April 6, 1973

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

• Original typewritten diary (PDF)

The President's day began at San Clemente, California

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.

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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.

• Federal Register of Friday, April 6, 1973

The Congressional Record is the official daily record of the debates and proceedings of the U.S. Congress.

• Senate: April 6, 1973
• Extensions of Remarks: April 6, 1973

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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.

• News Summaries, Unmarked News Summaries, Box 54, News Summaries - April 2-14, 1973 [3 of 10] [Note: Due to the way News Summary products were compiled, you should also consult nearby days for potentially relevant materials.]
  • Digest of Recent News Comment, April 6, 1973
  • News Summary, April 6, 1973, (Thurs nets, wires)

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)
• Original audio recording (MP3)

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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.

• President's Daily Brief of 06 April 1973

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. XXII, Panama, 1973-1976

Panama, 1973-1976

• 8. Letter From the Ambassador to Panama (Sayre) to the Deputy Secretary of State (Rush), Panama City, April 6, 1973

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL PAN–US. Secret; Exdis.

Vol. XXVII, Iran; Iraq, 1973-1976

Iraq, January 1973-December 1974

• 209. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, April 6, 1973

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 17 IRAQ–US. Confidential. Drafted by Djerejian and cleared by Korn.

Vol. XXXIII, SALT II, 1972-1980

SALT II, 1972-1980

• 19. Memorandum From William Hyland of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, April 6, 1973

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 889, SALT, SALT TWO–I–(Geneva), April 1973. Confidential. All brackets are in the original. The memorandum was not initialed by Hyland. Kissinger sent an undated memorandum to the President summarizing the issues and asking for guidance. The “central and most difficult issue,” Kissinger told Nixon, was whether to limit MIRV in some way, as the Soviets proposed, a decision which could “have a decisive impact on the kind of further SALT agreement we can expect to achieve.” According to an April 4 note on the undated memorandum, the President saw it. (Ibid.)

Vol. E-16, Documents on Chile, 1969-1973

"That Chilean Guy May Have Some Problems": The Downfall of Salvador Allende, January-September 1973

• 133. Memorandum for the 40 Committee, Washington, April 6, 1973

  Summary: This memorandum, titled “Outcome of 4 March 1973 Chilean Congressional Elections,” outlined the U.S. Government’s covert funding of the political parties involved and the results of the election.
  
  Source: National Security Council, Nixon Intelligence Files, Subject Files, Chile 1973. Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only. A memorandum for the record by Ratliff of May 3 states that the 40 Committee noted the memorandum. (Ibid.)

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.

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-E0570 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E0570-, Herb Klein and Jeni Brown during the work day. 4/6/1973, Washington, D.C. unknown. Communications Director Herbert G. Klein, Jeni Brown.

Roll WHPO-E0571 Photographer: ROYER | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E0571-, Vice President Agnew and President of the Republic of Vietnam Nguyen Van Thieu attending dinner. 4/6/1973, Washington, D.C. Washington Hilton Hotel. Spiro Agnew, Mrs. Agnew, President of the Republic of Vietnam Nguyen Van Thieu, Mrs. Thieu, guests.

Roll WHPO-E0572 Photographer: ROYER | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E0572-, Vice President Agnew and President of the Republic of Vietnam Nguyen Van Thieu attending dinner. 4/6/1973, Washington, D.C. Washington Hilton Hotel. Spiro Agnew, Mrs. Agnew, President of the Republic of Vietnam Nguyen Van Thieu, Mrs. Thieu, guests.

Roll WHPO-E0573 Photographer: ROYER | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E0573-, Vice President Agnew and President of the Republic of Vietnam Nguyen Van Thieu attending dinner. 4/6/1973, Washington, D.C. Washington Hilton Hotel. Spiro Agnew, Mrs. Agnew, President of the Republic of Vietnam Nguyen Van Thieu, Mrs. Thieu, guests.

Roll WHPO-E0574 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E0574-02-04, Julie Eisenhower meets family of President of the Republic of Vietnam Nguyen Van Thieu. 4/6/1973, Washington, D.C. Red Room, White House. Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Mr. Nguyen Tan Trieu, Mrs. Nguyen Tan Trieu, Master Nguyen Quang Loc, Mrs. Nguyen Huan Nguyen, Major Lam, Mike Farrell.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E0574-05-06, Julie Eisenhower and Mike Farrell tour White House with the family of President of the Republic of Vietnam Nguyen Van Thieu. 4/6/1973, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Mr. Nguyen Tan Trieu, Mrs. Nguyen Tan Trieu, Master Nguyen Quang Loc, Mrs. Nguyen Huan Nguyen, Major Lam, Mike Farrell.

Roll WHPO-E0582 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E0582-, Administration Building exterior. 4/6/1973, San Clemente, California Administration Building, Western White House. None.

Roll WHPO-E0583 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E0583-, President Nixon attending a California Angels baseball game vs the Kansas City Royals. 4/6/1973, Anaheim, California Anaheim Stadium. President Nixon, Gene Autry, John Ehrlichman, Commission of Baseball Bowie Kuhn, former POW (Vietnam Prisoner of War) Major David Luna USAF, Robert O. Reynolds, Angels Manager Bobby Winkles, Angels player Frank Robinson.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E0583-20A, President Nixon attending a California Angels vs the Kansas City Royals baseball game opener with team owner Gene Autry. Former POW (Vietnam Prisoner of War) Major David Luna USAF and Commissioner of Baseball Bowie Kuhn standing nearby. 4/6/1973, Anaheim, California Anaheim Stadium. President Nixon, Gene Autry, John Ehrlichman, Commission of Baseball Bowie Kuhn, former POW (Vietnam Prisoner of War) Major David Luna USAF.

Roll WHPO-E0584 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E0584-05A-06A, President Nixon attending an Angels baseball game vs. Kansas City Royals. 4/6/1973, Anaheim, California Anaheim Stadium. President Nixon, unidentified usher.

Roll WHPO-E0586 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E0586-, President Nixon attending a California Angels baseball game vs. Kansas City Royals. 4/6/1973, Anaheim, California Anaheim Stadium. President Nixon, John Ehrlichman, Commission of Baseball Bowie Kuhn, former POW (Vietnam Prisoner of War) Major David Luna, USAF, Gene Autry, Robert O. Reynolds, Angels Manager Bobby Winkles, Angels player Frank Robinson.

Roll WHPO-E0587 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E0587-, President Nixon attending a California Angels baseball game vs. Kansas City Royals. 4/6/1973, Anaheim, California Anaheim Stadium. President Nixon, John Ehrlichman, Commission of Baseball Bowie Kuhn, Gene Autry, Robert O. Reynolds, Angels Manager Bobby Winkles, Angels player Frank Robinson, Janis Stoll, Judy Schlegelmilch, Roy McKee, Linda Bales, Anaheim Mayor Jack Dutton, John Roseboro.

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-053
  Press briefing by Gerald Warren. (4/6/1973, Laguna Beach, P.C., California)
  
  Runtime: 23:00
  
  Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded byGET (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-6223
  Inaugural Concert, Part I. Frank Fools Crow, Frank Kills Enemy, Matthew King, Meredith Quinn, Vernon Bellecourt, Robert Burnette, Charles Trimble, Richard Full Bull.
  Daphne Productions and Roland & Jaffee Productions
  Runtime: 1:00
• WHCA-6230
  Weekly News Summary, Tape I.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
  
  1. Smith/Jarriel: Laos POWs executed. Time Code Start: 00:00. Keywords: Laos, Vietnam War, POWs, Vietnam Prisoner of War, military, deaths, casualties, executions. Network: ABC.
  
  2. Reasoner/Bennett: Cambodia; South Vietnam's President Thieu, war may return to Vietnam. Time Code Start: 01:45. Keywords: Cambodia, Vietnam War, South Vietnam, Presidents, travel, trips. Network: ABC.
  
  3. Smith/Kaestner: Employment up; AFL-CIO President George Meany warns about wage increases; meat boycott. Time Code Start: 04:38. Keywords: food, meats, animal products, markets, retail stores, prices, costs, increases, shortages, protests, boycotts, leaders, labor, unions, American Federation of Labor, Congress of Industrial Organizations, jobs, unemployment, statistics, wages. Network: ABC.
  
  4. Reasoner/Miller: Special report; Columbus, Ohio food prices. Time Code Start: 07:25. Keywords: food, meat, agriculture, animal products, dairy products, prices, costs, increases, shortages. Network: ABC.
  
  5. Smith: Commentary on Vietnam. Time Code Start: 10:38. Keywords: Vietnam War. Network: ABC.
  
  6. Chancellor/Nessen: Unemployment down; meat boycott. Time Code Start: 12:22. Keywords: food, meats, animal products, markets, retail stores, prices, costs, increases, shortages, protests, boycotts, jobs, unemployment, statistics, decreases. Network: NBC.
  
  7. Chancellor: AFL-CIO President George Meany says administration has no economic game plan. Time Code Start: 16:55. Keywords: leaders, labor, unions, American Federation of Labor, Congress of Industrial Organizations. Network: NBC.
  
  8. Chancellor/Hager: Some POWs to be charged for activities while in captivity, Cambodia, USSR, aid to rebuild North Vietnam. Time Code Start: 17:24. Keywords: Cambodia, Soviet Union, Russia, Vietnam War, Vietnam Prisoner of War, crimes. Network: NBC.
  
  9. Chancellor/Duke: President Nixon looking for FBI nominee. Time Code Start: 22:04. Keywords: Federal Bureau of Investigations, leaders, nominations, searches. Network: NBC.
  
  10. Chancellor: Haldeman disclaims Watergate. Time Code Start: 24:10. Keywords: advisors, counsels, attorneys, lawyers, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: NBC.
  
  11. Cronkite/Roth/Schakne: Meat boycott, AFL-CIO President George Meany calls President Nixon's economic plan a disaster. Time Code Start: 24:39. Keywords: food, meats, animal products, markets, retail stores, prices, costs, increases, shortages, protests, boycotts, leaders, labor, unions, American Federation of Labor, Congress of Industrial Organizations, economy, economics, budgets. Network: CBS.
  
  12. Cronkite/Mudd/Stahl: Senate tries to free FBI from Justice Department; more on Watergate. Time Code Start: 29:00. Keywords: Federal Bureau of Investigations, crime, espionage, spying, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: CBS.
  
  13. Cronkite: Cambodia; South Vietnam's President Thieu still in Washington. Time Code Start: 33:27. Keywords: Vietnam War, Cambodia, Presidents, travel, trips. Network: CBS.
  
  14. Cronkite/Morton: POW torture; Vietnam veteran dilemma. Time Code Start: 34:35. Keywords: Vietnam War, Vietnam Prisoner of War, prisons, treatment. Network: CBS.
  
  15. Cronkite: Unemployment at 5%. Time Code Start: 40:05. Keywords: jobs, unemployment, statistics. Network: CBS.

• New York Times of April 6, 1973

• AP Images photos from April 6, 1973
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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 1973 Broadcast Index

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