August 16, 1973

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• Proclamation 4234—National Legal Secretaries' Court Observance Week
• Proclamation 4235—National Next Door Neighbor Day, 1973
• Proclamation 4236—Women's Equality Day

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• Federal Register of Thursday, August 16, 1973

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• News Summaries, Unmarked News Summaries, Box 59, News Summaries - August 1973 [8 of 14] [Note: Due to the way News Summary products were compiled, you should also consult nearby days for potentially relevant materials.]
  • News Summary, August 16, 1973, (Wed. nets, wires. Comment separate. Speech report separate)
  • Digest of Recent Comment, August 16, 1973

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• President's Daily Brief of 16 August 1973

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Vol. XVIII, China, 1973-1976

Political Turmoil in the United States, June 1973-September 1974

• 49. Memorandum From Charles Cooper, Robert D. Hormats, and Richard H. Solomon of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, August 16, 1973

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 527, Country Files, Far East, People’s Republic of China, Vol. 8, July 10–Dec 31, 1973. Confidential. Sent for information. Kissinger received the memorandum on August 22, and wrote at the top of the first page, “Make sure we reduce delegation to Canton.”

Vol. XXVII, Iran; Iraq, 1973-1976

Iraq, January 1973-December 1974

• 229. Backchannel Message From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to the Ambassador to Iran (Helms), Washington, August 16, 1973, 1354Z

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 425, Backchannel Files, 1973, Middle East/Africa. Top Secret; Sensitive.

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

Organizing for Defense, Economic, and Global Issues

• 164. Memorandum From Charles A. Cooper of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, August 16, 1973

  Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box CL 38, Chronological File, 11 Aug.–6 Sept. 1973. Confidential. Sent for action. Printed from a copy that Cooper did not initial.

Vol. E-14, Part 1, Documents on the United Nations, 1973-1976

United Nations Affairs

• 8. Telegram 163147 From the Department of State to All Diplomatic Posts, August 16, 1973, 2300Z., August 16, 1973, 2300Z

  The Department identified key issues to be addressed at the 28th United Nations General Assembly.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, USUN Files, Lot 84–83–0001, UNGA 3 Sessions 28th, 1973. Confidential.

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

• WHCA-SR-S-266
  Press briefing by Gerald Warren. (8/16/1973, White House Press Lobby)
  
  Runtime: 46:17:00
  
  Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by KMR (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
• WHCA-SR-S-267
  Petroleum briefing by John Love, Secretary of the Interior Rogers Morton, Frederick Dent, and Charles DiBona. (8/16/1973, EOB Conference Room (450))
  
  Runtime: 50:00:00
  
  Keywords: Briefings, public briefings, statements to the press (see also Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media)
  
  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.

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• WHCA-6494
  CBS Special: "Watergate and the President".
  CBS
  Runtime: 01:05:20
• WHCA-6495
  NBC Special: "Watergate: The President's Speech".
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 01:05:35
• WHCA-6497
  Weekly News Summary, Tape II.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 01:33:34
  
  26. Smith/Landay/Donaldson: Watergate Committee reaction to President Nixon's speech. Time Code Start: 66:20. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: ABC.
  
  27. Reasoner/Schoumacher: Jeb Magruder pleads guilty on Watergate bugging. Time Code Start: 70:40. Keywords: bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, recordings, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: ABC.
  
  28. Reasoner/Kincaid/Sherwood: Reactions to President Nixon's Watergate speech, domestic and foreign. Time Code Start: 73:06. Keywords: Presidents, speeches, public opinions, polls, approval ratings, Gallup poll, Harris poll, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals,. Network: ABC.
  
  29. Smith/Kaestner: Vice President Agnew speech in Denver, Colorado. Time Code Start: 77:10. Keywords: Vice Presidents, travel, trips, speeches. Network: ABC.
  
  30. Reasoner: Commentary on President Nixon's speech, President has said all he intends to about Watergate, disclosures probably final. Time Code Start: 79:14. Keywords: Presidents, speeches, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, impeachment. Network: ABC.
  
  31. Utley/Goralski/Jones: President Nixon's speech and response to it; Senator Sam Ervin answers President Nixon's charges in North Carolina. Time Code Start: 80:55. Keywords: Presidents, speeches, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, scandals. Network: NBC.
  
  32. Utley/Kay/Davis/Oliver/Kiker: More on response to President Nixon's speech. Time Code Start: 85:01. Keywords: Presidents, speeches. Network: NBC.
• WHCA-6498
  Weekly News Summary, Tape III.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 0:30
  
  1. Utley/Graham: Jeb Magruder pleads guilty on Watergate charges. Time Code Start: 00:00. Keywords: bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, recordings, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: NBC.
  
  2. Utley/Nesson: Vice President Agnew investigation. Time Code Start: 01:52. Keywords: Vice Presidents, resignations, terminations, taxes, investments, investigations, hearings. Network: NBC.
  
  3. Mudd/Graham: Jeb Magruder pleads guilty to Watergate bugging. Time Code Start: 03:59. Keywords: bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, recordings, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: CBS.
  
  4. Mudd/Serafin: Vice President Agnew investigation. Time Code Start: 05:47. Keywords: Vice Presidents, resignations, terminations, taxes, investments, investigations, hearings. Network: CBS.
  
  5. Mudd/Rabel: Senator Ervin answers President Nixon's charges in North Carolina. Time Code Start: 08:12. Keywords: Presidents, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, scandals. Network: CBS.
  
  6. Mudd/Dean/Rather: Response to President Nixon Mudd/Dean/Rather: response to Nixon's speech; analysis of Nixon's speech. Time Code Start: 11:12. Keywords: Presidents, speeches. Network: CBS.
  
  7. Mudd/Benton: Wheat futures, food prices, and Phase IV. Time Code Start: 16:28. Keywords: food, wage and price controls, freezes, prices, costs, increases, decreases, economy, economics, budgets, finances, recession, inflation, money. Network: CBS.
• WHCA-6499
  "60 Minutes". Bill Moyers, Alexander Haig.
  Undetermined
  Runtime: 00:59:56

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