August 25, 1973

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• News Summaries, Unmarked News Summaries, Box 59, News Summaries - August 1973 [11 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 25, 1973, (Friday nets, wires. Comment on News Conf. and HAK separate)
  • Digest of Recent Comment, August 25, 1973

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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 25 August 1973

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Vol. XVIII, China, 1973-1976

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

• 51. Memorandum From John A. Froebe, Jr., of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, August 25, 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. Secret. Sent for action.

Vol. XXI, Chile, 1969-1973

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

• 342. Memorandum From Director of Central Intelligence Colby to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) and the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Kubisch), Washington, August 25, 1973

  Source: National Security Council, Nixon Intelligence Files, Subject Files, Chile 1973–. Secret; Sensitive. Sent through Jorden.

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

India-Pakistan 1

• 144. Memorandum From Richard Kennedy and Harold Saunders of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, August 25, 1973

  Kennedy and Saunders suggested, and Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Kissinger approved, a package of material and economic assistance for Pakistan in response to heavy flooding in South Asia.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 628, Country Files, Middle East, Pakistan, Vol. X. Confidential. Sent for action. Kissinger approved the recommendation.

Vol. E-14, Part 2, Documents on Arms Control and Nonproliferation, 1973-1976

• 11. Memorandum From the Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (Iklé) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, August 25, 1973

  Summary: Iklé forwarded to Kissinger a list of recommended actions regarding Soviet activities on the U.S.-Soviet Agreement for the Prevention of Nuclear War.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 199, Agency Files, ACDA (Jan 1972–(Aug 1974)) Vol. IV. Secret. For the text of the 1972 “Basic Principles of Relations Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,” see Public Papers: Nixon, 1972, pp. 633–635. According to an attached NSC Correspondence Profile, on November 10, Hyland indicated no further action was required.

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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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-6514
  "Agronsky & Company".
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 00:29:01

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• August 1973 Broadcast Index

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