February 14, 1974

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The President's day began at Key Biscayne, Florida

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• Remarks at a Dedication Ceremony at the Cedars of Lebanon Health Care Center, Miami, Florida.

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• Federal Register of Thursday, February 14, 1974

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• House of Representatives: February 14, 1974
• Extensions of Remarks: February 14, 1974

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• President's Speech File
  • Box 91, Thursday, February 14, 1974, Cedars of Lebanon Hospital

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• President's Daily Brief of 14 February 1974

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Vol. XVIII, China, 1973-1976

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

• 71. Letter From the Acting Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Hummel) to the Acting Chief of the Liaison Office in China (Jenkins), Washington, February 14, 1974

  Source: Department of State, Papers of William H. Gleysteen: Lot 89 D 436, Box 8132, PRC Related Papers, Jan–Mar 1974. Secret; Eyes Only; Official–Informal. In an attached note to “Bob” (probably Ingersoll), Hummel refered to this letter as an attempt to start “a normal dialogue with that abnormal post.”

Vol. XXXVI, Energy Crisis, 1969-1974

October 6, 1973-March 22, 1974

• 323. Transcript of a Telephone Conversation Between Secretary of State Kissinger and the White House Chief of Staff (Haig), February 14, 1974, 3:30 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Kissinger Telephone Conversation Transcripts, Box 24, Chronological Files. Unclassified. Kissinger was in Washington; Haig was in Key Biscayne.

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

Bangladesh

• 34. Minutes of the Secretary of State’s Staff Regional Staff Meeting, Washington, February 14, 1974

  In the regional staff meeting, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Sisco and Secretary of State Kissinger discussed a specific message to Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India commending the recent agreement to reopen the questions of prisoners of war and recognition of Bangladesh. The participants also discussed how to facilitate communication between the interested states.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Transcripts of Secretary of State Kissinger’s Staff Meetings, 1973–77, Entry 5177, Box 2, Secretary’s Analytical Staff Meetings. Secret; Nodis. In telegram 32493, February 17, the Department transmitted the text of a “pat on the back message.” (National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files) and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Sober congratulated the Pakistani and Bangladeshi Governments on February 22 for settling the recognition issue. (Ibid.)

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

American Republics Regional

• 10. Transcript of Secretary of State Kissinger’s Staff Meeting, Washington, February 14, 1974, 3:15 p.m.

  Summary: Kissinger and Department of State officials discussed prospects for the upcoming Mexico City meeting with Latin American Foreign Ministers.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Transcripts of Kissinger Staff Meetings, 1973–1977, Entry 5177, Lot 78D443, Box 2. Secret; Nodis. Drafted on February 15 by Springsteen. All brackets are in the original except those indicating text omitted by the editors. Kissinger chaired the meeting, which began at 3:15 p.m. and was attended by all principal officers of the Department or their designated alternates. Kissinger was in Panama City on February 7 to sign a statement of principles for negotiation of a new Panama Canal Treaty.

Guatemala and Belize

• 176. Telegram 903 From the Embassy in Guatemala to the Department of State, Guatemala City, February 14, 1974, 2305Z

  Summary: In a report on the electoral campaign, the Embassy noted that with the Presidential race growing even closer, it seemed evident the Guatemalan Government would resort to some fraud to ensure an election victory.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, [no film number]. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Managua, Panama, San José, San Salvador, Tegucigalpa, CINCSO, and CINCLANT. All brackets are in the original except “[have... elections]”, added for clarity and those indicating garbled text. Telegram 333 from Guatemala City, January 18, is published as Document 175. In telegram 960 from Guatemala City, February 19, the Embassy reported that Minister of Defense General Rubio had indicated that the army would respect the election’s outcome, and concluded that his remarks appeared to be designed to end rumors that, if elected, the military would not allow Ríos Montt to take power. (National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, [no film number])

Dominican Republic

• 335. Telegram 674 From the Embassy in the Dominican Republic to the Department of State, Santo Domingo, February 14, 1974, 1255Z

  Summary: The Embassy reported on its role in bringing together Dominican and American businessmen at a time when it appeared that the Dominican business community was becoming suspicious of the growing involvement of the Gulf and Western Americas Corporation in the country’s economy.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, [no film number]. Confidential. In telegram 543 from Santo Domingo, February 6, the Embassy noted that the Dominican Republic’s Association of Businessmen had established a commission to consider the appropriate role for foreign investors in the country, adding that the expanding economic activities of Gulf and Western were understood to be among the businessmen’s primary concerns. (Ibid., [no film number])

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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K - Informal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-K-150
  Remarks during tour of Medical Center-Miami, FL. (2/14/1974)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

P - Formal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-P-740213
  Remarks by President Nixon at Cedars of Lebanon in Miami. (2/14/1974)
  
  Runtime: 18:20
  
  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-6788
  "Panorama" segment. interview
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 00:34:26
• WHCA-6795
  Weekly News Summary, Tape III.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 00:57:45
  
  1. Smith/Schoumacher: Watergate case Special Prosecutor Jaworski and his evidence. Time Code Start: 00:00. Keywords: law officials, attorneys, lawyers, appointments, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: ABC.
  
  2. Smith/Zimmerman: Vice President Gerald Ford gives press conference in Chicago, Illinois. Time Code Start: 02:30. Keywords: Vice Presidents, media, press conferences, news conferences, interviews. Network: ABC.
  
  3. Smith/Donaldson: Impeachment inquiry contines. Time Code Start: 03:30. Keywords: Presidents, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, impeachment. Network: ABC.
  
  4. Reasoner/Jarriel: President Nixon gives speech in Miami, Florida. Time Code Start: 05:15. Keywords: Presidents, speeches, conventions, Presidential elections, campaigns. Network: ABC.
  
  5. Reasoner/Schoumacher: Attorney General Saxbe comments on gas stations. Time Code Start: 07:37. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, energy, petroleum, oil supply, gasoline, fuel, shortages, rationing, natural resources. Network: ABC.
  
  6. Smith/Tucker: Gas station owners unhappy. Time Code Start: 10:53. Keywords: energy, petroleum, oil supply, gasoline, fuel, shortages, rationing, natural resources, businesses. Network: ABC.
  
  7. Reasoner/Koppel: Continuing Middle East negotiations. Time Code Start: 13:27. Keywords: Middle East, Mideast, war, travel, trips, truces, treaty, treaties, negotiations. Network: ABC.
  
  8. Smith/Clark: Senator Aiken retires. Time Code Start: 15:13. Keywords: Senators, retirement. Network: ABC.
  
  9. Reasoner: Commentary on Demons, Devils and popular interest in the supernatural. Time Code Start: 17:05. Keywords: occultism, Satanism, demonic, mythology, folklore. Network: ABC.
  
  10. Chancellor/Stern: Watergate case Special Prosecutor Jaworski letter concerning evidence. Time Code Start: 19:03. Keywords: law officials, attorneys, lawyers, appointments, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: NBC.
  
  11. Chancellor/Scherer: Impeachment inquiry. Time Code Start: 21:25. Keywords: Presidents, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, impeachment. Network: NBC.
  
  12. Chancellor: Former Vice President Agnew's protection controversy. Time Code Start: 23:14. Keywords: Vice Presidents, resignations, terminations, security guards, secret service. Network: NBC.
  
  13. Chancellor/Oliver: Patty Hearst kidnapping. Time Code Start: 23:45. Keywords: Symbionese Liberation Army, SLA, militants, organizations, plots, conspiracy, conspiracies, kidnappings, terrorism, victims, crime, crimes, offences, infractions, criminals, criminality, law breaking, law and order. Network: NBC.
  
  14. Chancellor/Trotta: Russian author Alexander Solzhenitsyn. Time Code Start: 26:15. Keywords: Russia, Soviet Union, USSR, celebrities, authors, writers, books, politics, Nobel Prize. Network: NBC.
  
  15. Chancellor/Graham/Hager/Neal: Oil supplies. Time Code Start: 28:30. Keywords: energy, petroleum, drilling, oil supply, oil supplies, imports, shortages, sales, costs, increases. Network: NBC.
  
  16. Chancellor: deputy director of the new Federal Energy Office (FEO) John Sawhill fuel orders. Time Code Start: 32:37. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, energy crisis, oil crisis, petroleum, oil supply, gasoline, fuel, shortages, rationing, allocations. Network: NBC.
  
  17. Chancellor: food prices and economic forecast. Time Code Start: 33:05. Keywords: food, meat, agriculture, plants, animal products, dairy products, prices, costs, increases, shortages, economy, economics, budgets, finances, recession, inflation, money, wages, unemployment. Network: NBC.
  
  18. Chancellor/Brokaw: President Nixon dedicates Miami hospital, speech on national health insurance plan, Protesters calling for impeachment present in crowd. Time Code Start: 33:45. Keywords: health care, health insurance, Presidents, families, women, hospitals, illnesses, health. Network: NBC.
  
  19. Chancellor: Julie Nixon Eisenhower hospitalized. Time Code Start: 35:35. Keywords: Senators, retirement. Network: NBC.
  
  20. Chancellor: Senator Aiken retires. Time Code Start: 35:51. Keywords: law officials, attorneys, lawyers, appointments, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: NBC.
  
  21. Cronkite/Graham: Watergate case Special Prosecutor Jaworski and his evidence. Time Code Start: 36:20. Keywords: Presidents, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, impeachment. Network: NBC.
  
  22. Cronkite/Morton: Impeachment inquiry. Time Code Start: 38:43. Keywords: Presidents, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, impeachment. Network: CBS.
  
  23. Cronkite/Threlkeld: Attorney General Saxbe and Patty Hearst kidnapping. Time Code Start: 40:43. Keywords: Symbionese Liberation Army, SLA, militants, organizations, plots, conspiracy, conspiracies, kidnappings, terrorism, victims, crime, crimes, offences, infractions, criminals, criminality, law breaking, law and order. Network: CBS.
  
  24. Cronkite/Quint: Russian author Alexander Solzhenitsyn. Time Code Start: 44:10. Keywords: Russia, Soviet Union, USSR, celebrities, authors, writers, books, politics, Nobel Prize. Network: CBS.
  
  25. Cronkite/Benton: Fuel; oil imports; Sawhill of Federal Energy Office (FEO) ; oil summit. Time Code Start: 47:28. Keywords: summits, meetings, cabinet, advisors, energy crisis, oil crisis, petroleum, oil supply, gasoline, fuel, shortages, rationing, allocations. Network: CBS.
  
  26. Cronkite: Julie Nixon Eisenhower hospitalized. Time Code Start: 51:05. Keywords: Presidents, families, women, hospitals, illnesses, health. Network: CBS.
  
  27. Cronkite/Pierpoint/Francis: President Nixon's speech in Miami, Florida. Time Code Start: 51:37. Keywords: Presidents, speeches, conventions, Presidential elections, campaigns. Network: CBS.
  
  28. Cronkite: Attorney General Saxbe on continuing former Vice President Agnew's protection. Time Code Start: 54:18. Keywords: Vice Presidents, resignations, terminations, security guards, secret service. Network: CBS.
  
  29. Cronkite/Drinkeater: Senator Aiken retires; Mondale on film. Time Code Start: 54:39. Keywords: Senators, retirement. Network: CBS.

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