August 13, 1973

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The President's day began at The White House - Washington, D. C.

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• Statement on Signing a Highway and Mass Transit Bill.

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• Federal Register of Monday, August 13, 1973

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• News Summaries, Unmarked News Summaries, Box 59, News Summaries - August 1973 [5 of 14] [Note: Due to the way News Summary products were compiled, you should also consult nearby days for potentially relevant materials.]
  • Weekend News Review, August 13, 1973
  • Digest of Weekend Comment, August 13, 1973
• News Summaries, Unmarked News Summaries, Box 59, News Summaries - August 1973 [6 of 14]
  • Magazine Review, Week of August 13, 1973

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• President's Daily Brief of 13 August 1973

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Vol. XXI, Chile, 1969-1973

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

• 341. Memorandum From the Chief of the Western Hemisphere Division of the Directorate of Operations, Central Intelligence Agency (Phillips) to the Deputy Director for Operations, Central Intelligence Agency (Karamessines), Washington, August 13, 1973

  Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Executive Registry, Job 80M01066A, Box 1, File C–7, Chile 1973. Secret. A copy was sent to the ADDO.

Vol. XXVII, Iran; Iraq, 1973-1976

Iran, January-August 1973

• 32. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, August 13, 1973, 3:10-3:40 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 603, Country Files—Middle East, Iran, Vol. V, May–December 1973. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. The meeting took place in Kissinger’s office. All brackets are in the original.

Iraq, January 1973-December 1974

• 228. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, August 13, 1973

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL IRAQ–US. Secret. Drafted by Strong and Korn.

Vol. XXXVIII, Part 2, Organization and Management of Foreign Policy; Public Diplomacy, 1973-1976

The National Security Council System

• 196. Memorandum by the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) and the President’s Assistant for Legislative Affairs (Timmons), Washington, August 13, 1973

  Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Legislative Interdepartmental Group File, Box 3, Chronological File, April 1971–October 1974. No classification marking. At this time, General Walters was Acting DCI after Schlesinger’s resignation on July 2 and until Colby’s swearing-in on September 4.

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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Roll WHPO-E1352 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1352-02-08, President Nixon seated in the Oval Office signing Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 (S-502) while officials stand nearby. 8/13/1973, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Director of the Energy Policy Office John A. Love, Secretary of Transportation Claude S. Brinegar, Deputy Under Secretary of Transportation Theodore C. Lutz, Federal Highway Administrator Norbert T. Tiemann, Urban Mass Transportation Administrator Frank C. Herringer, National Highway Transportation Safety Administrator James B. Gregory, Chairman of the Senate Public Works Committee Senator Jennings Randolph (D-West Virginia), Ranking Minority Member of the Senate Public Works Committee Senator Howard H. Baker (R-Tennessee), Congressman Robert P. Hanrahan (R-Illinois), Staff Assistant Michael Raoul-Duval, Associate Director of the Domestic Council Lt. Col. Dana G. Mead, Assistant Minority Counsel for the Senate Public Works Committee Richard C. Peet, Chief Counsel for the Senate Public Works Committee M. Barry Meyer, Commissioner of Public Works for Chicago, Illinois Milton Pikarsky, Highway Action Coalition John Kramer.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1352-04, President Nixon seated in the Oval Office signing Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 (S-502) while officials stand nearby. 8/13/1973, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. Chairman of the Senate Public Works Committee Senator Jennings Randolph (D-West Virginia), Director of the Energy Policy Office John A. Love, Secretary of Transportation Claude S. Brinegar, Federal Highway Administrator Norbert T. Tiemann, Urban Mass Transportation Administrator Frank C. Herringer, Ranking Minority Member of the Senate Public Works Committee Senator Howard H. Baker (R-Tennessee), Congressman Robert P. Hanrahan (R-Illinois), Associate Director of the Domestic Council Lt. Col. Dana G. Mead; 4 of 7:Deputy Under Secretary of Transportation Theodore C. Lutz, National Highway Transportation Safety Administrator James B. Gregory, Staff Assistant Michael Raoul-Duval, Assistant Minority Counsel for the Senate Public Works Committee Richard C. Peet, Chief Counsel for the Senate Public Works Committee M. Barry Meyer, Commissioner of Public Works, Chicago, Illinois Milton Pikarsky; John Kramer, Highway Action Coalition.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1352-10-16, Director of the Energy Policy Office John Love and Senator Jennings Randolph. 8/13/1973, Washington, D.C. Director of the Energy Policy Office John A. Love.

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K - Informal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-K-087
  Photo opportunity, Highway Act signing-Oval Office. (8/13/1973)
  
  Runtime: 2:00
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

S - White House Press Office Briefings (continuation of the L-series)

• WHCA-SR-S-257
  Press briefing by Melvin Laird [poor quality recording]. (8/13/1973, Chicago Illinois)
  
  Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by RMM (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
• WHCA-SR-S-258
  Pool report on the signing of the Highway Act [tape is blank]. (8/13/1973, White House Press LobbyWhite House Press Lobby)
  
  Runtime: 2:52
  
  Keywords: news reports
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by JDF (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
• WHCA-SR-S-259
  Press briefing by Claude Brinegar and Melvin Laird. (8/13/1973, White House Press Lobby)
  
  Runtime: 20:15
  
  Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by JDF (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
• WHCA-SR-S-260
  Press briefing by Gerald Warren. (8/13/1973, White House Press Lobby)
  
  Runtime: 39:40:00
  
  Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by JDF (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
• WHCA-SR-S-261
  Ross, Shepard, Cavanaugh, and Cole brief summer interns [reel 1 of 2 rec'd. by NARA]. (8/13/1973, EOB Conference Room (450))
  
  Runtime: 1:35:00
  
  Keywords: Briefings, private briefings
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by GSA; Recorded by Earl Doss (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
• WHCA-SR-S-262
  Briefing of summer interns by Howard Calloway. (8/13/1973, EOB Conference Room (450))
  
  Runtime: 49:00:00
  
  Keywords: Briefings, private briefings
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by GSA; Recorded by Earl Doss (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
• WHCA-SR-S-263
  Press briefing by Gerald Warren. (8/13/1973, White House Press Lobby)
  
  Runtime: 42:50:00
  
  Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by RAW (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-6496
  Weekly News Summary, Tape I.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
  
  25. Smith/Schoumacher: Archibald Cox goes to court for President Nixon's tapes. Time Code Start: 50:18. Keywords: law officials, attorneys, lawyers, bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, recordings, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, scandals. Network: ABC.
  
  26. Smith/Gill: Vice President Agnew investigation; President Nixon and Vice President Agnew spat. Time Code Start: 52:38. Keywords: Vice Presidents, resignations, terminations, taxes, investments, investigations, hearings, meetings. Network: ABC.
  
  27. Smith/Kincaid: Phase IV. Time Code Start: 54:32. Keywords: wage and price controls, freezes, prices, costs, increases, decreases, economy, economics, budgets, finances, recession, inflation, money. Network: ABC.
  
  28. Smith/Tomlinson: Cambodian bombing [Vietnam]. Time Code Start: 58:35. Keywords: Cambodia, Vietnam War, bombings. Network: ABC.
  
  29. Smith: Commentary on food prices and inflation. Time Code Start: 59:38. Keywords: food, meat, agriculture, plants, animal products, dairy products, prices, costs, increases, shortages, economy, economics, budgets, finances, recession, inflation, money, wages, unemployment. Network: ABC.
  
  30. Chancellor/Cochran: Cambodian bombing, Friedheim [Vietnam]. Time Code Start: 61:25. Keywords: Cambodia, Vietnam War, bombings. Network: NBC.
  
  31. Chancellor/Goralski: Archibald Cox goes to court for President Nixon's tapes. Time Code Start: 63:35. Keywords: law officials, attorneys, lawyers, bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, recordings, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, scandals. Network: NBC.
  
  32. Chancellor/Mackin: Ehrlichman has press conference. Time Code Start: 65:50. Keywords: advisors, counsels, attorneys, lawyers, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, media, press conferences, news conferences, interviews. Network: NBC.
  
  33. Chancellore/Nessen: Vice President Agnew investigation. Time Code Start: 67:45. Keywords: Vice Presidents, resignations, terminations, taxes, investments, investigations, hearings. Network: NBC.
  
  34. Chancellor/Brinkley's Journal: Scotland Iles. Time Code Start: 70:33. Keywords: United Kingdom, islands, travel, needs review - journal on on Scotland for this date in Vanderbilt News Archive. Network: NBC.
  
  35. Mudd/Graham/Shaw: Archibald Cox wants President Nixon's tapes, Vice President Agnew investigation. Time Code Start: 73:00. Keywords: law officials, attorneys, lawyers, bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, recordings, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, scandals. Network: CBS.
  
  36. Mudd/Rather: Phase III of II on President Nixon's deal for San Clemente, California property. Time Code Start: 76:49. Keywords: Western White House, La Casa Pacifica, investigations, real estate purchases, cabinet, advisors, wage and price controls, freezes, prices, costs, increases, decreases, economy, economics, budgets, finances, recession, inflation, money. Network: CBS.
  
  37. Mudd/Wagner/Chase: President Nixon signs bill for mass transit. Time Code Start: 78:13. Keywords: bills, laws, signings, public transportation, commuting, rapid transit, ferries, ferry boats, subways, trains, railroads, vehicles, busing, taxis, airlines, airliners, car pools, trolley cars. Network: CBS.
  
  38. Mudd: Cambodian bombing [Vietnam]. Time Code Start: 80:32. Keywords: Cambodia, Vietnam War, bombings. Network: CBS.
  
  39. Mudd/Drinkwater: Ehrlichman has press conference. Time Code Start: 81:07. Keywords: advisors, counsels, attorneys, lawyers, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, media, press conferences, news conferences, interviews. Network: CBS.

• TIME magazine of August 13, 1973

• New York Times of August 13, 1973

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• August 1973 Broadcast Index

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• August 13, 1973