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February 4, 1970

Introduction

This almanac page for Wednesday, February 4, 1970, 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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Next Date: Thursday, February 5, 1970

Schedule and Public Documents

  • The Daily Diary files represent a consolidated record of the President's activities. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

    The President's day began at The White House - Washington, D. C.

  • The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents made available transcripts of the President's news conferences; messages to Congress; public speeches, remarks, and statements; and other Presidential materials released by the White House.

    Appointments and Nominations

    Executive Orders

    Letters, Memorandums, Etc.

    Proclamations

    Statements by the President

    Acts Approved by the President

    • H.J. Res. 1051 -- Public Law 91-192
      Joint Resolution designating the week commencing February 1, 1970, as International Clergy Week in the United States, and for other purposes.

    Checklist of White House Press Releases

    The releases listed below, made public by the Office of the White House Press Secretary during the period covered by this issue, are not included in the issue.

    • Press conference of Russell E. Train, Chairman-designate, Council on Environmental Quality; James R. Schlesinger, Acting Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget; and Al Alm, Budget Examiner, Water Resources Bureau, Bureau of the Budget, on control of air and water pollution at Federal facilities.
    • Press conference of William E. Timmons, Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations, and Bryce N. Harlow, Counsellor to the President, on Mr. Timmons' appointment as Assistant to the President.
    • List of participants attending meetings with the President in Indianapolis and Chicago.

    Digest of Other White House Announcements

    Following is a listing of items of general interest which were announced in the press but not made public as formal White House press releases during the period covered by this issue. Appointments requiring Senate approval are not included since they appear in the list of nominations submitted to the Senate, below.

    • The President today announced the appointment of the following to be members of the Annual Assay Commission of the Department of the Treasury: HARRY WESLEY BASS, JR., president, H. W. Bass & Sons, Inc., Dallas, Tex. LORRAIN COOK, career civil servant, retired, Hapeville, Ga. BARBARA A. DAWSON, Junior League of America, Fargo, N. Dak. LEON HARTHORN, retired city manager of the city of Fillmore Calif. LILLIE E. HOLLABAUGH, housewife, Nashville, Tenn. MARY R. JAMES, housewife, Boise City, Okla. BURTON L. LOHMULLER, chairman of the board of the First National Bank of Centralia, Kans. RUDOLPH M. KAISER, retail and wholesale furniture business, Brigham City, Utah. ALEXANDER KAPTIK, JR., president, Numismatic Supply Co., Philadelphia, Pa. LEON T. LINDHEIM, senior vice president and secretary, The Continental Bank, Cleveland, Ohio. C. DALE LYON, president, Salina Coffee House, Inc., Salina, Kans. WILLIAM P. RABUN, retired IBM employee, Atlanta, Ga. MARY JANE MCCLARY, member, Daughters of the American Revolution, Boise, Idaho. RITA McAVOY, executive assistant, purchasing, housekeeping, and food management, famous Crawford House resort, Crawford Notch, N.H. ELIZABETH MAE VEITCH MCCOMAS, vice chairman, New Mexico Republican Party, Las Cruces, N. Mex. THOMAS F. MASON, owner, Mason's Airbase Pharmacy, Cheyenne, Wyo. JEAN MUIRHEAD, lawyer and State senator, Jackson, Miss. BEVERLY RANDALL STEINMAN, president, Showcase of Fashions, Lancaster, Pa. HENRY SUTLIFF, JR., executive vice president, Sutliff Tobacco Co., Richmond, Va. CORNELIUS B. TYSON, marketing area, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Inc., Wilmington, Del. Ex-oflicio members: JOHN W. LORD, JR., of Germantown, Pa., Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. WILLIAM B. CAMP, of Bethesda, Md., Comptroller of the Currency. PAUL J. MAGUIRE, Assayer, U.S. Assay Office, New York, N.Y. LEWIS M. BRANSCOMB, of Boulder, Colo., Director, National Bureau of Standards, Department of Commerce.

    Nominations Submitted to the Senate

    Does not include promotions of members of the Uniformed Services, nominations to the Service Academies, or nominations of Foreign Service Officers.

    • ROBERT HARRY NOOTER, of Missouri, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Agency for International Development, vice James P. Grant, resigned.

  • Each Public Papers of the Presidents volume contains the papers and speeches of the President of the United States that were issued by the White House Office of the Press Secretary during the time period specified by the volume. The material is presented in chronological order, and the dates shown in the headings are the dates of the documents or events. In instances when the release date differs from the date of the document itself, that fact is shown in the text note.

    To ensure accuracy, remarks have been checked against audio recordings (when available) and signed documents have been checked against the original, unless otherwise noted. Editors have provided text notes and cross references for purposes of identification or clarity.

  • The Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other Presidential documents.

  • The Congressional Record is the official daily record of the debates and proceedings of the U.S. Congress.

Archival Holdings

  • 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.

  • 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.

    Nixon Library Holdings

    All National Archives Units

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. XII, Soviet Union, January 1969-October 1970

    Expansion of the Kissinger-Dobrynin Channel and Further Discussions on the Middle East, December 11, 1969-July 28, 1970

    • 126. Letter From President Nixon to Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union Kosygin, Washington, February 4, 1970

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 765, Presidential Correspondence, Kosygin. Secret; Nodis. According to a February 3 memorandum from Kissinger to Rogers, President Nixon approved Sisco’s delivering the letter to Dobrynin on February 4. Additional copies were to be delivered to the Ambassadors of France and Great Britain following delivery of the original. (Ibid.) According to telegram 17418 to Moscow, February 4, “Sisco handed President’s reply to Kosygin letter to Ambassador Dobrynin at 3 p.m. today.” (Ibid., Box 711, Country Files, Europe, USSR, Vol. VI)

    Vol. XII, Soviet Union, January 1969-October 1970

    Expansion of the Kissinger-Dobrynin Channel and Further Discussions on the Middle East, December 11, 1969-July 28, 1970

    • 127. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, February 4, 1970

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 653, Country Files, Middle East, Sisco Middle East Talks, Vol. III. Secret; Nodis. According to another copy of this memorandum, it was drafted by Sonnenfeldt. (Ibid., Box 340, Subject Files, Dobrynin/Kissinger) Sent for information. A handwritten note on the first page indicates that a copy with Nixon’s comments was sent to Sonnenfeldt on February 23.

    Vol. XXIV, Middle East Region and Arabian Peninsula, 1969-1972; Jordan, September 1970

    Persian Gulf States

    Vol. E-1, Documents on Global Issues, 1969-1972

    International Environmental Policy

    Vol. E-2, Documents on Arms Control and Nonproliferation, 1969-1972

    Chemical and Biological Warfare; Geneva Protocol; Biological Weapons Convention

    Vol. E-5, Part 1, Documents on Sub-Saharan Africa, 1969-1972

    Nigerian Civil War

    Vol. E-5, Part 2, Documents on North Africa, 1969-1972

    U.S.-North African Policy

    • 6. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, February 4, 1970

      Kissinger summarized Admiral George Anderson’s impression, based on his recent visit, that the Free World position in North Africa was deteriorating.

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 274, President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, Vol. III. Secret; Nodis. Sent for information. President Nixon underlined a portion of the second paragraph and wrote in the margin, “I completely agree—Except for Tasca—virtually all career State people I have talked to do not adequately recognize this. They keep saying that the June ’67 war was a great ‘blow’ to Soviet in Mideast. Bunk.”

  • 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 of many of these transcripts can be found on the Yale University Library website.

Audiovisual Holdings

  • The White House Photo Office collection consists of photographic coverage of President Richard Nixon meeting with prominent social, political, and cultural personalities; speaking engagements and news conferences of the President and various high-ranking members of the White House staff and Cabinet; Presidential domestic and foreign travel, including Presidential vacations; social events and entertainment involving the First Family, including entertainers present; official portraits of the President, First Family, and high-ranking members of the Nixon administration; the 1969 and 1973 Inaugurals; the President’s 1972 Presidential election campaign appearances (including speeches) and other official activities of the White House staff and the President’s Cabinet from January 20, 1969 until August 9, 1974 at the White House and the Old Executive Office Building; other locations in Washington, DC, such as The Mall; and the Presidential retreats in Camp David, Maryland, Key Biscayne, Florida, and San Clemente, California. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

    Roll WHPO-2906 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-2906-03A-26A, Pat Nixon visiting the Girl Scout National Headquarters in New York City. 2/4/1970, New York, NY Girl Scout National Headquarters. Pat Nixon, unidentified Girl Scout Officials.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-2906-19A, Pat Nixon standing with two young Girls Scouts while visiting the Girl Scout National Headquarters in New York City. 2/4/1970, New York, NY Girl Scout National Headquarters. Pat Nixon, unidentified Girl Scout Officials.

    Roll WHPO-2907 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-2907-03-33, 35-37, Pat Nixon during a visit to the Girl Scout National Headquarters in New York City. 2/4/1970, New York, NY Girl Scout National Headquarters. Pat Nixon, Girl Scout Brownies, and Officials.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-2907-14, Pat Nixon speaking with a group of young Girl Scouts during a visit to the Girl Scout National Headquarters in New York City. 2/5/1970, New York, NY Girl Scout National Headquarters. Pat Nixon, unidentified Girls Scouts.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-2907-27, A portrait study of Pat Nixon with Girl Scout Brownies, during her visit to the Girl Scout National Headquarters in New York City. 2/4/1970, New York, NY Girl Scout National Headquarters. Pat Nixon, Girl Scout Brownies, and Officials.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-2907-34, Pat Nixon stands next to a formal painting portrait of a woman c. WWI era, during a visit to the Girl Scout National Headquarters in New York City. 2/4/1970, New York, NY Girl Scout National Headquarters. Pat Nixon.

  • The White House Communications Agency Sound Recordings Collection contains public statements that took place between 1969 and 1974. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

    C - First Lady

    • WHCA-SR-C-023
      Remarks by Pat Nixon at Girl Scout Headquarters in New York City. (2/4/1970, New York, New York)

      Runtime: 4:30

      Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by JLS (initials of WHCA engineer)

      Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

    H - White House Staff Member Recordings

    • WHCA-SR-H-120
      Briefing on prevention, control and abaetment of air and water polution at Federal facilities Executive Order, with remarks by Mr. Alm, Russell Train, James Schlesinger, Ronald Ziegler. (2/4/1970, Roosevelt Room, White House)

      Runtime: 0:25:57

      Keywords: Water quality standards, air quality standards, environment, Briefings, public briefings, statements to the press (see also Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media)

      Production credits: Audio feed or multiple feed supplied by ABC; Recorded by RRN (initials of WHCA engineer)

      Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
    • WHCA-SR-H-121
      Press briefing by Ronald Ziegler and Bryce Harlow regarding William Timmons as Staff Member for Congressional Relations. (2/4/1970, Roosevelt Room, White House)

      Runtime: 25:00:00

      Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media, press secretary

      Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by ADS (initials of WHCA engineer)

      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-3625
      "Today" Show with Sec. Maurice Stans. Senator Edmund Muskie, Senator Mike Mansfield.
      NBC, ABC
      Runtime: 0:10
    • WHCA-3628
      Weekly News Summary.
      All networks
      Runtime: 0:30

      4. Report on Government Pollution with Russell Train. Time Code Start: 04:31. Keywords: officials, ecology, environment, pollutants, air pollution, water pollution, noise pollution, smog, smoke, fossil fuels, litter, sludge, contamination, debris. Network: CBS.

Context (External Sources)