August 26, 1972

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The President's day began at San Clemente, California

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• Proclamation 4147—Women's Rights Day

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• Federal Register of Saturday, August 26, 1972

The H. R. Haldeman Diaries consists of seven handwritten diaries, 36 dictated diaries recorded as sound recordings, and two handwritten audio cassette tape subject logs. The diaries and logs reflect H. R. Haldeman’s candid personal record and reflections on events, issues, and people encountered during his service in the Nixon White House. As administrative assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, Haldeman attended and participated in public events and private meetings covering the entire scope of issues in which the Nixon White House engaged in during the years 1969-1973. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

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• President's Daily Brief of 26 August 1972

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Vol. VIII, Vietnam, January-October 1972

The Parties Move Toward Agreement, July 19-October 7, 1972

• 251. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, August 26, 1972

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 862, For the President’s Files (Winston Lord)—China Trip/Vietnam, Camp David Memos, January–August 1972. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. Sent for information. A stamped notation on the memorandum indicates the President saw it. Tab A (August 1) and Tab B (undated) are attached but not printed.

Vol. XL, Germany and Berlin, 1969-1972

Germany and Berlin, 1969-1972

• 371. Memorandum From Helmut Sonnenfeldt of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, August 26, 1972

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 303, Agency Files, USUN, Vol. X [Part 3]. Confidential. Sent for information. Kissinger initialed the memorandum; an attached routing slip indicates that it was noted by him on September 7. According to another copy, Livingston drafted the memorandum. (Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Chronological File, 1969–75, Box CL 26)

Vol. E-10, Documents on American Republics, 1969-1972

Mexico

• 483. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to Secretary of State Rogers, Attorney General Mitchell, Secretary of Agriculture Butz, Secretary of Labor Hodgson, and Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Richardson, Washington, August 26, 1972., Washington, August 26, 1972

  During meetings with President Nixon in Washington, on June 15 and 16, President Echeverría raised the issue of illegal immigrants from Mexico and their treatment in the United States. In the wake of their discussions, President Nixon “directed that a special group be established within our Government to study this problem and to make recommendations to him.”
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 788, Country Files, Latin America, Mexico, Vol. III, 1972. Confidential. A June 17 Joint Communiqué notes that “With regard to the question of migratory workers, the two Presidents discussed the economic, social, and political factors that produce this problem and agreed it was desirable for each government to undertake immediately a study of this question with a view to finding a mutually satisfactory solution.” ( Public Papers: Nixon, 1972, pp. 684–686)

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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L - White House Press Office Briefings

• WHCA-SR-L-010
  Press briefing by Gerald Warren. (8/26/1972, Press Center, Laguna Beach, California)
  
  Runtime: 8:00
  
  Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media
  
  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-5723
  "Agronsky & Company".
  NBC
  Runtime: 00:29:11
• WHCA-5728
  Weekly News Summary, Tape I.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 01:34:27
  
  15. Newman/Levin: Republican Finance Committee to Re-elect the President (President Nixon) accused of using improper funds. Time Code Start: 34:57. Keywords: Presidents, Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: NBC.
  
  16. Newman: President Nixon says more women in politics today than ever before; Women's Rights Day. Time Code Start: 38:14. Keywords: Presidents, speeches, holidays, celebrations, Feminism, Feminist movement, women's rights, Womens Liberation, equality, equal rights, gender, civil rights, activists, women. Network: NBC.
  
  17. Newman/Endicott: Shriver campaigning in Cleveland. Time Code Start: 39:04. Keywords: Vice Presidents, Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: NBC.
  
  18. Newman/Oliver: Schmitz campaigning in Oregon for Independent Party, also in California. Time Code Start: 40:29. Keywords: elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: NBC.
  
  19. Newman/Lord: Vietnam, Quang Tri. Time Code Start: 44:00. Keywords: Vietnam War. Network: NBC.
  
  20. Mudd: Campaign '72, Government Accounting Office and Watergate incident (O'Brien). Time Code Start: 46:40. Keywords: Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates, managers, bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, recordings, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, scandals, Watergate. Network: CBS.
  
  21. Mudd/Davis: Quang Tri, Vietnam. Time Code Start: 49:30. Keywords: Vietnam War. Network: CBS.

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