April 23, 1973

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The President's day began at Grand Cay, Bahama Islands

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• Federal Register of Monday, April 23, 1973

Argued

• School Bd. of Richmond v. State Bd. of Ed. of Va.
• United States Department of Agriculture v. Moreno
• United States Dept. of Agriculture v. Murry

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President's Office Files

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• Annotated and Unmarked News Summaries [Note: Although there was no News Summary on this date, due to the way News Summary products were compiled, you should also consult nearby days for potentially relevant materials.]

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.

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• President's Daily Brief of 23 April 1973

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Vol. XXXVIII, Part 1, Foundations of Foreign Policy, 1973-1976

Foundations of Foreign Policy, 1973-1976

• 8. Address by the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), New York, April 23, 1973

  Source: Department of State Bulletin, May 14, 1973, pp. 593–598. Kissinger delivered his remarks at the annual meeting of the Associated Press editors, held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Kissinger recalled that the timing of the speech, preceding the resignations of H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman by a week, “proved disastrous,” and suggested that the Watergate crisis doomed the Year of Europe. (Years of Upheaval, pp. 101 and 153)

Vol. E-3, Documents on Global Issues, 1973-1976

Space and Telecommunications

• 77. Telegram 1501 From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State, New York, April 23, 1973, 1615Z

  The telegram summarized events at the UN Outer Space Legal Subcommittee session. It focused on advances toward completion of a treaty on registration of space objects and relative lack of progress in Moon Treaty negotiations.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files. Confidential; Priority. Repeated for information to Moscow, Paris, Ottawa, and the Mission to NATO.

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.

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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-E0691 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E0691-, The annual White House Easter Egg Roll. 4/23/1973, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn. unidentified attendees.

Roll WHPO-E0692 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E0692-, The annual White House Easter Egg Roll. 4/23/1973, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn. unidentified attendees.

Roll WHPO-E0693 Photographer: Parish, William | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E0693-, The annual White House Easter Egg Roll. 4/23/1973, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn. unidentified attendees.

Roll WHPO-E0694 Photographer: Parish, William | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E0694-, The 1973 White House annual Easter Egg Roll. 4/23/1973, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn. children, parents, adults, clowns.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E0694-15A, A sad looking Clown entertains the audience of children at the he 1973 White House annual Easter Egg Roll. 4/23/1973, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn. clown, children.

Roll WHPO-E0695 Photographer: Parish, William | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E0695-, The 1973 White House Annual Easter Egg Roll. 4/23/1973, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn. Children, adults, clowns.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E0695-12A, A group of clowns pose for photos at the 1973 White House Annual Easter Egg Roll. 4/23/1973, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn. Children, adults, clowns.

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.

S - White House Press Office Briefings (continuation of the L-series)

• WHCA-SR-S-079
  Press briefing by Herbert Stein. (4/23/1973, EOB Conference Room (450))
  
  Runtime: 30:00:00
  
  Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by GSA; Recorded by Earl Doss (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
• WHCA-SR-S-080
  Henry A. Kissinger address to Associated Press Annual Luncheon in Waldorf-Astoria. (4/23/1973, Waldorf Astoria, New York, New York)
  
  Runtime: 52:17:00
  
  Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by [not listed]; Recorded by RMM (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
• WHCA-SR-S-081
  Press briefing by Gerald Warren. (4/23/1973, 4 Ambassadors Press Center)
  
  Runtime: 31:00:00
  
  Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by WT (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

The White House Communications Agency Videotape Collection contains “off-the-air” recordings of televised programs produced between 1968 and 1974. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

• WHCA-6243
  "Face The Nation" with Mohammed Hassan El Zayyat. U.S. Senator Lowell Weicker (R-CT).
  CBS
  Runtime: 00:29:24
• WHCA-6249
  Weekly News Summary, Tape I.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
  
  25. Smith/Jarriel/Donaldson: Watergate, Haldeman and John Dean. Time Code Start: 80:51. Keywords: advisors, counsels, attorneys, lawyers, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: ABC.
  
  26. Smith/Branigan: Ceasefire violations; Kissinger in New York. Time Code Start: 84:58. Keywords: Vietnam War, ceasefires. Network: ABC.
  
  27. Smith/Jennings: American demonstrations for the Arabs. Time Code Start: 87:20. Keywords: Arabian, Arabs, Middle East, Mideast, support, demonstrations, rally, protests, protesters, demonstraters, demonstrators, anti-war. Network: ABC.
  
  28. Smith/Chapman: food prices up again; exports from Japan. Time Code Start: 90:20. Keywords: food, meat, agriculture, animal products, dairy products, prices, costs, increases, shortages. Network: ABC.
  
  29. Smith: Comment on evil money. Time Code Start: 93:02. Keywords: credit, loans, cash, currency, funding. Network: ABC.
• WHCA-6250
  Weekly News Summary, Tape II.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
  
  1. Chancellor/Duke/Kiker/Valeriani/Graham: Watergate, Ehrlichman and Haldeman may be involved; Cover up why Mitchell resigned. Time Code Start: 00:00. Keywords: advisors, counsels, attorneys, lawyers, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: NBC.
  
  2. Chancellor/Jones: Cambodian fighting. Time Code Start: 07:07. Keywords: Vietnam WarCambodia, Vietnam War. Network: NBC.
  
  3. Chancellor: Kissinger in New York with speech on Cambodia. Time Code Start: 09:10. Keywords: Cambodia, Vietnam War, officials, speeches, travel, trips. Network: NBC.
  
  4. Chancellor: Pentagon papers trial defendant Anthony Russo says General Earl Wheeler and Gen. William Westmoreland may be called to testify. Time Code Start: 10:40. Keywords: Armed Forces, military, classified documents, secrets, Ellsberg, Russo, Watergate, courts, trials, Supreme Court, Vietnam War, Indochina War, bombings. Network: NBC.
  
  5. Chancellor: food price; Herbert Stein says tax increase. Time Code Start: 12:31. Keywords: food, meat, agriculture, animal products, dairy products, prices, costs, increases, shortages, taxes, taxation, revenue. Network: NBC.
  
  6. Cronkite/Stahl/Rather: Watergate; McCord; court leaks news to Jack Anderson. Time Code Start: 14:47. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: CBS.
  
  7. Cronkite: Kissinger in New York speech on Watergate. Time Code Start: 18:56. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: CBS.
  
  8. Cronkite/Webster: Cambodian fighting. Time Code Start: 19:55. Keywords: Vietnam WarCambodia, Vietnam War. Network: CBS.
  
  9. Cronkite/Shieffer: Drugs used by American soldiers in Vietnam. Time Code Start: 22:47. Keywords: Vietnam War, military, pharmaceuticals, medicines, drugs, drug abuse, narcotics, heroin, marijuana, alcohol, alcoholism, addicts, addiction, prevention, programs, drug use. Network: CBS.
  
  10. Cronkite/Sevareid: Comment on Watergate. Time Code Start: 24:30. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: CBS.

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