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August 1, 1971

Introduction

This almanac page for Sunday, August 1, 1971, pulls together various records created by the federal government and links to additional resources which can provide context about the events of the day.

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Next Date: Monday, August 2, 1971

Schedule and Public Documents

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

    The President's day began at Camp David, Maryland

  • 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.

    Digitized versions can be found at HathiTrust.

  • 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.

    No Federal Register published on this date

Archival Holdings

Any selection of archival documents will necessarily be partial. You should use the documents and folders identified below as a starting place, but consult the linked collection finding aids and folder title lists and the collections themselves for context. Many documents to be found this way do not lend themselves to association with specific dates, but are essential to a complete understanding of the material.

  • Selective document listing

    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.

  • 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)
      Sunday, August 1.

      At Camp David. The strike thing was the first question again this morning, and Shultz had a more optimistic report. They had negotiated on both steel and rails all night again last night. Steel postponed their strike 24 hours, because they were making some progress. They had been given our signal to get it settled. And Shultz thinks it was done without getting us into too much of a box. It's mainly a matter now of cleaning u-- clearing up details. Same basically applies to the rail thing, and George adds it up as being the odds now favor contracts on both of them by Monday morning. Then at 9:00 tonight, the steel people announced a settlement. So at least that one is done. Rails are still negotiating.

      President called me over to Aspen at 1:15 today, as it was pouring rain. He had called me earlier, and I was out playing tennis; and so he told me to wait and come in an hour or so, but then the rain came, and so I went on over. He had ordered a fire in the fireplace, although it was boiling hot outside, and when I walked in, the fire-- his study was completely full of smoke and Manolo was running around with papers trying to get fireplace to draw––kind of incongruous in August in Washington. He got back on to the conservative problem, wants to make sure Mitchell keeps working on them, giving the Conservative Party people appointments, and so forth, to keep them in line. Also he wants Hobe Lewis to form a small group of 8-10 conservative leaders that would be solid supporters of the President on all issues––some people like Hobe Lewis, Jeff Hart, Clare Luce, Billy Graham, and so on—to develop a letter writing capability and take other leadership steps to maintain the conservative support.

      He got to talking about scheduling a little bit, made the point that I've got to protect him against over scheduling a day, especially a twelve-hour day. He was saying this in the context of being very glad he hadn't gone to the Bohemian Grove Saturday, because it would have made the day too long. He says the problem is that he hasn't recognized himself, the wear and tear and the emotional strain of all the problems that he has on his mind. That it's different being President and trying to move around the country than it is being a candidate, because the candidate only worries about the next speech, where the President’s got to worry about that, plus all the decisions and the things that are hanging fire. So that-- so he feels that a President can't take as heavy a load as a candidate can, a point that I've been trying to make to him all along, but haven't really scored on.

      He got into domestic policy stuff again, made the point that he just doesn't want to waste time trying to sell the present Administration programs, that instead he wants to work for things that he believes in, sort of the same thing he'd been talking about before. On the economy, he now thinks we ought to get Rumsfeld, Shultz and Flanigan together to develop a plan for President leadership and bringing in labor and management for direct meetings in the industries where there might be strikes, and that we should have a man to do this on a regular basis, with the President stepping in from time on the major ones.

      End of August 1.
    • Original audio recording (MP3)

  • The National Archives Catalog is the online portal to the records held at the National Archives, and information about those records. It is the main way of describing our holdings and also provides access to electronic records and digitized versions of our holdings.

    The Catalog searches across multiple National Archives resources at once, including archival descriptions, digitized and electronic records, authority records, and web pages from Archives.gov and the Presidential Libraries. The Catalog also allows users to contribute to digitized historical records through tagging and transcription.

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National Security Documents

  • 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.

    • No President's Daily Brief delivered on this date

  • 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. V, United Nations, 1969-1972

    Chinese Representation in the United Nations

    • 387. Circular Telegram From the Department of State to Certain Posts, Washington, August 1, 1971, 1635Z

      Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, UN 6 CHICOM. Secret; Sensitive; Immediate; Nodis. Drafted by Feldman; cleared by Assistant Secretary Green, Herz, and Curran; and approved by Secretary Rogers. Sent to London, Brussels, Manila, Seoul, The Hague, and Bangkok and repeated to USUN, Taipei, Hong Kong, Wellington, Canberra, Tokyo, and Djakarta.

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

    Conferences on Nuclear and World Disarmament and Soviet UN Initiative on Non-Use of Force

    • 333. Telegram 139501 From the Department of State to the Mission in Geneva, Washington, August 1, 1971, 0152Z

      The telegram transmitted a statement by the People’s Republic of China that it would not participate in the five-power conference proposed by the Soviets.

      Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–1973, DEF 18–3. Confidential; Exdis. It was repeated to USNATO, London, Moscow, Paris, Tokyo, Canberra, Wellington, and Hong Kong. Drafted and approved by Martin (PM/DCA); and cleared by Farley (ACDA).

  • 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.

Audiovisual Holdings

  • The White House Tapes are sound recordings of President Richard Nixon's telephone conversations and of meetings held in the Oval Office and the Cabinet Room in the White House, the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building (OEOB), the Lincoln Sitting Room in the residence section of the White House, and several locations at the Presidential retreat at Camp David, Maryland. These recordings document many of the major events and decisions of the Nixon Administration from February 16, 1971 to July 18, 1973. Visit the White House Tapes finding aid to learn about the taping system's operation and archival processing.

    Cabinet Room

  • 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-4557
      "Joyce and Barbara: For Adults Only".
      PBS
      Runtime: 0:30

Context (External Sources)