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February 1, 1972

Introduction

This almanac page for Tuesday, February 1, 1972, pulls together various records created by the federal government and links to additional resources which can provide context about the events of the day.

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Schedule and Public Documents

Archival Holdings

Any selection of archival documents will necessarily be partial. You should use the documents and folders identified below as a starting place, but consult the linked collection finding aids and folder title lists and the collections themselves for context. Many documents to be found this way do not lend themselves to association with specific dates, but are essential to a complete understanding of the material.

  • Selective document listing

    President's Office Files

    The President's Office Files consists of materials drawn together by the Special Files Unit from several administrative subdivisions within the White House Office. It is the handwriting and sensitive papers sent to the Staff Secretary that now comprise much of the President's Office Files. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

    President's Personal File

    The President's Personal File is essentially a President's secretary's file, kept by Rose Mary Woods, personal secretary to the President, for two purposes: (1) preserving for posterity a collection of documents particularly close to the President, whether because he dictated or annotated them, or because of the importance of the correspondent or the event concerned and (2) giving appropriate attention–letters of gratitude, invitations to White House social events, and the like–to members and important friends and supporters of the Nixon administration. This generalization does not describe all the varied materials of a file group which is essentially a miscellany, but it does identify the reason for the existence of the file group's core. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

  • 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.

    • Transcript of diary entry (PDF)
      Tuesday, February 1, 1972.

      Ehrlichman reported this morning that the latest in the Don Nixon thing is he's now learned that the story Jack Anderson has on him is there's a development in San Clemente in which Don Nixon has an interest that has some Federal funds in it, and also that Don's involved in some sort of land deal in the Bahamas. That's the latest horror story from there.

      President did a good job at the prayer breakfast this morning and had Billy Graham into the office afterwards for an hour and a half. Wide ranging discussion on politics and all sorts of forms. Graham made a pitch for the President to attend his Easter sunrise services at Key Biscayne and his big national youth deal in Dallas in June this year. He agreed to hit the key states during the fall, especially Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, maybe New York, and California.

      There was considerable discussion of the terrible problem arising from the total Jewish domination of the media and agreement that-- this was something that would have to be dealt with. Graham has the strong feeling that the Bible says that there are satanic Jews and that-- that's where our problem arises. He told the President that there was a strong protest among religious people that there is no religious journalist going to China with the President. President explained we couldn't add one now, but we would take one to Russia. We agreed to give Graham solid briefings on political and foreign policy matters, so that he would be kept up to date. He's to deal only with me and agreed to answer attacks on us and that sort of thing whenever he felt he could, if I would direct the request to him. There's considerable discussion of the Connally problem, he agreed to help out there, particularly in making Connally fully aware of the President's view towards him.

      President had me in for talk on the general political outlook, later in the day, he got into the Efron book question and wants to be sure we make an all-out effort on that to editors and leaders and so on. Stir it up, he feels we need to keep hammering the line regarding the antagonistic press. Wants us to set up a John Birch type letters-to-editor and telephone claque, as follow-up to unfair TV shows and newspaper coverage and so on. Good part of which we've already got underway.

      He was on and off during the day on the whole subject of general politics, Cabinet, staff, etcetera, as he's sort of analyzing our present position, brooding over the problem of the media being so dedicated to getting us. He had a long memo from Lou Gyley that he keeps referring to, that makes the point that we've got the media problems, and that our counterattack group and answer desk is not sharp enough, which I'm sure is probably right.

      He also got to talking about the problems of Cabinet and staff and the fact that no one seems to take it upon himself to try to keep-- to try to help to build the President up in his own mind, that the President constantly has to be the morale builder for the rest of the operation, which doesn't seem to make sense, especially to him.

      He had a long session with Connally this afternoon, alone, and told me afterwards he wanted to spend some time with me tomorrow on the results of that. Apparently it went reasonably well, but there's some things to follow- up on.

      End of February 1.
    • Original audio recording (MP3)

  • The National Archives Catalog is the online portal to the records held at the National Archives, and information about those records. It is the main way of describing our holdings and also provides access to electronic records and digitized versions of our holdings. 

    The Catalog searches across multiple National Archives resources at once, including archival descriptions, digitized and electronic records, authority records, and web pages from Archives.gov and the Presidential Libraries. The Catalog also allows users to contribute to digitized historical records through tagging and transcription.

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National Security Documents

  • 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.

  • The Foreign Relations of the United States series presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity. Visit the State Department website for more information.

    Vol. VIII, Vietnam, January-October 1972

    Before the Easter Offensive, January 20-March 29, 1972

    Vol. XIV, Soviet Union, October 1971-May 1972

    Preparing for Moscow and Nixon's Trip to China, January 1-March 29, 1972

    Vol. XIX, Part 1, Korea, 1969-1972

    Republic of Korea Troops in Vietnam and Force Modernization, April 1971-December 1972

    • 123. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, February 1, 1972

      Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 7 KOR S. Confidential. Drafted by Dorr on February 14 and approved in draft by Ranard and in final by Green on February 14. The meeting was held in Green’s office at the Department of State.

    Vol. XX, Southeast Asia, 1969-1972

    Indonesia

    Vol. XXXVI, Energy Crisis, 1969-1974

    April 15, 1971-March 11, 1972

    Vol. E-4, Documents on Iran and Iraq, 1969-1972

    Iran 1972

    • 165. Intelligence Memorandum ER IM 72–23, Washington, February 1, 1972

      The memorandum, entitled “Iran’s Balance-of-Payments Prospects Look Up,” analyzed the impact of recent oil consortium concessions on the Iranian economy.

      Source: Central Intelligence Agency, ORR (OTI) Files, Job 79T00935A, Box 67, Project 45.6314, CIA/ER IM 72–23. Confidential; No Foreign Dissem. Prepared by the Office of Current Research of CIA and coordinated within the Directorate of Intelligence.

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

    U.S. Relations with India and Pakistan, 1972

    • 220. Minutes of Senior Review Group Meeting, Washington, February 1, 1972, 2:35-3:57 p.m.

      The Senior Review Group discussed several policy issues relating to South Asia that were pending decision. Much of the discussion dealt with humanitarian assistance to Bangladesh.

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–061, SRG Meeting, 2/1/72. Secret; Sensitive. The meeting was held in the White House Situation Room. No drafting information appears on the minutes.

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

    Afghanistan, 1969-1972

    • 353. Telegram 616 From the Embassy in Afghanistan to the Department of State, Kabul, February 1, 1972

      In his year-end assessment of the situation in Afghanistan, Ambassador Neumann reported favorably on the performance and prospects of the Zahir government. He observed that U.S. relations with Afghanistan were good, and he recommended U.S. initiatives that could be undertaken to support the Zahir government.

      Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 15 AFG. Secret. Repeated to Islamabad, New Delhi, and Tehran.

    Vol. E-13, Documents on China, 1969-1972

    • 84. Memorandum for Record, Paris, February 1, 1972, Paris, February 1, 1972

      Military Attaché Walters reported that his meeting with the Chinese had been cordial, which was a marked change from his previous meeting.

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 849, President’s File-China Trip, China Exchanges, January 1-February 29, 1972. No classification marking. The meeting was held at Chen’s residence in Neuilly. The meeting time is not indicated. A handwritten notation on the memorandum reads: “Win.”

  • 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.

Audiovisual Holdings

Context (External Sources)