April 9, 1972

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The President's day began at Key Biscayne, Florida

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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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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.

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

U.S.-Soviet Relations and the Spring Offensive in Vietnam, March 30-April 18, 1972

• 87. Transcript of Telephone Conversation Between President Nixon and his Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), April 9, 1972, 10:45 a.m.

  Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box 371, Telephone Conversations, Chronological File. No classification marking. According to the President’s Daily Diary, Kissinger placed the call. (National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Central Files) Nixon was in Key Biscayne, Florida; Kissinger was in Washington.

• 88. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, April 9, 1972, 4:56-5:15 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 493, President’s Trip Files, Dobrynin/Kissinger, 1972, Vol. 10. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. No drafting information appears on the memorandum. The meeting was held in Haldeman’s office at the White House.

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-8859 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-8859-02-04, President Nixon walking from his helicopter to the "Spirit of '76.". 4/9/1972, Homestead, Florida tarmac, Homestead Air Force Base. President Nixon, staff, military personnel.

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-5267
  "Face the Nation", "Meet the Press" AND "Issues and Answers". ABC News correspondent Harry Reasoner.
  ABC
  Runtime: 1:30
• WHCA-5268
  "60 Minutes".
  Undetermined, Eastern Educational Network
  Runtime: 01:00:11
• WHCA-5272
  Weekly News Summary, Tape I.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
  
  43. B-52's strike North Vietnamese targets. Time Code Start: 77:53. Keywords: Vietnam War, aircraft, bombings. Network: ABC.
  
  44. Film report on heavy fighting for An Loc, Highway 13 in Vietnam. Time Code Start: 78:34. Keywords: Vietnam War. Network: ABC.
  
  45. Secretary of Defense Laird promises new air, naval support to South Vietnam. Time Code Start: 80:01. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, military, Cambodia, Vietnam War, speeches, statements. Network: ABC.
  
  46. Film report on the dispatch of aircraft carriers USS Midway and USS Saratoga to Southeast Asia. Time Code Start: 81:29. Keywords: Vietnam War, Naval, Navy, ships, Asian, Indochina, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, and Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, East Timor, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore. Network: ABC.
  
  47. Report on President Nixon's remarks regarding Soviet aid to North Vietnam at signing ceremony for germ warfare agreement. Time Code Start: 84:29. Keywords: bills, laws, signings, treaty, treaties, war, agreements, chemicals, nerve gas, biological weapons, Agent Orange, herbicidal warfare, defoliants, Vietnam War, Soviet Union, Russia, USSR. Network: ABC.
  
  48. Report on rural poverty in the shadow of the Kennedy Space Center. Time Code Start: 86:21. Keywords: anti-poverty, destitution, lifestyles, NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, space program. Network: ABC.
  
  49. Harry Reasoner commentary on the North Vietnamese offensive. Time Code Start: 89:16. Keywords: Vietnam War. Network: ABC.

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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.

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