August 7, 1974

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• 133. Memorandum From William Stearman of the National Security Council Staff to Secretary of State Kissinger, Washington, August 7, 1974

  Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Outside the System Files, Box 1, Chronological. Secret; Sensitive. Urgent; Sent for information.

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Roll WHPO-E3352 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E3352-, Bob Dunn presentation with various staff. 8/7/1974, Washington, D.C. Bob Dunn.

Roll WHPO-E3353 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E3353-, President Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox walking through the Rose Garden at his request, before President Nixon ponders whether to resign. 8/7/1974, Washington, D.C. Rose Garden. President Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E3353-04, President Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox walking through the Rose Garden at his request before President Nixon ponders whether to resign. 8/7/1974, Washington, D.C. Rose Garden. President Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E3353-12, President Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox walking through the Rose Garden at his request before President Nixon ponders whether to resign. 8/7/1974, Washington, D.C. Rose Garden. President Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox.

Roll WHPO-E3354 Photographer: FITZPATRICK | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E3354-, Hugh Scott, Congressman John Rhodes, and Senator Barry Goldwater announcing the implications of Watergate to press reporters and photographers during a press conference. 8/7/1974, Washington, D.C. White House. Hugh Scott, John Rhodes, Barry Goldwater.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E3354-08A, Hugh Scott, Congressman John Rhodes, and Senator Barry Goldwater announcing the implications of Watergate to press reporters and photographers during a press conference. View is from behind several television cameras and cameramen. 8/7/1974, Washington, D.C. White House. Hugh Scott, John Rhodes, Barry Goldwater.

Roll WHPO-E3355 Photographer: FITZPATRICK | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E3355-, Hugh Scott, Congressman John Rhodes, and Senator Barry Goldwater announcing the implications of Watergate to press reporters and photographers during a press conference. 8/7/1974, Washington, D.C. White House. Hugh Scott, John Rhodes, Barry Goldwater.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E3355-06A, Hugh Scott, Congressman John Rhodes, and Senator Barry Goldwater announcing the implications of Watergate to press reporters and photographers during a press conference. 8/7/1974, Washington, D.C. White House. Hugh Scott, John Rhodes, Barry Goldwater.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E3355-24A, Hugh Scott, Congressman John Rhodes, and Senator Barry Goldwater announcing the implications of Watergate to press reporters and photographers during a press conference. 8/7/1974, Washington, D.C. White House. Hugh Scott, John Rhodes, Barry Goldwater.

Roll WHPO-E3356 Photographer: FITZPATRICK | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E3356-, Hugh Scott, Congressman John Rhodes, and Senator Barry Goldwater announcing the implications of Watergate to press reporters and photographers during a press conference. 8/7/1974, Washington, D.C. White House. Hugh Scott, John Rhodes, Barry Goldwater.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E3356-05A, Hugh Scott, Congressman John Rhodes, and Senator Barry Goldwater announcing the implications of Watergate to press reporters and photographers during a press conference. View is from behind television cameras and cameramen. 8/7/1974, Washington, D.C. White House. Hugh Scott, John Rhodes, Barry Goldwater.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E3356-07A, Hugh Scott, Congressman John Rhodes, and Senator Barry Goldwater announcing the implications of Watergate to press reporters and photographers during a press conference. 8/7/1974, Washington, D.C. White House. Hugh Scott, John Rhodes, Barry Goldwater.

Roll WHPO-E3357 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E3357-01-07, Gen. Alexander Haig speaking to White House staff with regard to the President's resignation. 8/7/1974, Washington, D.C. White House. Alexander Haig.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E3357-02A, Gen. Alexander Haig speaking to White House staff with regard to the President's resignation. 8/7/1974, Washington, D.C. White House. Alexander Haig.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E3357-03, Gen. Alexander Haig speaking to White House staff with regard to the President's resignation. 8/7/1974, Washington, D.C. White House. Alexander Haig.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E3357-09A, Hugh Scott, Congressman John Rhodes, and Senator Barry Goldwater announcing the implications of Watergate to press reporters and photographers during a press conference. 8/7/1974, Washington, D.C. White House. Hugh Scott, John Rhodes, Barry Goldwater.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E3357-09A-15A, Hugh Scott, Congressman John Rhodes, and Senator Barry Goldwater announcing the implications of Watergate to press reporters and photographers during a press conference. 8/7/1974, Washington, D.C. White House. Hugh Scott, John Rhodes, Barry Goldwater.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E3357-15A, Hugh Scott, Congressman John Rhodes, and Senator Barry Goldwater announcing the implications of Watergate to press reporters and photographers during a press conference. 8/7/1974, Washington, D.C. White House. Hugh Scott, John Rhodes, Barry Goldwater.

Roll WHPO-E3358 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E3358-01, President Nixon walking toward the Oval Office along the Colonnade on the day he decided to resign. 8/7/1974, Washington, D.C. White House, Colonnade. President Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E3358-02-19, Hugh Scott, Congressman John Rhodes, and Senator Barry Goldwater announcing the implications of Watergate to press reporters and photographers during a press conference. 8/7/1974, Washington, D.C. White House. Hugh Scott, John Rhodes, Barry Goldwater.

Roll WHPO-E3359 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E3359-02A-09A, President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, David Eisenhower, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Ed Cox standing together in the solarium room on the night President Nixon announced his resignation decision. 8/7/1974, Washington, D.C. White House, Solarium (Sun Room). President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, David Eisenhower, Tricia Nixon Cox, Ed Cox.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E3359-03A, President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, David Eisenhower, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Ed Cox standing together in the solarium room on the night President Nixon announced his resignation decision. 8/7/1974, Washington, D.C. White House, Solarium (Sun Room). President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, David Eisenhower, Tricia Nixon Cox, Ed Cox.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E3359-05A, President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, David Eisenhower, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Ed Cox standing together in the solarium room on the night President Nixon announced his resignation decision. 8/7/1974, Washington, D.C. White House, Solarium (Sun Room). President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, David Eisenhower, Tricia Nixon Cox, Ed Cox.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E3359-07A, President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, David Eisenhower, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Ed Cox standing together in the solarium room on the night President Nixon announced his resignation decision. 8/7/1974, Washington, D.C. White House, Solarium (Sun Room). President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, David Eisenhower, Tricia Nixon Cox, Ed Cox.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E3359-10A-11A, Julie Nixon Eisenhower hugs her father President Nixon while Tricia Nixon Cox and Ed Cox stand nearby in the solarium room on the night President Nixon announced his resignation decision. 8/7/1974, Washington, D.C. White House, Solarium (Sun Room). President Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Tricia Nixon Cox, Ed Cox.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E3359-11A, Julie Nixon Eisenhower hugs her father President Nixon while Tricia Nixon Cox and Ed Cox stand nearby in the solarium room on the night President Nixon announced his resignation decision. 8/7/1974, Washington, D.C. White House, Solarium (Sun Room). President Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Tricia Nixon Cox, Ed Cox.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E3359-12A-13A, President Nixon sits with his feet up on the footstool next to the Poodle dog Vicki while Tricia Nixon Cox sits nearby on the night the President announced his resignation decision. 8/7/1974, Washington, D.C. White House, Solarium (Sun Room). President Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox, Vicki.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E3359-13A, President Nixon sits with his feet up on the footstool next to the Poodle dog Vicki while Tricia Nixon Cox sits nearby on the night the President announced his resignation decision. 8/7/1974, Washington, D.C. White House, Solarium (Sun Room). President Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox, Vicki.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E3359-14A, Presidential secretary Rose Mary Woods kneels by the chair where President Nixon sits with his feet up on the footstool next to the Poodle dog Vicki. 8/7/1974, Washington, D.C. White House. President Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Vicki.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E3359-14A-15A, Presidential secretary Rose Mary Woods kneels by the chair where President Nixon sits, with his feet up on the footstool next to the Poodle dog Vicki, while Tricia Nixon Cox sits nearby on the night the President announced his resignation decision. 8/7/1974, Washington, D.C. White House. President Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox, Rose Mary Woods, Vicki.

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• WHCA-SR-S-707
  Press briefing by Gerald Warren. (8/7/1974, White House Press Lobby)
  
  Runtime: 36:20:00
  
  Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by __ (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
• WHCA-SR-S-708
  Press briefing by Gerald Warren. (8/7/1974, White House Press Lobby)
  
  Runtime: 5:00
  
  Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by __ (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
• WHCA-SR-S-709
  Press briefing by Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott (R-PA), Senator Barry Goldwater (R-AZ), and House Minority Leader John Rhodes. (8/7/1974, North Lawn, the White House)
  
  Runtime: 0:08:37
  
  Keywords: Briefings, press conferences, interviews, media, impeachment, resignations, Senator, Senate, House of Representatives, Congress, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scan
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by JC (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original. Technical notes: 1 hour, 27 minutes and 42 seconds of silence at end of record removed from access copies.

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• WHCA-7119
  "Panorama". John D. Ehrlichman, former chief domestic advisor to the President.
  CBS
  Runtime: 00:58:38
• WHCA-7120
  Specials - President Nixon's Possible Resignation; Henry Fonda movie, "The Battle of the Bulge". President Nixon's possible resignation discussed John D. Ehrlichman, former chief domestic advisor to the President.
  NBC
  Runtime: 01:37:03
• WHCA-7145
  Weekly News Summary, Tape II.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 00:40:20
  
  1. Smith/Bell: President Nixon meets with top Republicans. Time Code Start: 00:00. Keywords: Presidents, meetings, leaders, political parties, Republicans, GOP. Network: ABC.
  
  2. Reasoner/Geer: Events on Capitol Hill with Scott, Baker, and Brooke. Time Code Start: 03:25. Keywords: Congress, House of Representatives, reports. Network: ABC.
  
  3. Smith/Kaplow/Schoumacher: Immunity with Javits, Brooke, and President Nixon's attorney St. Clair. Time Code Start: 05:42. Keywords: Presidents, meetings, leaders, political parties, Republicans, GOP. Network: ABC.
  
  4. Reasoner/Zimmerman: Vice President Gerald Ford and Chief of Staff Alexander Haig meeting; White House prayer group led by Congressman Rhodes; Reasoner/Zimmerman: Vice President Ford's day. Time Code Start: 09:26. Keywords: Vice Presidents, meetings, activities. Network: ABC.
  
  5. Reasoner: Commentary on President Nixon. Time Code Start: 11:20. Keywords: Vice Presidents. Network: ABC.
  
  6. Chancellor/Brokaw: Top Republicans meet with President Nixon with Senators Goldwater and Scott. Time Code Start: 12:55. Keywords: Presidents, resignations, last day, meetings, cabinet, advisors. Network: NBC.
  
  7. Chancellor: Rabbi Korff makes statement. Time Code Start: 15:43. Keywords: Presidents, Jews, religion, leaders, officials, authors, statements. Network: NBC.
  
  8. Chancellor/Nessen: Report on Vice President Gerald Ford's day. Time Code Start: 16:51. Keywords: Vice Presidents, meetings, activities. Network: NBC.
  
  9. Chancellor/Mackin: Rumors on Capitol Hill with Brooke. Time Code Start: 19:05. Keywords: Congress, House of Representatives, reports. Network: NBC.
  
  10. Chancellor/Rowan: Immunity with Attorney General Saxbe and Brooke. Time Code Start: 20:45. Keywords: cabinet, advisors. Network: NBC.
  
  11. Chancellor/Brokaw: Report from the White House. Time Code Start: 23:27. Keywords: Presidents, reports. Network: NBC.
  
  12. Mudd/Rather: Resignation rumors with Senators Goldwater and Scott. Time Code Start: 25:38. Keywords: Presidents, resignations. Network: CBS.
  
  13. Mudd/Jones: Vice President Gerald Ford's day with Rhodes. Time Code Start: 30:01. Keywords: Vice Presidents, meetings, activities. Network: CBS.
  
  14. Mudd/Morton: Wiggins reaction to tapes. Time Code Start: 31:55. 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.
  
  15. Mudd/Stahl: More White House tapes. Time Code Start: 35:12. Keywords: bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, recordings, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, scandals. Network: CBS.
  
  16. Mudd/Graham: Immunity with Cannon and Vice President Gerald Ford. Time Code Start: 37:02. Keywords: Vice Presidents. Network: CBS.

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