August 2, 1971

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Among Pat Buchanan’s duties was the compilation and coordination of background briefing materials for Presidential and a few Vice Presidential press conferences. The briefings—for both the larger, announced press conferences and the smaller, informal ones held in the Oval Office—related to a widespread number of topics and were in the form of probable questions which the White House staff members anticipated news reporters would address to the President. Along with the questions, were answers recommended by Buchanan, other members of the White House staff, and the heads of major departments of the government.

The briefing books are primarily in the form of potential questions and suggested answers (often with heavy annotation by President Nixon), along with associated memos. A listing of briefing books is below, with indication of whether President Nixon annotated the book or not. Each book has an index to the potential questions with direct links to the National Archives Catalog. You should consult the full digital folder for suggested responses, President Nixon's annotations, and other documents and topics not covered by the index.

Foreign/Domestic August 2, 1971 (Annotated)

Citation: Foreign/Domestic August 2, 1971; box 4; White House Central Files: Staff Member and Office Files: Patrick J. Buchanan; Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, Yorba Linda, CA

Consult the full digital folders ([1 of 2] and [2 of 2]) for other briefing materials not in the form of prepared questions and answers.

• ECONOMY
  • Monetary Policy Been Expansive Enough?
  • RN Still Opposed to Incomes Policy?
  • Is RN Concerned About Polls Showing Low Consumer Confidence?
  • RN View of Mills Proposal for Tax-Expenditure Reduction -- And Wage-Price Controls?
  • Any Chance of Reaching four-and-one-half unemployment by '72?
  • Has Administration abandoned $1065 GNP goal?
  • Does RN believe, like Connally, that 4 percent unemployment in peacetime is a myth?
  • Is FY 1972 Full Employment Budget out of balance?
  • Does RN See Any Progress Against Inflation? Considering 6 June Figure?
  • What Has the President Done About Unemployment?
  • There has been a lot of pessimism recently about business conditions. Measures of consumer sentiment and the saving rate are high, and some businessmen seem to have become more cautious about the outlook. In the light of this, how do you justify the decision not to go for more stimulus?
• CONSERVATIVE REVOLT
  • Are you at all upset or concerned about the public defection of former conservative supporters like William F. Buckley, Jr., and do you anticipate primary opposition from the Right, a la McCloskey from the Left?
• THE VICE PRESIDENT
  • Can you tell us why you sent the Vice President abroad on his ten-nation tour; and when was he made aware of the fact that Henry Kissinger was going to Peking?
  • An aide of yours is reported to have told Republican leaders in Denver that whether or not Vice President Agnew is on the ticket in 1972 is the Vice President's decision. Can you tell us if this is correct?
  • Would you compare for us the relative qualities of the black leaders of Africa with the qualities of the black leaders of America?
  • Do you agree with Vice President Agnew that civil rights leaders in the United States should emulate the leaders of black African nations?
• WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND WOMEN'S LIB
  • In California, you and Secretary Rogers exchanged some jokes about the Women's Rights Movement leaders here in Washington -- can you give us your views on women's rights and women's lib? Also, how do you stand on the Equal Rights Amendment for Women?
• DR. BURNS AND THE FED
  • Can you tell us if you have given consideration to expansion of the Federal Reserve or to bringing it under the control of the Executive?
  • Has Dr. Burns been refused a pay raise?
  • Can you tell us your estimate of Dr. Burn's performance at the Fed? Are you satisfied with that choice?
• DECADENCE
  • In Kansas City you spoke of American Society in the same breath with that of Rome, and other collapsed civilizations of the past. Do you really think American society is in that dangerous a condition today -- and do you think that editors really have a role of cheerleader in American life?
• WELFARE REFORM
  • What is RN's reply to Senator Long's Charge that H.R. 1 will Create a Permanent Welfare Dependency State?
• CBS CONTEMPT CITATION
  • Did this Administration prevail upon Jerry Ford to oppose the Congressional contempt citation against Frank Stanton and CBS?
• BUSING
  • Can you tell us your view on the criticisms that HEW is coming up with desegregation plans that are so excessive as to warrant rejection by the Courts? Such as the Austin case.
• NEW AMERICAN REVOLUTION
  • How goes the new American Revolution?
• COMPROMISE ON REVENUE SHARING
  • Has the Administration agreed to compromise on revenue sharing?
• AGRICULTURE
  • Horse Sleeping Sickness epidemic in Texas (mucho TV time)
• COMMERCE
  • What is the status of Mack Truck Deal with Soviets?
• HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
  • Civil Rights Leaders have called your equal housing policy, an "effort to cure cancer with aspirin." Any comment?
• 18-YEAR-OLD VOTE
  • Where should the 18-year-olds vote? Home or School?
• PRAYER IN PUBLIC SCHOOL AMENDMENT
  • RN View?
• CAMPAIGN SPENDING
  • What RN favors?
• JUSTICE
  • Why No Decision on Kent State Grand Jury in 14 months?
  • Has Administration made a deal with Hoffa to parole him -- in exchange for stepping down as union boss?
  • Why Did RN ask to give SACB power of naming groups to the AG's List? (Controversy in conference now)
• HEROIN ADDICTION IN VIETNAM
  • How RN explain discrepancy between Jaffe's five percent, and Steele's fifteen percent?
• PRESS CONFERENCE
  • Why RN delay two months between conferences?
• ENVIRONMENT
  • Has Administration given private assurances to auto makers that 1975-76 deadlines for emission reductions will be relaxed?
• PAROCHIAL SCHOOL AID
  • How does RN view Supreme Court decisions on aid to non-public schools?
• AGING
  • What has RN done for the aging?
• THE PRESIDENT & CHINA
  • When do you think your visit to China will take place, and are there any other countries on the agenda?
  • Are we negotiating the specifics of the trip through the Chinese Embassy in Canada?
  • Can you tell us what your hopes are for this meeting with the Chinese. Do you think the meeting will produce a significant advance for world peace?
  • Why do you think this most hostile of governments has agreed to meet with an old antagonist and mortal foe like Richard M. Nixon?
  • What do you think will be the reaction to your proposed visit in Moscow and Hanoi?
  • Any comment on the Foreign Relations Committee vote to repeal the 1955 Formosa Resolution? What would the Administration do in the event of a Chinese attack on Formosa?
  • Any truth to report that you would like to have the trip completed as early as possible -- lest some incident force a cancellation?
  • You have said that your China visit is not directed against any other country, and will not be taken at the expense of old friends. How can you normalize relations with Peking without damaging or destroying our relations with Nationalist China?
  • Do you think there is a danger that the Soviets could construe this meeting as directed against them, and could react against the United States?
  • Do you think your visit to China will enhance the prospects for a negotiated settlement in Vietnam?
  • Do you really think it realistic to ask for a moratorium on speculation about the visit?
  • Have you any announcement yet on the United States position on Peking's entry into the United Nations.
  • How do you think the friends of the United States overall will view this rather abrupt departure from 22 years of established policy?
  • Was there any secret agreement made, were there any preconditions established, before you could visit Peking?
  • Would you comment on reports from Taipei that indicate the Governments of the ROC feel the US has reneged on its commitments?
• BRUCE, PARIS & THE SEVEN POINTS
  • Does Ambassador Bruce's resignation, LeDuc Tho's departure, and Porter's arrival to replace a diplomat of Bruce's caliber indicate a down-grading by both sides of the Paris peace talks? What kind of hopes do you retain for the Paris negotiations. Have we any official response yet to the offer of the other side?
• SOUTH VIETNAMESE ELECTIONS
  • Considering the enormous sacrifices in lives of the United States to bring representative government to Vietnam, how does this Government view recent actions taken by President Thieu which seem to inhibit effective democratic opposition to his candidacy for President?
  • Do we intend to send observers?
• DRUGS IN VIETNAM
  • Congressman Steele has charged that a Vietnamese General Dzu is involved in the drug traffic in Vietnam; and an NBC reporter has alleged that both Ky and Thieu have profited. Can we confirm official involvement in the illicit drug traffic --and what are we doing about it?
• WITHDRAWAL DATE FOR PRISONERS?
  • Why not simply agree to a conditional deadline for withdrawal of U.S. forces in exchange for return of our prisoners. Wouldn't that be a way out of the deadlock at Paris?
• PAKISTAN
  • With the slaughter now taking place in East Pakistan, why does not the United States stop further shipments of arms to the Government there? Is their cooperation in the Kissinger visit to Peking the reason for continued US assistance to that Government?
• SALT
  • Can you tell us when you expect final agreement at SALT, what you think it will contain; and whether there are any plans for you to go to the Summit to sign such an agreement with the Soviets?
• THE McNAMARA PAPERS
  • Will the Administration prosecute reporters and editors?
  • Does the President feel the Government made a mistake in attempting to suppress the papers -- especially in light of the Court decision? If the President had to do it over again, would he have done it differently?
  • Does the President believe the Times and the Post erred in publishing those papers?
  • Can you tell us if any damage has been done to the security interests of the United States by publication of those papers -- and precisely what damage?
  • What is your opinion as to what the papers contained?
  • What do you think will be the impact of these papers upon the Democratic Party, upon the reputation of President Johnson and Kennedy and upon the Presidency?
  • Has there been any progress on de-classification since the publication of those papers?
• DEFICIT IN TRADE BALANCE
  • How seriously do you view the unprecedented deficit in the American trade balance this year; and what is the Administration doing about it. Is there any action anticipated to curb the flow of Japanese imports?
• HUGH SCOTT ON WAR POWERS/FOREIGN AID
  • Minority Leader has favored restricted Presidential War Powers; voted to cut off all foreign aid if Defense refuses to run over internal planning documents. Is there an Administration split?
• RN POSITION ON JAVITS BILL
  • RN Position?
• VIETNAM
  • When will U.S. combat role in Vietnam end?
• NEW ROAD THROUGH DMZ
  • RN concerned?
• VIETNAM
  • EMK claims RN prolonging the war so that war's end will come sooner to the election? Any comment?
  • Which of two criteria -- fair chance for SVN or return of prisoners -- is more important to the United States?
  • Petroleum Exploration in Vietnam
• JAPAN
  • How does RN feel about Japan acquiring nuclear weapons?
  • Short notice of RN's announcement has caused serious internal political problems for Sato. Does RN believe our relations with Japan damaged?
  • Hirohito Visit? RN to Tokyo?
• GREECE
  • House Foreign Affairs Committee has voted to cut off military assistance to Greece, because of lack of progress in restoring democracy. RN position?
• SOVIET FLEET
  • Is RN concerned over rising Soviet nala power in Med?
• MIDDLE EAST
  • Peace Prospects? Any hope left for Israeli-Arab settlement?
  • Is the United States trying to squeeze Israel by withholding plane deliveries. Has Sisco made any new commitment?
• BERLIN
  • Four-Power talks on Berlin. RN Appraisal?
• ICELAND
  • RN comment on New Government's intention to seek US Pullout.
• SOUTH AFRICA
  • Why is US Ambassador hosing segregated receptions?
• LOCKHEED
  • Do Laird/Packard support Administration position on Lockheed?
• U THANT'S SUCCESSOR
  • Who will US support?
• CUBA
  • In view of China; initiatives, why not "normalize" with Cuba?
• BRAZIL
  • What is U.S. doing about harassment of U.S. fishing boats by Brazil?
• CHILE
  • Nationalization in Chile
• INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION
  • Conference Committee has refused to appropriate this year's U.S. contribution to ILO. What is Administration going to do?
• NUCLEAR WEAPONS
  • RN shifting nukes from Okinawa to Taiwan?
• MANSFIELD AMENDMENT/DRAFT
  • What does RN think of Mansfield Compromise? How long can nation go without the draft?
• TEXTILES
  • Where do we stand?
• AMCHITKA NUCLEAR TEST
  • Are you going to cancel the Nuclear Test on Amchitka Island?
• INFLATION
  • There was a thirty per cent wage settlement in steel for three years, forty-two per cent for rails for forty-two months -- and an eight per cent steel price increase. Do you consider this inflationary.
• ECONOMY
  • With the June figures on the economy, the rise in the cost of living, the trade imbalance, the sharp drop-off in the lead indicators, the $23.2 billion deficit for last year, do you think that the "Game Plan of the Administration is working? And how do you answer the counter-arguments -- the pessimism of men like Arthur Burns?
• SOUTH ASIA Policy Toward Refugees and Pakistan
  • What is the Administration doing for the refugees in India? Why does the Administration oppose an embargo on arms shipments to Pakistan?
• CHINA
  • Can you tell us whether your Vice President was aware that Henry Kissinger was going to Peking, and if not, when he was informed about this historic mission and its purpose?
  • Can we go a little further on that? We have been briefed by Dr. Kissinger that you, the Secretary of State, Henry and a few top White House aides were aware of the trip. Was the Vice President in that select number; and just when did he find out Henry had been to Peking?
• U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN LAOS
  • Just what is the extent of U.S. support to Laos?
  • Despite massive U.S. AID, isn't the situation in Laos deteriorating?
• PRC ENTRY TO UN
  • Does our policy really mean that the U.S. now favors giving the PRC Taiwan's seat on the Security Council?
  • A "Two Chinas" policy has been denounced by both Peking and Taipei. Is it realistic to think this kind of approach can be a solution to the problem?
• BUSING
  • Why did you issue your anti-busing statement?

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• President's Daily Brief of 02 August 1971

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Vol. V, United Nations, 1969-1972

Chinese Representation in the United Nations

• 388. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission to the United Nations, Washington, August 2, 1971, 2128Z

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, UN 6 CHICOM. Confidential; Immediate; Exdis. Drafted by Feldman; cleared by Pedersen, Aldrich, Herz, and Miller; and approved by Assistant Secretary De Palma. Repeated to Taipei, Canberra, and Wellington.

Vol. XIII, Soviet Union, October 1970-October 1971

Between Beijing and Moscow: Summit Announcement, July 19-October 12, 1971

• 306. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, August 2, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 716, Country Files, Europe, USSR, Vol. XV. Confidential. Sent for action. Johnston forwarded a draft of this memorandum to Haig on July 28. In his covering memorandum, Johnston noted that the memorandum for the President contained detailed information on the location of participating companies: “There are some in Michigan, but not in Gerry Ford’s district. Hugh Scott seems to have a near-monopoly on this project.” “As soon as our general relations with the USSR allow us to adopt some more abstract definition of our participation, i.e. the foundry,” Johnston suggested, “we should do so to reduce the awkwardness of having the President decide on specific firms in particular locations.” Kissinger wrote the following instructions in the margin: “Remind me to call Gerry Ford. Directive to Stans should go Monday [August 2] a.m. Call Peterson to keep informed.” (Ibid.) A notation on the memorandum from Kissinger indicates that the President saw it.

Vol. XIX, Part 2, Japan, 1969-1972

April-October 1971: Change and Reassessment

• 84. Summary Paper Prepared by the Interdepartmental Group for East Asia, Washington, August 2, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files) Box H–182, National Security Study Memoranda, NSSM 122 [2 of 3]. Secret. The Chairman of the NSC Interdepartmental Group for East Asia and the Pacific, Winthrop Brown, sent this study to Kissinger on August 2. (Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD Files: FRC 330–76–197, Box 67, Japan, 092, SRG Mtg. material) For NSSM 122, see Document 72.

Vol. XXIX, Eastern Europe, 1969-1972

Yugoslavia

• 229. Intelligence Information Cable, Washington, August 2, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 733, Country Files—Europe, Yugoslavia, Vol. II Aug 70–Aug 71. Secret; No Foreign Dissem; Controlled Dissem; No Dissem Abroad. Prepared in the CIA and sent to agencies in the Intelligence Community. A notation on the cable reads: “HAKed.”

Vol. XXXII, SALT I, 1969-1972

From SALT Announcement to Summit Announcement, May 27-October 12, 1971

• 187. Memorandum From Secretary of Defense Laird to President Nixon, Washington, August 2, 1971

  Source: Ford Library, Laird Papers, Box 26, SALT, Chronological File. Top Secret; Sensitive.

Vol. E-7, Documents on South Asia, 1969-1972

Afghanistan, 1969-1972

• 340. Telegram 4745 From the Embassy in Afghanistan to the Department of State, Kabul, August 2, 1971, 0946Z

  Ambassador Neumann met with King Zahir and pointed up the problems he felt the new Government would have to address, particularly with regard to the economy.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 15–1 AFG. Confidential. In telegram 4797 from Kabul, August 4, Neumann reported that he raised the same issues in his initial conversation with Prime Minister Zahir. (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 of many of these transcripts can be found on the Yale University Library website.

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.

Old Executive Office Building

• 268-1; Unknown between 2:05 p.m. & 2:53 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 268-2; Unknown between 2:05 p.m. & 2:53 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 268-3; Unknown between 2:05 p.m. & 2:53 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 268-4; 2:53 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.
• 268-5; 3:01 p.m. - 6:17 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Mitchell, John N.; Higby, Lawrence M.; White House operator; Nunn, Lee R.; Connally, John B.; Sanchez, Manolo; [Unknown person(s)]; Rogers, William P.
• 268-6; Unknown between 7:30 p.m. & 9:50 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Shultz, George P.; Connally, John B.; Sanchez, Manolo
• 269-2; Unknown between 9:50 p.m. & 9:51 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo
• 269-3; 9:51 p.m. - 9:55 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Dent, Harry S.
• 269-4; 9:55 p.m. - 9:55 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 269-5; 9:56 p.m. - 10:02 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.
• 269-6; Unknown between 10:02 p.m. & 10:46 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 269-7; Unknown between 10:02 p.m. & 10:46 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 269-8; 10:46 a.m. - 10:56 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.

Oval Office

• 553-1; Unknown between 8:35 a.m. & 9:20 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo
• 553-2; Unknown between 8:35 a.m. & 9:20 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 553-3; 9:20 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; [Unknown person(s)]; White House operator; Shultz, George P.
• 553-4; Unknown between 9:50 a.m. & 9:55 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 553-5; 9:55 a.m. - 9:56 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Warren, Gerald L.
• 553-6; 9:58 a.m. - 2:05 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Shultz, George P.; Bull, Stephen B.; Connally, John B.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); White House operator; Curtis, Carl T.; Goldwater, Barry M.; Ehrlichman, John D.; Morgan, Edward L.; Aiken, George D.; Sanchez, Manolo; Boggs, J. Caleb; MacGregor, Clark
• 553-7; Unknown between 2:05 p.m., 8/2 & 11:36 a.m., 6/30; United States Secret Service agents

White House Telephone

• 7-41; Unknown between 8:52 a.m. & 9:42 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 7-42; 9:42 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Shultz, George P.
• 7-43; Unknown between 9:45 a.m. & 12:00 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 7-44; Unknown between 9:45 a.m. & 12:00 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 7-45; 12:00 p.m. - 12:03 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Curtis, Carl T.
• 7-46; 12:04 p.m. - 12:09 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Goldwater, Barry M.
• 7-47; Unknown between 12:09 p.m. & 12:18 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 7-48; 12:18 p.m. - 12:21 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Shultz, George P.
• 7-49; Unknown between 12:21 p.m. & 12:56 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 7-50; 12:56 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Aiken, George D.
• 7-51; Unknown between 1:00 p.m. & 1:08 p.m.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); White House operator; Connally, John B.
• 7-52; 1:08 p.m. - 1:08 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 7-53; 1:08 p.m. - 1:08 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 7-54; 1:17 p.m. - 1:18 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Boggs, J. Caleb
• 7-55; 1:19 p.m. - 1:19 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 7-56; 1:19 p.m. - 1:19 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 7-57; Unknown between 1:19 p.m. & 11:07 p.m.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); White House operator
• 7-58; Unknown between 1:19 p.m. & 11:07 p.m.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); MacGregor, Clark
• 7-59; Unknown between 1:19 p.m. & 11:07 p.m.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); White House operator
• 7-60; Unknown between 1:19 p.m. & 11:07 p.m.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Connally, John B.

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-6926 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-6926-03-08, Blind visitors in front of the White House. 8/2/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, South Portico Stairs. blind visitors.

Roll WHPO-6928 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-6928-03-05, Pat Nixon standing with representatives of the Dunbar School of the Blind. 8/2/1971, Washington, D.C. unknown. Pat Nixon, adults, children.
• Frame(s): WHPO-6928-06-20, Pat Nixon spending volunteer project time with a group of "inner-city" children on the Sequoia yacht. 8/2/1971, Washington, D.C. The Sequoia yacht. Pat Nixon, adults, children.

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.

F - Secretary of State Briefings

• WHCA-SR-F-017
  Press conference by Sec. Rogers. (8/2/1971, State Department)
  
  Runtime: 20:00
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by State Department; Recorded by BAC (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

G - Cabinet Officer Briefings

• WHCA-SR-G-130
  Press briefing by Secretary of Labor James D. Hodgson on the railroad strike, with Ronald Ziegler. (8/2/1971, Press Center)
  
  Runtime: 25:00:00
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by JMC (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

H - White House Staff Member Recordings

• WHCA-SR-H-420
  Press briefing by Herbert Klein and Clark MacGregor. (8/2/1971, Press Center, White House)
  
  Runtime: 41:25:00
  
  Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by JMC (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

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• August 1971 Broadcast Index

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• August 2, 1971