April 27, 1972

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The President's day began at Key Biscayne, Florida

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• Letters to the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the House Committee on Banking and Currency About Proposed Minority Enterprise Small Business Investment Legislation
• Statement Designating Russell E. Train as Special Representative to a Meeting of the International Whaling Commission
• Statement Following Splashdown of Apollo 16.

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• Federal Register of Thursday, April 27, 1972

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• President's Daily Brief of 27 April 1972

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Vol. III, Foreign Economic Policy; International Monetary Policy, 1969-1972

International Monetary Policy, 1969-1972

• 228. Volcker Group Paper, Washington, April 27, 1972

  Source: Washington National Records Center, Department of the Treasury, Volcker Group Masters: FRC 56 86 30, 1972, VGA/72-1-VGA/72-50. Confidential. The April 28 cover memorandum from George H. Willis to the Volcker Group Alternates indicates these are revised recommendations for the VGA/72-34 paper on this subject prepared in OMB by Geza Feketekuty. VGA/72-34, dated April 12, was circulated to the VGAs on April 13. An earlier version of Feketekuty’s paper, entitled “Methods of Inducing Surplus Countries To Adjust,” was circulated as VGA/72-26 on April 5. (Both ibid.)

Vol. XIV, Soviet Union, October 1971-May 1972

Summit in the Balance: U.S.-Soviet Relations and the Decision to Mine Haiphong, April 26-May 12, 1972

• 173. Memorandum From Helmut Sonnenfeldt of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, April 27, 1972

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 718, Country Files, Europe, USSR, XXI–A, April 1972 (continued). Secret; Eyes Only; Outside the System. Sent for immediate action. Kissinger initialed approval of both decisions. Attached to an April 29 memorandum from Sonnenfeldt to Kissinger, was David’s statement as approved on April 29 and text of a statement authorizing Science Adviser to the President Edward David to engage in discussion in Moscow. (Ibid.) Other bilateral issues are assessed in memoranda from Sonnenfeldt to Kissinger of April 26 (on natural gas) and of April 29 (on Lend-Lease repayment). (Both ibid.) Attached to a memorandum from NSC staff secretary Jeanne Davis to Eliot, May 23, is an April 27 memorandum from Sonnenfeldt to Kissinger, on nuclear fuel supply policy. (Ibid., Box 719, Country File, Europe, USSR, Vol. XXII, May 1972)

Vol. XXIX, Eastern Mediterranean, 1969-1972

Cyprus

• 413. Telegram From the Embassy in Turkey to the Department of State, Ankara, April 27, 1972, 1525Z

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 633, Country Files, Middle East, Turkey, Vol. III Jan 72–Dec 73. Secret; Immediate; Exdis. Repeated immediate to Nicosia, Athens, London, USNATO, and USUN. Another copy is ibid., RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 27 CYP.

Vol. XXXII, SALT I, 1969-1972

Kissinger's Secret Trip to Moscow and Aftermath, April 19-May 17, 1972

• 269. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems Analysis (Tucker) to Secretary of Defense Laird, Washington, April 27, 1972

  Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD Files:FRC 330–77–0095, Box 7, USSR, 388.3. Top Secret. A stamped notation indicates that Laird saw the memorandum on April 28.

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

International Environmental Policy

• 320. Memorandum From the Legal Adviser (Stevenson) to Secretary of State Rogers, Washington, April 27, 1972

  Stevenson reported that the World Heritage Convention, announced by President Nixon as an environmental objective, had been prepared by the representatives of 60 nations and would be submitted to the UNESCO General Conference in October 1972 for approval.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970-73, SCI 41. Unclassified. Drafted by Salans on April 26.

Vol. E-2, Documents on Arms Control and Nonproliferation, 1969-1972

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; Implementation of Safeguard System

• 56. Memorandum From Helmut Sonnenfeldt of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, April 27, 1972

  Sonnenfeldt reviewed the issue of delivery of U.S. nuclear material to Euratom after March 1, 1972. Concerned this could become an “irritant in U.S.-Soviet relations,” Sonnenfeldt recommended the approval of a statement to Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin detailing the reasons for the continued delivery.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 719, Country Files, Europe, USSR Vol. 22. Confidential. Sent for action. A copy was sent to Walsh. Haig initialed “OK” next to “Approve” on page three. An adjacent note in an unidentified hand states: “Livingston notified State by phone 5/25. To be followed by written confirmation by Mrs. Davis.” All Tabs are not published.

Vol. E-7, Documents on South Asia, 1969-1972

U.S. Relations with India and Pakistan, 1972

• 258. Telegram 5254 From the Embassy in India to the Department of State, New Delhi, April 27, 1972, 1705Z

  Ambassador Keating called for Washington to begin the process of trying to reverse what he saw as the “continued downward spiral” of relations between the U.S. and India.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL INDIA-US. Secret; Nodis.

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-8964 Photographer: Schumaker, Byron | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-8964-, Copies of a photograph of Julie Eisenhower taken (Roll 8917) 4/18/1972. 4/27/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. Julie Eisenhower.
• Frame(s): WHPO-8964-00, Copy of a medium portrait of Julie Eisenhower taken (Roll 8917) 4/18/1972. 4/27/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. Julie Eisenhower.

Roll WHPO-8966 Photographer: Grove, Andrew | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-8966-, Representatives from the World Book Encyclopedia company standing and looking at a book in Ron Ziegler's office. 4/27/1972, Washington, D.C. Ron Ziegler's office, White House. unidentified men.

Roll WHPO-8968 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-8968-03, Pat Nixon speaking with actress and singer Dinah Shore after the Congressional Ladies Luncheon. 4/27/1972, Washington, D.C. unknown. Pat Nixon, Dinah Shore, Judy Agnew, unidentified women.

Roll WHPO-8969 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-8969-, Pat Nixon standing with attendees during a reception for the International Union of Operating Engineers' wives. 4/27/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, State Dining Room. Pat Nixon, attendees.

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-5309
  "Muskie News Conference" with CBS and NBC Commentary; "Vietnamization Hearing". Vietnamization Secretary of State William P. Rogers; U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright (D-AR), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
  Undetermined
  Runtime: 01:05:47
• WHCA-5310
  Weekly News Summary, Tape I. Excerpts of evening news broadcast from the week of 4/21/72 - 4/27/72 Secretary of State William P. Rogers; U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright (D-AR), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
  Undetermined
  Runtime: 1:30
• WHCA-5311
  Weekly News Summary, Tape II. Excerpts of evening news broadcast from the week of 4/21/72 - 4/27/72 Secretary of State William P. Rogers.
  CBS
  Runtime: 1:30
• WHCA-5312
  Weekly News Summary, Tape III. Excerpts of evening news broadcast from the week of 4/21/72 - 4/27/72 Julie Eisenhower.
  Undetermined
  Runtime: 1:30

• New York Times of April 27, 1972

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