August 22, 1973

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• Original typewritten diary (PDF)

The President's day began at San Clemente, California

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• Letter Accepting the Resignation of William P. Rogers as Secretary of State.
• The President's News Conference

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• Federal Register of Wednesday, August 22, 1973

Selective document listing

President's Office Files

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• News Summaries, Unmarked News Summaries, Box 59, News Summaries - August 1973 [10 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 22, 1973, (Tues. nets, wires, papers. Further speech reaction separate)
  • Further Comment on RN's W'Gate Speech, August 22, 1973

President's Personal File

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• President's Speech File
  • Box 88, Wednesday, August 22, 1973, Press Conference

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.

PRESIDENT'S BRIEFING BOOK 8/22/73 (Annotated)

Citation: PRESIDENT'S BRIEFING BOOK 8/22/73; box 6; 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.

• THE PRESIDENT
  • The Gallup Poll shows a large segment of the American people, 44%, unconvinced by your speech; your Gallup approval rating has fallen to the lowest level of your Presidency. Do you believe Watergate has permanently impaired your capacity to lead and govern the United States?
  • Did you seriously discuss resignation with your family as your daughter Julie Eisenhower suggested?
  • Do you think that if the Administration had been more open; if your staff had been structured differently; if there had been more press conferences, that Watergate might have been avoided?
  • Do you plan to hold more press conferences in the future: this is the first meeting with the press in five months?
  • Can you foresee any development, such as the indictment of the Vice President, or new revelations, which would convince you to resign from office?
  • In light of what now appears to have been an unprecedented number of misleading and false statements from the White House, on Watergate, do you think Presidential credibility can ever be restored?
  • Since Mr. Ziegler was the instrument of so many misleading statements, is it likely he will ever again be the official White House spokesman?
  • Do you feel that the involvement of so many of your oldest and closest friends in felonies, misdemeanors and gross errors in judgment, reflects upon your capacity as a judge of men?
• THE VICE PRESIDENT
  • From your conversations with Elliot Richardson, and your knowledge of the investigations in Maryland, do you anticipate that Vice President Agnew will be indicted?
  • If the Vice President is indicted, will you request his resignation?
  • Do you have the same confidence in the integrity and probity of your Vice President as you once had -- do you still feel him qualified to be President -- and why have you not given him the vote of confidence you gave Messrs. Haldeman and Ehrlichman on April 30?
  • Do you think you are suffering by contrast with the direct forthright manner in whichs the Vice President is dealing with his difficulties?
  • Can you characterize for us the nature of your conversations with the Vice President; did you discuss his resignation; did you counsel against his "going public" with his response?
• WATERGATE QUESTIONS
  • Why did you not question John Mitchell at all about Watergate, when he departed, or on the many occasions when you were together -- between June 1972 and April 1973?
  • Can you tell us why you did not press FBI Director Gray further, when he said someone on your staff was out to "mortally wound" you. Were not your suspicions aroused?
  • You have stated that prior to August 29 you pressed hard and repeatedly for answers on Watergate. Can you tell us whom it was you pressed and when?
  • Who warned you the CIA might be involved; and what made you wary of the investigation of the Mexican connection?
  • Why did you not pick up the telephone and call Director Helms if you felt that there was CIA involvement?
  • Did you ever discuss executive clemency; and if not, why not simply prove John Dean a lair by showing the March 13 tapes? Has any one of your lawyers or aides looked over that tape to determine that John Dean was not telling the truth?
  • In all your hundreds of meetings with Haldeman and Ehrlichman, did not once the subject of payments to the defendants come up, after June 17 and before March?
  • Did you ever authoritze any payments to the Watergate defendants or their families -- were you aware of any such?
  • Can you give us your version of that September 15 meeting with John Dean -- when you allegedly complimented him on a good job?
  • Have you listened to the tapes to determine if John Dean's interpretation was not an unfair one?
  • In view of the fact that John Ehrlichman and Bob Haldeman at the least kept from you information that has damaged your Presidency -- do you still consider them two of "the finest public servants you have ever known?
  • When Henry Petersen suggested you keep Dean and fire Haldeman, why did you do the reverse?
  • Did you ask Dean to sign one of those two letters of resignation, implicating him in the Watergate, as he testified?
  • If John Dean confessed his involvement in a massive cover-up as of March 21, why did you then re-assign him, in effect, to write the report on the question. And just who was it that you directed to make the sweeping new investigation into Watergate, if not Mr. Petersen and Mr. Kleindienst, as they testified?
• THE COMMITTEE, COX & THE PRESS
  • Do you believe that the Ervin Committee has conducted itself fairly and judiciously; the other night you seemed to imply that it has reconstituted itself as a "Get Nixon" Committee?
  • Do you share the view expressed by some of your adies, and others, that your enemies in the press and politics are attempting to use Watergate to overturn the political verdict of 1972?
  • Are you satisfied with the performance of the Special Prosecutor, Mr. Cox. There have been reports that both you and members of the White House staff are alarmed by the scope and range of his inquiries, and the political coloration of his staff?
  • Do you think the Ervin hearings should be discontinued?
• TAPES
  • If the Court rules in favor of Mr. Cox or the Ervin Committee, will you turn over the tapes?
  • If the tapes are necessary to prove the innocence or guilt of someone in the trials, will they then not be released -- even if it means the guilty go free, or the innocent are punished?
  • Hasn't the principle of confidentiality already been breached, when private citizen Bob Haldeman, was given access to the tapes?
  • Have you listened to those tapes in preparation of your statements?
  • Can you tell us your view of the propriety of taping the conversation of visitors to the Oval Office -- without their knowledge?
  • Who in the White House knew of that taping capacity?
• ELLSBERG BREAK-IN
  • If you knew nothing of the Ellsberg break-in until March 17, what activities of the plumbers were you trying to shield, post June 17?
  • You have stated, several times, that you did not authorize the break-in at Dr. Ellsberg's office. Mr. Dean has testified that Bud Krogh said the orders for that break-in came "right out of the Oval Office." Is there a possibility that something you said convinced Mr. Krogh he had such authority?
  • Can you tell us why as a lawyer, from mid-March to late April, you did not inform the Ellsberg trial of that break-in.
  • If Mr. Hoover would not carry out that 1970 plan, or properly investigate the Ellsberg case -- so that you had to use White House "plumbers" -- why did you not fire him?
  • Is it only coincidence that, in that period, when Mr. Ellsberg was on trial, John Ehrlichman, with your approval, sounded out the trial judge, Matt Byrne, on the FBI appointment?
  • Don't you feel Mr. Ehrlichman should have informed you of the Ellsberg break-in before March 17th?
  • What proof was there that Mr. Ellsberg had given the Pentagon Papers to the Soviets?
  • Do you agree with John Ehrlichman that the President has the inherent power to burglarize, if he deems national security requires it?
• SAN CLEMENTE
  • Can you tell us if Mr. Rebozo is the silent partner in the purchase of San Clemente?
  • Do you think this property is fairly assessed?
  • Do you believe that every dollar spent here at San Clemente -- for surveying, landscaping, den furniture and even "decorative pillows" was a wise and necessary investment of the taxpayers' money?
• DIRTY TRICKS
  • Were you aware of the Caulfield-Ulasewitz team, or any other White House investigations of the private and sex lives of your political opponents?
  • Were you aware at any time that Mr. Hunt had forged a cable, implicating President Kennedy in the Diem assassination -- did Mr. Colson ever speak to you about this?
  • Do you share John Ehrlichman's view that the drinking and sex habits of candidates are legitimate campaign fodder?
  • Did you know of Haldeman's authorization and Chapin's hiring of Donald Segretti, the political saboteur?
  • Did you know of the wiretap on Joe Kraft's phone?
  • Did you order, or know of the tap on Bill Safire's phone?
  • Were you aware of the White House investigation of Chappaquiddick, or of Mr. Haldeman's order to Mr. Higby to put Senator Kennedy under 24-hour surveillance?
  • Did you ask Bob Haldeman to request that FBI report on Daniel Schorr; and were you aware that the subsequent "cover story" put out by the White House, about a "job in the environment" was a phony?
  • Can you tell us how so many "dirty tricks" could have been carried out with the approval of some of your closest subordinates, without your knowledge -- or at the least, without a belief that you would approve had you known?
• ENEMIES LIST
  • Mr. Dean testified that you told him to keep a list of press people giving the Administration a bad time on Watergate, so you could retaliate after the election was over. Did you make such a statement?
  • Were you aware of the enemies list?
  • Did you tell John Dean to use the Internal Revenue Service to go after the political enemies of the White House, as he testified?
  • Were you aware the Secret Service was being used to provide political information to your staff?
• ITT
  • According to a memorandum of Charles Colson, you discussed ITT with Mr. Mitchell; and if the truth were known, the scandal would be laid at the door of the Oval Office. Will you comment upon this?
• WATERGATE
  • If your speech, you seemed to equate Watergate with the demonstrations of the 1960s. Don't you think there's a difference because those who practiced civil disobedience did so openly and proudly, and were prepared to go to jail if necessasry, as a matter of principle, for their beliefs?
• TAPES
  • Isn't it hypocritical to say giving the tapes to the court would violate privacy? Wasn't it your making the tapes in the first place that violated privacy?
  • You say the tapes were made for the purposes of history, but you say they're ambiguous and wouldn't prove anything about Watergate. Then wouldn't they just confuse historians even more?
• FALSIFICATION OF REPORTS
  • Even if you ordered the bombing of Cambodia in 1969, why did you order falsification of reports; why did you say on April 30, 1970, that we had respected the neutrality of that country?
• CAMBODIA
  • How long do you anticipate the Cambodian Government can survive without U.S. air support?
  • Under what conditions would the United States renew the bombing, or would you go to Congress for renewed authorization? (Secretary of Defense stated Friday that renewed aggression from Hanoi could trigger a renewal of U.S. bombing in Indochina.)
• ARVN INTERVENTION
  • What would the United States position be, should the ARVN intervene in Cambodia?
• CHINA TRIP BY DR. KISSINGER
  • Can you tell us when Dr. Kissinger plans to visit Peking?
• SOUTH VIETNAM
  • Are you concerned by the continued infiltration into South Vietnam, and the talk of Hanoi's creation of a "Third Vietnam" in the South?
• GRAND TOUR
  • There are reports in the press that the "Year of Europe" is faltering, and that you might not visit Western Europe on the "Grand Tour" this fall. Any truth to that?
• SOVIET TRADE -- MFN
  • It appears the trade bill may be stalled in the Congress and, therefore, MFN for the Soviet Union will not come through even if the Jackson Amendment is defeated. Would this not back the progress in Soviet-American relations made at the Summit?
• SOVIET MIRVs & DEFENSE SPENDING
  • What is the implication of the Soviet MIRV on SALT, and our own defense posture?
• DEFENSE BUDGET
  • Are you concerned with the Congressional cuts in the defense budget?
• CONTROLS ON BEEF
  • In light of the current meat shortages, etc., do you plan any action on controls on beef before September 12?
• ECONOMIC SITUATION
  • In light of the predictions that we may run an 8 percent inflation rate this year and Phase IV seems to have met with widespread disapproval, can you give us your view on the state of the American economy at this time?
• WATERGATE
  • Whom did he ask to have a White House investigation performed?
  • When did he tell Kleindienst to conduct an aggressive investigation?
  • From whom did he receive his repeated assurances?
  • Who advised him on the August 29 press conference?
  • Who told the President about CIA involvement?
  • Why did the President single out Walters and did the President mention Mexico?
  • What happened during the July 6 call from Gray?
  • Why didn't the President ask Mitchell about Watergate on June 20 and what did they talk about?
  • What did Mitchell and the President talk about on July 1 when Mitchell resigned?
  • How can you prove that you rescinded the intelligence plan?
  • Did the President intend to fire Hoover a year or two ago?
  • What is the discrepancy between Ehrlichman's testimony and how the "plumbers" work (stimulating departments vs. the President's May 22nd description.)
  • What did the President know about financing illegalities?
  • Was it illegal or improper for the President to hold back the Ellsberg evidence after March 17th?
  • Was it unethical for the President to ok Ehrlichman seeing Judge Bryne?
  • What improper political activities by Haldeman did the President know about?
  • September 15th -- Did Dean use the words "contain" and "Unravel"
  • What did the President congratulate him for?
  • September 15th -- What was the nature of the discussion on the IRS? On Patman? On Judge Ritchie - on getting newsmen?
  • February 27 and 28 -- Did Dean repeat his "unravel" word and did he advise of obstruction on his part?
  • March 13 -- Was Dean's testimony wholly in error about March 13th?
  • Why did the President and Haldeman express confidence in Dean on March 26th?
  • Did the President tell Dean he was only kidding about the $1 million?
  • Did the President ever discuss clemency with Colson and are we positive the President never discussed this money that Haldeman and Ehrlichman authorized?
  • Why did the President have Ehrlichman take over on the 30th when Ehrlichman was implicated himself?
  • Why did the President ask Dean to investigate when he was suspect?
  • What were the "personal" orders the President gave to get the facts and why didn't he call the FBI and the Justice Department directly?
  • Why didn't the President fire Ehrlichman and Haldeman as Petersen advised and why did he ask Dean to resign when Petersen advised the opposite?

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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.

• President's Daily Brief of 22 August 1973

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Vol. XVIII, China, 1973-1976

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

• 50. Note From the Government of the United States to the Government of the People’s Republic of China, Washington, August 22, 1973

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Kissinger Office Files, Box 95, Country Files, Far East, China Exchanges, July 10–Oct 31, 1973 [2 of 2]. No classification marking. According to a handwritten comment on the note, Solomon presented the note to Chi Ch’ao-chu and Chien Ta-yung on August 22. Kissinger wrote “OK” on an earlier draft of the note and, on August 21, Scowcroft sent the revised version to Kennedy for delivery by Solomon. (Ibid.)

Vol. E-8, Documents on South Asia, 1973-1976

India-Pakistan 1

• 143. Message From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to Pakistani Prime Minister Bhutto, Washington, August 22, 1973

  Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Kissinger passed a letter to Prime Minister Bhutto (via Ambassador Sultan Khan) recommending a course of negotiations with the Indians for the release of Pakistani prisoners of war.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 1030, Presidential/HAK MemCons, HAK/Amb. Jha to Amb. Kaul of India. Top Secret. The message was sent as cover to a August 22 letter, not printed, from Kennedy to Ambassador Khan.

Vol. E-11, Part 1, Documents on Mexico; Central America; and the Caribbean, 1973-1976

Cuba

• 275. Memorandum From William Jorden of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, August 22, 1973

  Summary: Jorden drafted and attached a proposed memorandum to President Nixon on relations between Latin America and Cuba, noting that OAS sanctions against Cuba would probably remain intact over the short term but that “the trend in Latin America as regards Cuba is moving rather fast in the wrong direction.”
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Country Files, Box 781, Latin America, Cuba, Vol. IV, 1972. Secret. Sent for action. Kissinger wrote, “File—No sense stirring up a hornet’s nest,” on the memorandum. The draft memorandum from Kissinger to Nixon on Latin American moves to restore relations with Cuba is published as an attachment to this document. The second-to-last paragraph of the draft memorandum beginning, “In my judgement,” was lined out by hand.

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.

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-E1385 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1385-, President Nixon during a Press conference at La Casa Pacifica. 8/22/1973, San Clemente, California Western White House, La Casa Pacifica. President Nixon, reporters and photographers of the press corps.

Roll WHPO-E1386 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1386-, President Nixon during a press conference at La Casa Pacifica. 8/22/1973, San Clemente, California Western White House, La Casa Pacifica. President Nixon, reporters and photographers of the press corps.

Roll WHPO-E1387 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1387-, President Nixon during a press conference at La Casa Pacifica. 8/22/1973, San Clemente, California Western White House. President Nixon, reporters and photographers of the press corps.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1387-13A, President Nixon during a press conference at La Casa Pacifica. 8/22/1973, San Clemente, California Western White House. President Nixon, reporters and photographers of the press corps.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1387-23A, President Nixon during a press conference at La Casa Pacifica. 8/22/1973, San Clemente, California Western White House. President Nixon, reporters and photographers of the press corps.

Roll WHPO-E1388 Photographer: WILCOXEN | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1388-, President Nixon during a press conference at La Casa Pacifica. 8/22/1973, San Clemente, California Western White House. President Nixon, reporters and photographers of the press corps.

Roll WHPO-E1389 Photographer: WILCOXEN | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1389-, President Nixon during a press conference at La Casa Pacifica. 8/22/1973, San Clemente, California Western White House. President Nixon, reporters and photographers of the press corps.

Roll WHPO-E1390 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1390-, President Nixon during a press conference at La Casa Pacifica. 8/22/1973, San Clemente, California Western White House. President Nixon, reporters and photographers of the press corps.

Roll WHPO-E1391 Photographer: FEHR | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1391-, President Nixon during a press conference at La Casa Pacifica. 8/22/1973, San Clemente, California Western White House. President Nixon, reporters and photographers of the press corps.

Roll WHPO-E1392 Photographer: WILOXEN | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1392-, President Nixon during a press conference at La Casa Pacifica. 8/22/1973, San Clemente, California Western White House. President Nixon, reporters and photographers of the press corps.

Roll WHPO-E1393 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1393-, President Nixon during a press conference at La Casa Pacifica. 8/22/1973, San Clemente, California Western White House. President Nixon, reporters and photographers of the press corps.

Roll WHPO-E1397 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1397-, President Nixon during a Press conference at La Casa Pacifica. 8/22/1973, San Clemente, California Western White House. President Nixon, reporters and photographers of the press corps.

Roll WHPO-E1398 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1398-, President Nixon during a Press conference at La Casa Pacifica. 8/22/1973, San Clemente, California Western White House. President Nixon, reporters and photographers of the press corps.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1398-10A, President Nixon during a Press conference at La Casa Pacifica. 8/22/1973, San Clemente, California Western White House.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1398-16A, President Nixon during a Press conference at La Casa Pacifica. 8/22/1973, San Clemente, California Western White House.

Roll WHPO-E1399 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1399-, President Nixon during a Press conference at La Casa Pacifica. 8/22/1973, San Clemente, California Western White House. President Nixon, reporters and photographers of the press corps.

Roll WHPO-E1400 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1400-, President Nixon during a Press conference at La Casa Pacifica. 8/22/1973, San Clemente, California Western White House. President Nixon, reporters and photographers of the press corps.

Roll WHPO-E1401 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1401-, President Nixon during a Press conference at La Casa Pacifica. 8/22/1973, San Clemente, California Western White House. President Nixon, reporters and photographers of the press corps.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1401-05, President Nixon during a Press conference at La Casa Pacifica. 8/22/1973, San Clemente, California Western White House.

Roll WHPO-E1402 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1402-, President Nixon during a Press conference at La Casa Pacifica. 8/22/1973, San Clemente, California Western White House. President Nixon, reporters and photographers of the press corps.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1402-25A, President Nixon during a Press conference at La Casa Pacifica. 8/22/1973, San Clemente, California Western White House.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1402-32A, President Nixon during a Press conference at La Casa Pacifica. 8/22/1973, San Clemente, California Western White House.

Roll WHPO-E1403 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1403-, President Nixon during a Press conference at La Casa Pacifica. 8/22/1973, San Clemente, California Western White House. President Nixon, reporters and photographers of the press corps.

Roll WHPO-E1404 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1404-, President Nixon during a Press conference at La Casa Pacifica. 8/22/1973, San Clemente, California Western White House. President Nixon, reporters and photographers of the press corps.

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.

P - Formal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-P-730805
  Televised remarks from San Clemente. (8/22/1973)
  
  Runtime: 43:00:00
  
  Keywords: Presidential press conferences, presidential news conferences, interviews, media, Watergate
  
  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-6505A
  "President Nixon's Press Conference at San Clemente". Patrick Buchanan.
  Southern Educational Communications Association
  Runtime: 01:06:10
• WHCA-6505B
  "President Nixon's Press Conference at San Clemente".
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:00
• WHCA-6505C
  "President Nixon's Press Conference at San Clemente".
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:00
• WHCA-6506
  "Watergate: The President's News Conference".
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 01:06:09
• WHCA-6507
  "The President's News Conference" (analysis). Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird.
  Metromedia
  Runtime: 1:00
• WHCA-6508
  "Presidential News Conference": Special, Part I.
  Eastern Educational Network
  Runtime: 1:00
• WHCA-6509
  "Presidential News Conference": Commentary, Part II. Richard Nixon.
  CBS, NBC, ABC
  Runtime: 0:30
• WHCA-6511
  Weekly News Summary, Tape II.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
  
  14. Smith/Jarriel: President Nixon's press conference; Secretary of State Rogers resigns, Kissinger to become Secretary of State. Time Code Start: 34:22. Keywords: resignations, Presidents, speeches, statements, cabinet, advisors, media, press conferences, news conferences, interviews. Network: ABC.
  
  15. Smith: President Nixon's press conference; his meeting with Judge Burns. Time Code Start: 41:26. Keywords: Presidents, speeches, statements, media, press conferences, news conferences, interviews. Network: ABC.
  
  16. Smith: President Nixon's press conference; his faith in Vice President Agnew. Time Code Start: 44:45. Keywords: Presidents, Vice Presidents, speeches, statements, press conferences, news conferences, interviews. Network: ABC.
  
  17. Smith/Donaldson: Analogy of Watergate hearings. Time Code Start: 46:47. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: ABC.
  
  18. Smith/Schoumacher: White House tapes before Judge Sirica (Watergate). Time Code Start: 49:00. Keywords: law officials, attorneys, lawyers, bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, recordings, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, scandals. Network: ABC.
  
  19. Smith/Snell: Arrest of suspect in plot to kill President Nixon. Time Code Start: 51:15. Keywords: Presidents, assassinations, investigations, plots, arrests, suspects. Network: ABC.
  
  20. Smith: Commentary on purity in politics. Time Code Start: 52:30. Keywords: political strategy, fairness, fair play. Network: ABC.
  
  21. Utley: President Nixon's press conference. Time Code Start: 54:10. Keywords: Presidents, speeches, statements, media, press conferences, news conferences, interviews. Network: NBC.
  
  22. Utley: More on President Nixon's press conference. Time Code Start: 58:00. Keywords: Presidents, speeches, statements, media, press conferences, news conferences, interviews. Network: NBC.
  
  23. Utley/Stern: White House tapes case before Judge Sirica (Watergate). Time Code Start: 63:20. 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.
  
  24. Utley: President Nixon's press conference concerning Vice President Agnew and his resignation. Time Code Start: 65:00. Keywords: Presidents, speeches, statements, media, press conferences, news conferences, interviews, Vice Presidents, resignations. Network: NBC.
  
  25. Utley/Valeriani: Kissinger to be Secretary of State; President Nixon's press conference. Time Code Start: 66:21. Keywords: Presidents, Vice Presidents, cabinet, advisors, media, speeches, statements, press conferences, news conferences, interviews. Network: NBC.
  
  26. Utley: Senator Ervin wants wants more answers from President Nixon's (film Utley: Ervin wants more answers from Nixon (film). Time Code Start: 69:00. Keywords: Presidents, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, scandals. Network: NBC.
  
  27. Utley/Mackin: Suspect arrested in plot to kill President Nixon. Time Code Start: 70:40. Keywords: Presidents, assassinations, investigations, plots, arrests, suspects. Network: NBC.
  
  28. Cronkite: President Nixon's press conference. Time Code Start: 72:04. Keywords: Presidents, speeches, statements, media, press conferences, news conferences, interviews. Network: CBS.
  
  29. Cronkite/Graham: White House tapes case before Judge Sirica with Archibald Cox (Watergate). Time Code Start: 83:47. 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.
  
  30. Cronkite/Walker: Suspect arrested in plot to kill President Nixon. Time Code Start: 85:57. Keywords: Presidents, assassinations, investigations, plots, arrests, suspects. Network: CBS.
  
  31. Cronkite: More on President Nixon's press conference. Time Code Start: 86:49. Keywords: Presidents, speeches, statements, media, press conferences, news conferences, interviews. Network: CBS.
  
  32. Cronkite/Rather: Short analysis of President Nixon's press conference. Time Code Start: 89:50. Keywords: Presidents, speeches, statements, media, press conferences, news conferences, interviews. Network: CBS.

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