April 26, 1971

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• Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the United States Chamber of Commerce: "The Right To Be Confident."

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• House of Representatives: April 26, 1971
• Senate: April 26, 1971
• Extensions of Remarks: April 26, 1971

Argued

• United States v. International Minerals & Chemical Corporation
• United States v. Ryan
• Utah v. United States

Decided

• California Department of Human Resources Development v. Java
• James v. Valtierra
• Perez v. United States
• United States v. Southern Ute Tribe or Band of Indians

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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.]

President's Personal File

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• President's Speech File
  • Box 66, Monday, April 26, 1971, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

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)
  Monday, April 26.
  
  Staff meeting this morning. Got into the whole question of our position re: the demonstrators, following up on our PR staff meeting yesterday afternoon. The general feeling was that the President should say something to show that he's not frightened, but also not insensitive to the demonstrators, feels that the absence of a statement is evidence of-- or no that the absence-- his absence from Washington is evidence of the fear of being here and his insensitivity to the problem. They generally felt that it got through that the demonstration is now respectable, and that we need to keep that in under consideration. I discussed this later with the President, and we got into quite a discussion as to what the statement should be. The President's first inclination was to say-- to recite all the bad things that they did, after saying that he was pleased the demonstrations were peaceful on the whole, but that it's too bad they tore down the US flags at the monument, burned the benches, stopped traffic in New Jersey, threw bottles at the police, etcetera. After Ron came in, we went back over that ground and decided rather to make the point that the message of the demonstrators is that they want to end the war, and there's no argument with that, the President does too. The question is ending one war and preventing others. The President's building a structure of peace so that the teenagers who are there demonstrating won't have to fight in a war. This takes long-range planning and hard decisions, and the track record of those who have shouted "Peace Now" in years past is not one that speaks very well for their leadership. He then wants to make the point of his speech at the Woodrow Wilson dedication, where he gave his philosophy on foreign policy generally and made the point that he feels that the demonstrators were saying-- that what the demonstrators were saying is that they're against this war. The President's view is that he's against all wars, and that he must end this one in a way to avoid others. The general feeling was that last week's press coverage of activities is bound to have an effect, but our people are over reactive; they feel that we have to do something fast, and this is the problem that LBJ became obsessed with. The important thing for us is to maintain serenity and calm. The President made the point that anyone who had been through the Hiss case wouldn't get excited about all these other things. The question now is just to see it through. You'll either win or lose, and you can't let it be personal.
  
  We got into quite a discussion of press conference timing, the concern that we're looking worried if we run a press conference this week. He decided that wasn't the case and that we should go ahead and do it. So we will on Thursday evening. We got into quite a question on Hill activity today. The demonstrators went up and disrupted the Senate and some of the offices, and this got everybody stirred up, but didn't get very much media coverage, unfortunately. The result at the White House was that we called a PR staff meeting to discuss the whole process of how to handle the upcoming demonstrations and didn't get a lot covered, although in general we agreed that we should not take any action before the fact of the demonstrators' action. In other words, we should let them move first.
  
  We discussed various possibilities of preparedness for breaking up the blocking of the roads, which is going to be the important problem next week. The feeling is that the District police are going to be able to handle it themselves, unless the numbers become really massive, in which case the National Guard will have to help. It turns out that we can use the National Guard without declaring a state of martial law, and this, of course, is something we wanted to avoid at any cost. As a result of all this, the President called tonight, saying that he had decided not to stay in California, but rather to come back on Monday. So as of now, that's the plan.
  
  We got onto the Cabinet officer problem again and to the question, particularly, of how to remove Hardin. The decision now is to have Harlow talk with Hardin if he will, and see if he can ease him into taking the Purdue job as a way out. The President met with Senator Long this afternoon; and he was very pleased with the Senator's strong praise of the President for standing firm in the face of the demonstrators and also saying that they were really a bad bunch of people, and he was clearly not pleased with them.
  
  The President talked with Henry about the problem of the effect of the demonstrations on Hanoi. Henry's all concerned that they may misinterpret the thing and weaken our position, which of course, to some degree they will, but there's no point in worrying about it. The President made the point to me that we're going to have to play the propaganda role more skillfully, and that he's only going to let Henry go to Paris once, or at the very most twice, and then we'll give up on the negotiations. He feels that if we wait more than a couple more months, we twice, and then we'll give up on the negotiations. He feels that if we wait more than a couple more months, we won't have anything left to negotiate anyway, except the residual force and the bombing versus the release of POW's. The problem is that we need one more stab at negotiations, so we can't set a time certain yet. After we've taken that stab, if it doesn't work, we'll just go ahead and set the time certain, and that's it.
  
  Going back to Long, when the President was commenting on him, he was really impressed and said he's clearly the ablest man in the Senate, and that it's a real pleasure to talk to a guy with that kind of brilliance once in a while. He was regretting that we didn't have anyone of the same caliber. He also made the point in a phone call that sometimes we really dodge a bullet, and that he was sure glad this morning he didn't make a statement praising the peaceful protests, because it would have ridden right with the reports of today's activities and would have really looked bad for us.
  
  End of April 26.
• Original audio recording (MP3)

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• President's Daily Brief of 26 April 1971

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Vol. II, Organization and Management of U.S. Foreign Policy, 1969-1972

The NSC System

• 146. Memorandum From the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Haig) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, April 26, 1971

  Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Kissinger–Scowcroft West Wing Office Files, 1969–77, Box 40, Administrative Files, National Security Council Organization (6), 3/30/70–4/21/71. Secret; Sensitive.

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

• 191. Conversation Between President Nixon and his Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, April 26, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Tapes, Oval Office, Conversation 489-5. No classification marking. The editors transcribed the portions of the tape recording printed here specifically for this volume. This exchange is part of a larger conversation, 11:46 a.m.-12:07 p.m.

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

"One of Two Routes": Soviet-American Relations and Kissinger's Secret Trip to China, April 23-July 18, 1971

• 191. Conversation Between President Nixon and the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, April 26, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Tapes, Conversation 489–5. No classification marking. The editors transcribed the portions of the tape recording printed here specifically for this volume. According to the President’s Daily Diary, Nixon met Kissinger in the Oval Office from 11:52 a.m. to 12:07 p.m. (Ibid., White House Central Files)

• 192. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, April 26, 1971, noon

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 491, President’s Trip Files, Dobrynin/Kissinger, 1971, Vol. 5 [part 1]. Top Secret; Sensitive. Drafted on April 27. Kissinger forwarded the memorandum of conversation and an undated memorandum summarizing its “highlights” to the President. A note on the covering memorandum indicates that the President saw it on April 28. According to Kissinger’s Record of Schedule, the meeting began at 12:14 and lasted until 1:05 p.m. (Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box 438, Miscellany, 1968–76)

• 193. Conversation Between President Nixon and the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, April 26, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Tapes, Conversation 489–17. No classification marking. The editors transcribed the portions of the tape recording printed here specifically for this volume. According to the President’s Daily Diary, Nixon met Kissinger in the Oval Office from 3:56 to 4:12 p.m. (Ibid., White House Central Files).

• 194. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, April 26, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 405, Subject File, USSR US Ships in the Black Sea (Silver Fox). Secret. Sent for information. According to a notation and attached correspondence profile, the President saw the memorandum on May 5.

Vol. XXI, Chile, 1969-1973

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

• 223. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, April 26, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 778, Country Files, Latin America, Chile, Vol. I, Korry File. Secret; Sensitive; Outside System. Sent for action. This memorandum was prepared by Nachmanoff and sent to Kissinger for approval under cover of an April 22 memorandum that reads, “Attached for your signature at Tab I is a memo to the President forwarding a personal letter from Ambassador Korry. Your memo contains my suggestions for handling this situation. I believe this is one case where human compassion, and perhaps justice, coincides with self-interest. Taking these actions will not guarantee that Korry will not at some future time do damage to the President’s and others’ interests, or to our foreign relations; but human nature being what it is, failure to do something for him will inevitably lead him to seek vengeance and self-justification.” (Ibid.) At the bottom, Kissinger wrote, “Also do a very warm backchannel from me to Korry saying letter has been placed before President.” No record of this backchannel message has been found.

Vol. XXIX, Eastern Mediterranean, 1969-1972

Turkey

• 444. Memorandum From the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, April 26, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 633, Country Files—Middle East, Turkey, Vol. II 1 Jan 1970–31 Dec 1971. Confidential. Sent for action. A notation on the memorandum indicates Nixon saw it.

Vol. XXXII, SALT I, 1969-1972

From Stalemate to Breakthrough, August 24, 1970-May 20, 1971

• 151. Conversation Between President Nixon and the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, April 26, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Tapes, Oval Office, Conversation No. 489–17. No classification marking. According to the President’s Daily Diary, Kissinger entered at 3:56 p.m. as Ehrlichman and Shultz were leaving. The conversation ended at 4:12 p.m. (Ibid., White House Central Files) The editor transcribed the portion of the conversation printed here specifically for this volume.

Vol. XXXIV, National Security Policy, 1969-1972

The Defense Budget and U.S. National Security Policy

• 184. Minutes of Defense Program Review Committee Meeting, Washington, April 26, 1971, 2:15-3:51 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–118, DPRC Minutes, Originals, ‘69–’73 [2 of 3]. Top Secret; Nodis. All brackets except those that indicate omitted material are in the original. In an April 23 memorandum, Wayne Smith informed Kissinger that the meeting’s purpose was to review Defense Department fiscal and strategic guidance and the economic outlook for FY 1973 and beyond. Smith advised Kissinger that his goal “should be to ensure that our strategic plans are not changed by Secretary Laird without any Presidential consideration of the issues involved and that the President is presented with a full range of alternative DOD budgets for his consideration” later that year. (Ibid., Box H–102, DPRC Meeting, Strategic and Fiscal Planning, 4/26/71)

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

Peru

• 624. Memorandum From Secretary of the Treasury Connally to the President’s Assistant for International Economic Policy (Peterson), Washington, April 26, 1971., Washington, April 26, 1971

  Secretary of the Treasury Connally outlined his reasons for reluctantly supporting an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) loan to Peru, because he saw no other alternative. He argued it was counterproductive for the United States to provide assistance to nations that were hurting U.S. economic interests.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, AID (IDB) 9 PERU. Confidential. Printed from a copy that bears Connally’s stamped signature.

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Oval Office

• 488-1; Unknown between 8:22 a.m. & 9:00 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo
• 488-2; Unknown between 8:22 a.m. & 9:00 a.m.; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Bull, Stephen B.
• 488-3; Unknown between 8:22 a.m. & 9:00 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 488-4; Unknown between 8:22 a.m. & 9:00 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 488-5; Unknown between 8:22 a.m. & 9:00 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
• 488-6; 9:00 a.m. - 10:04 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Ziegler, Ronald L.
• 489-1; Unknown between 10:24 a.m. & 11:05 a.m.; Sanchez, Manolo; Bull, Stephen B.
• 489-2; Unknown between 10:24 a.m. & 11:05 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 489-3; Unknown between 11:05 a.m. & 11:52 a.m.; United States Secret Service agents
• 489-4; Unknown between 11:46 a.m. & 11:52 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 489-5; Unknown between 11:46 a.m. & 12:57 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Kissinger, Henry A.; Bull, Stephen B.
• 489-6; Unknown between 12:07 p.m. & 12:15 p.m.; United States Secret Service agents
• 489-7; 12:17 p.m. - 12:24 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Frazier, Cathy ("Mim"); Frazier, James; Frazier, James (Mrs.); Frazier, Paul; Griffin, Robert P.; Laro, David; Brewer, Ann; Nidecker, John C.; Andrews, John K., Jr.; White House photographer
• 489-8; 12:26 p.m. - 12:33 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Baker, Howard H., Jr.; Baker, LaMar; Wetmore, Gordon; Longley, Bemjamin L.; Nolan, Paul V.; Johnson, Paul L.; Nidecker, John C.; Andrews, John K., Jr.; White House photographer
• 489-9; 12:33 p.m. - 12:33 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 489-10; Unknown between 12:44 p.m. & 1:00 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 489-11; 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Sanchez, Manolo; Bull, Stephen B.
• 489-12; Unknown between 2:00 p.m. & 2:54 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 489-13; Unknown between 2:00 p.m. & 2:54 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 489-14; Unknown between 2:00 p.m. & 2:54 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 489-15; Unknown between 2:00 p.m. & 2:54 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 489-16; 2:54 p.m. - 2:55 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Chapin, Dwight L.
• 489-17; 2:57 p.m. - 4:12 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Bull, Stephen B.; Ehrlichman, John D.; Shultz, George P.; Kissinger, Henry A.
• 489-18; 4:13 p.m. - 4:57 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kuhfuss, William J.; Fleming, Roger; Harlow, Bryce N.; Colson, Charles W.; Whitaker, John C.; White House photographer
• 489-19; 4:58 p.m. - 5:25 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Gorton, John G.; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Sanchez, Manolo; Bull, Stephen B.
• 489-20; Unknown between 5:25 p.m. & 5:28 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo
• 489-21; 5:28 p.m. - 6:36 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Long, Russell B.; Bennett, Wallace F.; Hodgson, James D.; Richardson, Elliot L.; Veneman, John G.; Ehrlichman, John D.; MacGregor, Clark; Cowen, Eugene S.; White House photographer; [Unknown person(s)]
• 489-22; 6:36 p.m. - 6:36 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 489-23; 6:37 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.; Kissinger, Henry A.
• 489-24; Unknown between 6:45 p.m. & 8:30 p.m.; United States Secret Service agents
• 489-25; Unknown between 8:30 p.m. & 8:51 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo
• 489-26; Unknown between 8:30 p.m. & 8:51 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.
• 489-27; Unknown between 8:30 p.m. & 8:51 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.
• 489-28; Unknown between 8:30 p.m. & 8:51 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
• 489-29; Unknown between 8:30 p.m. & 8:51 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Graham, Betty
• 489-30; Unknown between 8:30 p.m. & 8:51 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Shultz, George P.
• 489-31; Unknown between 8:30 p.m. & 8:51 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.
• 489-32; Unknown between 8:30 p.m. & 8:51 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary
• 489-33; Unknown between 8:30 p.m. & 8:51 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary
• 489-34; Unknown between 8:30 p.m. & 8:51 p.m.; United States Secret Service agents

White House Telephone

• 2-38; Unknown between 6:53 p.m. & 7:38 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 2-39; 7:38 p.m. - 7:38 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 2-40; 7:40 p.m. - 7:49 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.
• 2-41; 7:50 p.m. - 7:50 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 2-42; 7:55 p.m. - 7:55 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 2-43; 7:55 p.m. - 8:01 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
• 2-44; Unknown between 8:01 p.m. & 8:11 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 2-45; 8:11 p.m. - 8:12 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Buckley, James L.
• 2-46; Unknown between 8:12 p.m. & 8:30 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator

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-6139 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-6139-, President Nixon standing with the All Ohio State Fair Youth Choir. 4/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, All Ohio State Fair Youth Choir.
• Frame(s): WHPO-6139-02, Unidentified man conducting the All Ohio State Fair Youth Choir, who are singing and waving small American flags. 4/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden steps. All Ohio State Fair Youth Choir, unidentified man.

Roll WHPO-6140 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-6140-03A-08A, President Nixon walking into the Rose Garden. 4/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, All Ohio State Fair Youth Choir members.
• Frame(s): WHPO-6140-09A-15A, President Nixon with the Ohio State Fair Youth Choir. 4/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden steps. President Nixon, All Ohio State Fair Youth Choir members.
• Frame(s): WHPO-6140-11A, Unidentified man conducting the All Ohio State Fair Youth Choir, who are singing and waving small American Flags. President Nixon standing nearby. 4/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden steps. President Nixon, All Ohio State Fair Youth Choir members, unidentified man.

Roll WHPO-6141 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-6141-02A-09A, President Nixon with the Ohio State Fair Youth Choir. 4/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden steps. President Nixon, All Ohio State Fair Youth Choir.

Roll WHPO-6142 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-6142-06-08, President Nixon at a podium with U.S. Chamber of Commerce President F. Ritter Shumway. 4/26/1971, Washington, D.C. Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Constitution Hall. President Nixon, F. Ritter Shumway.
• Frame(s): WHPO-6142-09-13, President Nixon at the podium addressing the 59th Chamber of Commerce. 4/26/1971, Washington, D.C. Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Constitution Hall. President Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-6142-12A, President Nixon at the podium addressing the 59th Chamber of Commerce. 4/26/1971, Washington, D.C. Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Constitution Hall. President Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-6142-14, President Nixon with Chamber officials in a reception room. 4/26/1971, Washington, D.C. Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Constitution Hall. President Nixon, F. Ritter Shumway, Archie Davis, Arch Booth, Jenkin Jones.

Roll WHPO-6143 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-6143-02A-08A, President Nixon meeting with members of the President's Commission for the Observance of the 25th Anniversary of the United Nations. 4/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, Chairman. Frederick L. Ehrman, Vice-chairman. George D. Aiken, Dr. Ruth E. Bacon, George F. Baker, Jr., Bernice W. Behrens, Joseph L. Block of Inland Steel Co., Dr. Lincoln P. Bloomfield of MIT, Dr. Landrum R. Bolling, Pres Earlham College, Christian Science Monitor Editor Erwin D. Canham, Miss Susie A. Chan, Richard T. Clark, His Eminence Terence Cardinal Cooke, John Sherman Cooper, Americo V. Cortese, Dr. Lee A. DuBridge, Ohio Supreme Court Justice Robert M. Duncan, John Clifford Folger, Senator J. William Fulbright, Congressman Cornelius E. Gallagher, ABC Vice President James C. Hagerty, Marie-Louise Handal, Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Dr. John Raymond Howard Pres of Lewis & Clark College, John T. Isaacson, William D. Jackson, John H. Johnson, Pres. Oklahoma State U Dr. Robert B. Kamm, Rabbi Bertram W. Korn, Andre Le Tendre, Arthur G. ART Linkletter, Rep. Sherrnan P. Lloyd, Oswald B. Lord, Gerard J. Mangone, Washington Star Editorial Chairman Benjamin M. McKelway, Gannett Chairman & CEO Paul Miller, Rep. Thomas E. Morgan, James J. Norris, Philadelphia Orchestra Conductor Eugene Ormandy, Thomas A. Pappas, Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, Mildred E. Persinger, Charles S. Rhyne, Walter Orr Roberts, Anne P. Simons, Mary Louise Smith, Senator John S. Sparkman, Vernon B. Stouffer, Ronald F. Stowe, Sen. Robert Taft,. Jr., Publisher Thomas V. Vail, Dean Francis O. Wilcox of Johns Hopkins U. , Artist Andrew W. Wyeth.

Roll WHPO-6144 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-6144-05A-11A, President Nixon receiving a portrait of himself from the artist, Gordon Wetmore, Sen. Howard Baker, Rep. LaMar Baker, and Tennessee elected and political leaders. 4/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Howard Baker, LaMar Baker, Gordon Wetmore, Benjamin Longley, Paul Nolan, Paul Johnson, A.C. Ball.

Roll WHPO-6145 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-6145-01-20, President Nixon standing in the Oval Office with Cystic Fibrosis Poster Child Cathy "Mim" Frazier, Frazier family members, Sen. Robert Griffin, and others. 4/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Robert Griffin, Cathy Frazier, James Frazier, Mrs. James Frazier, Paul Frazier, John Frazier, David Laro, Ann Brewer.
• Frame(s): WHPO-6145-03A, President Nixon standing in the Oval Office while accepting a gift from Cystic Fibrosis Poster Child Cathy "Mim" Frazier. 4/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Cathy Frazier.

Roll WHPO-6146 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-6146-02-07, Bill Timmons with a group of men. 4/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. Bill Timmons, unidentified men.

Roll WHPO-6147 Photographer: unknown | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-6147-01, Closeup formal portrait of President Nixon. 4/26/1971, Washington, D.C. unknown. President Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-6147-01-02, Copies of close-up portraits of President Nixon. 4/26/1971, Washington, D.C. unknown. President Nixon.

Roll WHPO-6148 Photographer: unknown | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-6148-01, Closeup formal portrait of President Nixon smiling. 4/26/1971, Washington, D.C. unknown. President Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-6148-01-02, Close-up portrait of President Nixon. 4/26/1971, Washington, D.C. unknown. President Nixon.

Roll WHPO-6149 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-6149-03A-11A, President Nixon sitting with officers of the American Farm Bureau and others. 4/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, William Kuhfuss, Roger Fleming, Bryce Harlow, Charles W. Colson, John Whitaker, John Gorton, Alexander Haig, Russell Long, Wallace Bennett, James Hodgson, Elliot Richardson, John Veneman, John Ehrlichman, MacGregor, unidentified others.
• Frame(s): WHPO-6149-14A-20A, President Nixon sitting with Australian Defense Minister John Gorton and others. 4/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, William Kuhfuss, Roger Fleming, Bryce Harlow, Charles W. Colson, John Whitaker, John Gorton, Alexander Haig, Russell Long, Wallace Bennett, James Hodgson, Elliot Richardson, John Veneman, Ehrlichman, MacGregor, unidentified others.
• Frame(s): WHPO-6149-21A-23A, President Nixon sitting with Senator Russell Long, Senator Wallace Bennett, and others. 4/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, William Kuhfuss, Roger Fleming, Bryce Harlow, Charles W. Colson, John Whitaker, John Gorton, Alexander Haig, Russell Long, Wallace Bennett, James Hodgson, Elliot Richardson, John Veneman, Ehrlichman, MacGregor, unidentified others.

Roll WHPO-6150 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-6150-04A-10A, President Nixon seated informally in the Oval Office during a meeting with Australian Minister for Defence John Gorton and Brig. Gen. Alexander Haig. 4/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, John G. Gorton, Alexander Haig.
• Frame(s): WHPO-6150-11, President Nixon seated informally in the Oval Office during a meeting with Australian Minister for Defence John Gorton and Brig. Gen. Alexander Haig. 4/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, John G. Gorton, Alexander Haig.

Roll WHPO-6203 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-6203-02, President Nixon standing with the Ohio State Fair Youth Coir. 4/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Ohio State Fair Youth Choir members, adult leaders.

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.

B - Vice-Presidential (Agnew and Ford)

• WHCA-SR-B-177
  Remarks to members of the Southern Gas Association. (4/26/1971)
  
  Runtime: 27:30:00
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

H - White House Staff Member Recordings

• WHCA-SR-H-378
  Press briefing by Ronald Ziegler and Henry Cabot Lodge on the U.N. Policy Commission report. (4/26/1971, Press Center, White House)
  
  Runtime: 19:07
  
  Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media, press secretary
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by JGB (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

P - Formal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-P-710415
  Remarks by President Nixon at opening session of US Chamber of Commerce. (4/26/1971)
  
  Runtime: 30:50:00
  
  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-4306
  WTOP Special Coverage of Anti-War March III. Apollo 13 astronaut Alan Shepard, Jane Asher, Stanley Myron Handleman.
  Daphne Productions and Roland & Jaffee Productions
  Runtime: 01:05:35
• WHCA-4319
  "Mission Possible": They Care For a Nation. Bill Moyers (former Staff Assistant to President Johnson), Italian singer Caterina Valenti.
  Group W Productions
  Runtime: 00:59:47
• WHCA-4333
  Weekly News Summary, Tape I.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 01:33:00
  
  10. Reasoner/Jarriel: President Nixon speaks to U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Time Code Start: 31:02. Keywords: Presidents, speeches, business, leaders. Network: ABC.
  
  11. Smith: Vietnam; Anti-war march in V. Time Code Start: 33:14. Keywords: demonstrations, rally, protests, protesters, demonstraters, demonstrators, Vietnam War, anti-war. Network: ABC.
  
  12. Reasoner: Debate on "Two-China" policy (People's Republic of China). Time Code Start: 37:36. Keywords: People's Republic of China, debates. Network: ABC.
  
  13. Reasoner/Krieser: Vice President Agnew supports FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover; Senator Muskie gives rebuttle. Time Code Start: 38:05. Keywords: Federal Bureau of Investigations, organizations, leaders. Network: ABC.
  
  14. Smith: Commentary on opinion polls (Audio only). Time Code Start: 40:45. Keywords: public opinions, polls, approval ratings, Gallup poll, Harris poll, reports. Network: ABC.
  
  15. Chancellor/Frederick: Debate on "Two-China" policy (People's Republic of China). Time Code Start: 42:30. Keywords: People's Republic of China, debates. Network: NBC.
  
  16. McGee: President Nixon speaks to U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Time Code Start: 46:20. Keywords: Presidents, speeches, business, leaders. Network: NBC.
  
  17. Chancellor: Anti-war demonstration. Time Code Start: 48:15. Keywords: demonstrations, rally, protests, protesters, demonstraters, demonstrators, Vietnam War, anti-war. Network: NBC.
  
  18. McGee: Vice President Agnew supports FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover; Senator Muskie gives rebuttle. Time Code Start: 51:27. Keywords: Federal Bureau of Investigations, organizations, leaders. Network: NBC.
  
  19. Chancellor/Streithorst: South Vietnamese song. Time Code Start: 54:12. Keywords: South Vietnam, music, performance. Network: NBC.
  
  20. Cronkite/Rather: Debate on "Two-China" policy (President Nixon) (People's Republic of China). Time Code Start: 57:59. Keywords: People's Republic of China, debates, Taiwan. Network: CBS.
  
  21. Cronkite/Seraphim: Demonstrators at Capitol; President Nixon serenaded by choir. Time Code Start: 60:40. Keywords: Presidents, demonstrations, rally, protests, protesters, demonstraters, demonstrators, Vietnam War, anti-war, music, performance, shows. Network: CBS.
  
  22. Cronkite/Sevareid: President Nixon speaks to U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Analysis of speech. Time Code Start: 63:02. Keywords: Presidents, speeches, business, leaders. Network: CBS.

• TIME magazine of April 26, 1971

• New York Times of April 26, 1971

• AP Images photos from April 26, 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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