economic or military assistance to the government of any foreign country which practices the internment or imprisonment of that country’s citizens for political purposes.” (Ibid., RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D740079–0085, D740077–0232)

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

• 42. Paper Prepared in the Department of Defense, Washington, April 19, 1974

  Summary: The study, prepared in response to Kissinger’s request, examined the military application of weather modification.
  
  Source: Ford Library, National Security Council, Institutional Files—Meetings, Box 13, Senior Review Group Meeting, 8/28/74—Environmental Warfare (2). Secret. All brackets are in the original except those indicating text omitted by the editors. Kissinger’s January 25 memorandum to Schlesinger is Document 28. NSDM 165, May 2, 1972, “International Aspects of Weather Modification,” is in the National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Institutional Files, National Security Decision Memoranda, Box H–208, NSDM 151–NSDM 200.

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Roll WHPO-E2635 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E2635-01A-26A, President Nixon speaking at the 83rd Continental Congress of the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) Convention. Pat Nixon is seated nearby. 4/19/1974, Washington, D. C. Constitution Hall. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) members.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2635-05, President Nixon speaking at the 83rd Continental Congress of the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) Convention. Pat Nixon is seated nearby. 4/19/1974, Washington, D. C. Constitution Hall. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) members.

Roll WHPO-E2642 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E2642-02-07, President Nixon with Ambassador-designate Ashraf Abd al-Latif Ghorbal from the Arab Republic of Egypt receiving his diplomatic credentials. 4/19/1974, Washington, D. C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Ashraf 'Abd aI-Latif Ghorbal.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2642-05, President Nixon with Ambassador-designate Ashraf Abd al-Latif Ghorbal from the Arab Republic of Egypt receiving his diplomatic credentials. 4/19/1974, Washington, D. C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Ashraf 'Abd aI-Latif Ghorbal.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2642-08-09, President Nixon with Ambassador-designate Ashraf Abd al-Latif Ghorbal from the Arab Republic of Egypt receiving his diplomatic credentials, while members of the press take notes and photographs. 4/19/1974, Washington, D. C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Ashraf 'Abd aI-Latif Ghorbal, Maj. Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant, Reporters and photographers of the press.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2642-10-16, President Nixon walks with Ambassador-designate Ashraf Abd al-Latif Ghorbal from the Arab Republic of Egypt, as they leave the Oval office patio walking to his limousine parked at the end of the garden walkway. 4/19/1974, Washington, D. C. White House, Oval Office patio and garden walk. President Nixon, Ashraf 'Abd aI-Latif Ghorbal, Maj. Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant,. Unidentified officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2642-17-18, President Nixon and officials, possibly Maj. Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant, seen walking the garden sidewalk back to the Oval office after saying farewell to Ambassador-designate Ashraf Abd al-Latif Ghorbal from the Arab Republic of Egypt. A bed of red tulips are in bloom in the foreground. 4/19/1974, Washington, D. C. White House, Oval Office, patio and garden walk. President Nixon, Maj. Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant.

Roll WHPO-E2643 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E2643-02-03, President Nixon greets Ambassador-designate Ashraf Abd al-Latif Ghorbal from the Arab Republic of Egypt arriving at the White House. Military guards stand at attention on the red carpet. 4/19/1974, Washington, D. C. White House, North Portico. President Nixon, Ashraf 'Abd aI-Latif Ghorbal, military guards.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2643-04-18, President Nixon with Ambassador-designate Ashraf Abd al-Latif Ghorbal from the Arab Republic of Egypt to receive his diplomatic credentials. 4/19/1974, Washington, D. C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Ashraf 'Abd aI-Latif Ghorbal.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2643-19-24, President Nixon walks with Ambassador-designate Ashraf Abd al-Latif Ghorbal from the Arab Republic of Egypt, leaving the Oval office patio walking to his limousine. 4/19/1974, Washington, D. C. White House, Oval Office patio and garden walk. President Nixon, Ashraf 'Abd aI-Latif Ghorbal, Maj. Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant,. Unidentified officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2643-20, President Nixon walks with Ambassador-designate Ashraf Abd al-Latif Ghorbal of the Arab Republic of Egypt, leaving the Oval office patio and walking to his limousine. 4/19/1974, Washington, D. C. White House, Oval Office patio and garden walk. President Nixon, Ashraf 'Abd aI-Latif Ghorbal, Maj. Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant,. Unidentified officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2643-25-26, President Nixon with Ambassador-designate Ashraf Abd al-Latif Ghorbal from the Arab Republic of Egypt saying farewell at a limousine, while members of the press take notes and photographs. 4/19/1974, Washington, D. C. White House garden walkway. President Nixon, Ashraf 'Abd aI-Latif Ghorbal, Maj. Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant,. Press Reporters and photographers.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2643-27, President Nixon walks Maj. Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant back to the Oval Office after saying farewell to Ambassador-designate Ashraf Abd al-Latif Ghorbal from the Arab Republic of Egypt. 4/19/1974, Washington, D. C. White House, Oval Office garden walkway. President Nixon, Maj. Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant, Unidentified officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2643-28-29, A bed of red, white and yellow tulips in full bloom, under blooming trees in the White House garden area. 4/19/1974, Washington, D. C. White House, Oval Office patio garden area.

Roll WHPO-E2644 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E2644-02A-03A, 06A, An unidentified female White House staff member blowing up a bikini swimsuit clad life-sized blow up doll, and then standing it up in a hall doorway. 4/19/1974, Washington, D. C. White House, hallway. Unidentified staff male and female staff members.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2644-04A, Two White House chefs in the kitchen. One chef is cutting what looks like a large slab of chocolate fudge. 4/19/1974, Washington, D. C. White House, kitchen. unidentified chefs.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2644-05A, Two White House chefs and a female staff member in the kitchen taste testing a chocolate confection. One Chef is cutting what looks like a large slab of fudge. The other chef and a female staff member are tasting some of the chocolate. 4/19/1974, Washington, D. C. White House, kitchen. unidentified chefs and female staff member.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2644-07A, A bikini swimsuit clad life-sized blow up doll standing alone in a White House room corner. 4/19/1974, Washington, D. C. White House.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2644-08A-11A, Pat Nixon greeting and posing in a group portrait with representatives of the Arab-American Women's Friendship Association. 4/19/1974, Washington, D. C. White House, mural wall room. Pat Nixon, unidentified Arab American women.

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P - Formal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-P-740417
  Photo opportunity with Egyptian Ambassador Ashraf Ghorbal. (4/19/1974)
  
  Runtime: 3:48
  
  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-561
  Briefing to students from American University by Fred Webber. (4/19/1974, Family Theater)
  
  Runtime: 47:35:00
  
  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-562
  Press briefing by Gerald Warren. (4/19/1974, White House Press Lobby)
  
  Runtime: 31:23:00
  
  Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by __ (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
• WHCA-SR-S-563
  Press pool report on the President's photo opportunity with Ambassador Ashraf Ghorbal. (4/19/1974, White House Press Lobby)
  
  Runtime: 5:36
  
  Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by __ (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

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• WHCA-6892
  Weekly News Summary, Tape II.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 01:34:00
  
  27. Smith/Wordham/Zimmerman: Cost of living. Time Code Start: 51:00. Keywords: economy, economics, budgets, finances, recession, inflation, money, wages, costs, unemployment, prices, reports. Network: ABC.
  
  28. Smith/Jarriel: Egypt envoy to White House. Time Code Start: 55:10. Keywords: Middle East, Mideast, war, Egyptian, Presidents, meetings, negotiations, leaders, Ambassadors. Network: ABC.
  
  29. Smith: Commentary on inflation. Time Code Start: 57:05. Keywords: economy, economics, budgets, finances, recession, inflation, money, wages, costs, unemployment, prices. Network: ABC.
  
  30. Chancellor/Levine: Cost of living up, with Herb Stein. Time Code Start: 58:49. Keywords: economy, economics, budgets, finances, recession, inflation, money, wages, costs, unemployment, prices, reports, cabinet, advisors. Network: NBC.
  
  31. Chancellor/Brokaw: Egyptian Ambassador Ghorbal meets with President Nixon. Time Code Start: 62:50. Keywords: Middle East, Mideast, war, Egyptian, Presidents, meetings, negotiations, leaders, Ambassadors. Network: NBC.
  
  32. Chancellor/Hager: Mitchell, Stans conspiracy trial - defense rests. Time Code Start: 64:37. 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.
  
  33. Chancellor/Delaney: Alabama Representative Walter Flowers hears his constituents opinions on national issues. Time Code Start: 66:43. Keywords: Congressmen, public opinions, polls, approval ratings, Gallup poll, Harris poll. Network: NBC.
  
  34. Cronkite/Rather: Egyptian Ambassador Ghorbal, meets with President Nixon. Time Code Start: 68:45. Keywords: Middle East, Mideast, war, Egyptian, Presidents, meetings, negotiations, leaders, Ambassadors. Network: CBS.
  
  35. Cronkite/Walker: Cost of living up. Time Code Start: 70:28. Keywords: economy, economics, budgets, finances, recession, inflation, money, wages, costs, unemployment, prices, reports. Network: CBS.
  
  36. Cronkite/Kalb: Secretary of State Kissinger in Atlanta, Georgia for Organization of American States (OAS) meeting. Time Code Start: 72:18. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, organizations, meetings. Network: CBS.
  
  37. Cronkite/Morton: Report on different congressmen's questionnaires sent to their people on whether or not to impeach President Nixon. Time Code Start: 74:07. Keywords: Presidents, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, impeachment. Network: CBS.
  
  38. Cronkite/Schakne: Mitchell, Stans conspiracy trial - defense rests. Time Code Start: 77:11. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, trials, obstruction of justice, perjury, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: CBS.
  
  39. Cronkite/Schorr: Herbert Kalmbach says President Nixon knew about his tax returns. Time Code Start: 78:45. Keywords: Presidents, Internal Revenue Service, taxes, taxation, revenue, audits, investigations, state taxes, attorneys, lawyers, Presidential elections, fundraising, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups. Network: CBS.
  
  40. Cronkite/Dick: Alabama tornado victims disgusted with federal aid. Time Code Start: 80:35. Keywords: weather, natural disasters, storms, tornado, 1974 Super Tornado, 1974 Super Outbreak, damages, financial aid, relief supplies. Network: CBS.

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