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February 9, 1971

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This almanac page for Tuesday, February 9, 1971, 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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  • 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 9.

      Laos is still going well, and that's led him to think back on the whole Cambodia question. He feels strongly that we've completely failed to get over the success story on Cambodia to the people, and that we have to make it very simple. Use Laos now, to get it across and establish the success of Cambodia and make the public see it as such. NBC last night reported a poll they had taken, that showed that people don't feel that Cambodia was successful or was a good thing; and this is basically what's bothering the President. He thinks we've got to take the two key points: one that casualties have been reduced 75 percent; and the other that the withdrawals are not only insured but now can be stepped up. He pointed out that Colonel Cook had told him when he came back from Vietnam that everybody in Vietnam says Cambodia was the best thing we've ever done, but that we haven't gotten that point over to the American people. As usual, he's absolutely right.

      He got into quite a little discussion of TV and PR planning again today, partly as a result of his meeting with Carruthers and Mark Goode. He feels very strongly still, that we need one guy who is just thinking PR and who is fully familiar with everything that's going on––reads the polls, reads the papers, watches the TV––and can develop long-range plans, mainly for the PR program on television. He feels Moore can't do it because he bases his thinking too much on what he hears and that we need a younger, quicker guy who's full of more vinegar and can work intimately with me on the schedule, etcetera. He thinks we need a top PR guy for this and someone whose judgment the President will take. He's undoubtedly right, but we're back to the age-old problem of how do we find such a guy?

      Along this line, he got back to the problem of Kissinger's briefings again. Has concluded that they have not been a success because they don't get across our points regarding our foreign policy successes, and that we need a man that can handle that, too. Maybe the same guy as the other PR type.

      There was a big earthquake in Los Angeles this morning, and that caused quite a stir throughout Washington circles, as they declared it a disaster area and set up a plan for the Vice President to fly out, etcetera. Late this evening, the President called to say maybe he would fly out, instead of going to California this weekend. I've got to work out a plan to turn him off of that.

      Today was one of those days where things get screwed up. The prime thing was a reception for the Freedom Foundation where we had full press coverage including a whole battery of TV cameras, and the President was pretty disturbed because he didn't have anything to say to them and wasn't expecting to have press coverage, although his briefing paper, of course, said that there would be. He feels that this kind of thing shouldn't be-- shouldn't be caught in and that we've got to avoid it in the future. This also arose yesterday in a related problem, where he had wanted to use a TelePrompTer for recording the environment message, and there wasn't a TelePrompTer setup. Our staff didn't get it worked out right. That then got back today to a similar kind of flap regarding the pollution control council that meets tomorrow, in that he feels the environment is not an issue that's worth a damn to us. He has a very uneasy feeling about it because he thinks it works the wrong way for us, that we're catering to the left in all of this and that we shouldn't be. That they're the ones who care about the environment and that they're trying to use the environmental issue as a means of destroying the system, and we're playing right into their hands. He has a really uneasy feeling that we're doing way too much on this. Apparently, he called George Putnam in Los Angeles tonight and let Putnam tape the interview, which ought to produce some interesting results.

      He says that he and the family have agreed that Isabel Shelton and Judith Martin both must be banned from the White House as accredited press people for social functions. And says that it's ordered as of now and must be carried out, that he'll fire whoever is responsible for letting them in, if they ever get in again. This came out of several flaps apparently. The story that Judith Martin ran on Beverly Sills' bra strap breaking; plus, the story that ran today downgrading Sevilla-Sacassa as a result of the diplomatic reception last night. Both of which caused the President to put the pressure on Pat again to agree to keep the people out, which she-- he says she's now agreed to do.

      We got into a general discussion of his schedule planning and have decided to try a new approach, where we keep both Wednesdays and Saturdays fully clear and unscheduled, so that he has that time to use on an optional basis rather than programmed. So now we'll only schedule four days a week, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, which is probably a good idea. The plan has also occurred to him to eliminate the receiving lines at Church, etcetera, so that he doesn't have to do so much handshaking. And this, too, I think is a good idea, but it's going to be hard to enforce it with Mrs. Nixon. We'll give it a try.

      End of February 9.
    • Original audio recording (MP3)

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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.

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    Vol. II, Organization and Management of U.S. Foreign Policy, 1969-1972

    The NSC System

    • 140. National Security Decision Memorandum 98, Washington, February 9, 1971

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–222, National Security Decision Memoranda, NSDM 98. Limited Official Use. Copies were sent to the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, HEW, and the Treasury; the Directors NSF, NASA, OEP, and OST; the Chairmen of AEC and the JCS; and the Administrator of AID.

    Vol. III, Foreign Economic Policy; International Monetary Policy, 1969-1972

    Foreign Economic Policy

    • 51. Information Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, February 9, 1971

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Subject Files, Box 323, Foreign Aid, Volume I 7/70-1971. Confidential. At the top of the memorandum, the President wrote: “Be sure this gets to Peterson,” and Kissinger wrote: “Send comments to Shultz.” The memorandum is attached to a January 28 memorandum from Bergsten recommending that Kissinger forward the report to the President. Bergsten wrote that “responses reflect the usual foreign schizophrenia toward the U.S. economy,” especially the European perception of the threat of a continued U.S. slowdown.

    Vol. VII, Vietnam, July 1970-January 1972

    Operational Lam Son 719, February 8-April 7, 1971

    • 125. Minutes of a Meeting of the Washington Special Actions Group, Washington, February 9, 1971, 3:15 p.m.

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–115, WSAG Meetings Minutes, Originals, 1971. Top Secret; Nodis. The meeting took place in the Situation Room of the White House. According to Kissinger’s Record of Schedule, the meeting ended at 4:37. (Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box 438, Miscellany, 1968–76)

    Vol. XXIX, Eastern Europe, 1969-1972

    General Policy

    Vol. XL, Germany and Berlin, 1969-1972

    Germany and Berlin, 1969-1972

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

    International Cooperation in Space, 1969-1972

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

    Nigerian Civil War

    • 203. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, February 9, 1971

      In meeting with Assistant Secretary of State Newsom, Abassador Iyalla again raised the issue of admitting into the United States key members of the former Biafran regime, in particular Christopher C. Mojekwu, formerly Commissioner for Home Affairs. Newsom explained the limitations on what the Department of State could do about it.

      Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 30 Nigeria. Confidential. In telegram 2103 from the Embassy in Nigeria to the Department of State, March 8, 1971, Trueheart reported that he had informed Ambassador Iyalla of the issuance of a visa to Mojekwu. Iyallaʼs only comment was “General Gowon will not like this.” (Ibid.)

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

    Ecuador

    • 306. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, February 9, 1971., Washington, February 9, 1971

      President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs Kissinger urged President Nixon to come up with a practical, early settlement of the fisheries dispute. Kissinger also requested that Nixon elicit a report outlining U.S. negotiating strategy from the Secretaries of State and Defense.

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 784, Country Files, Latin America, Ecuador, Vol. 1, 1969–1970. Secret. Sent for action. Haig approved for the President on February 10. Attached but not published at Tab A is a January 28 memorandum from Packard to Nixon. Kissinger’s tasking of the Secretaries of Defense and State, dated February 10, to produce a negotiating strategy is Foreign Relations 1969–1976, volume E–1, Global Issues, 1969–1972, Document 387. In telegram 637 from Quito, February 9, Burns told Meyer it was important to resolve the fishing dispute to protect U.S. oil interests in Ecuador, and to strengthen the position in the OAS and the Law of the Sea negotiations. (Ibid., RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 33–4, ECUADOR–US).

    Vol. E-16, Documents on Chile, 1969-1973

    Cool and Correct: The U.S. Response to the Allende Administration, November 5, 1970-December 31, 1972

    • 49. Telegram From the Embassy in Chile to the Department of State, Santiago, February 9, 1971, 1720Z

      Summary: In this telegram, Korry reported on discussions with different officials in the UP government, some of whom wanted a quick nationalization of major foreign companies and others who supported a slower, more pragmatic approach to “Chileanizing” the foreign sector of the economy.

      Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, INCO 15–2 CHILE. Confidential; Immediate; Exdis. Repeated to Panama.

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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-5612 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-5612-, Snow covered grounds and bare trees surounding cabin looking lodge and buildings at Camp David. 2/9/1971, Camp David, Maryland indoors and outdoors.

    Roll WHPO-5613 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-5613-, Snow covered grounds and bare trees surounding cabin looking lodge and buildings at Camp David. 2/9/1971, Camp David, Maryland Lodge cabins and buildings, outdoors.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-5613-10, Snow covered grounds and bare trees surounding cabin looking lodge and buildings at Camp David. 2/9/1971, Camp David, Maryland Lodge cabins and buildings, outdoors.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-5613-11, Snow covered grounds and bare trees surounding cabin looking lodge and buildings at Camp David. 2/9/1971, Camp David, Maryland Lodge cabins and buildings, outdoors.

    Roll WHPO-5614 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-5614-, Snow covered grounds and bare trees surounding cabin looking lodge and buildings at Camp David. 2/9/1971, Camp David, Maryland Lodge cabins and buildings, outdoors.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-5614-08, Snow covered grounds and bare trees surounding cabin looking lodge and buildings at Camp David. 2/9/1971, Camp David, Maryland Lodge cabins and buildings, outdoors.

    Roll WHPO-5615 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-5615-, Snow covered grounds and bare trees surounding cabin looking lodge.and buildings at Camp David. 2/9/1971, Camp David, Maryland outdoors. unidentified person.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-5615-08, Snow covered grounds and bare trees surounding cabin looking lodge.and buildings at Camp David. View of lodge cabin from swimming pool area. 2/9/1971, Camp David, Maryland outdoors.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-5615-10, Snow covered grounds and bare trees surounding cabin looking lodge and buildings at Camp David. View of lodge cabin from swimming pool area. Adirondak redwood chairs are poolside. 2/9/1971, Camp David, Maryland outdoors.

    Roll WHPO-5616 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-5616-, President Nixon accepting a gift from representatives of the Boy Scouts of America. 2/9/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon; present according to the PDD: Charles Phillip Illsley, Kenneth Edward Spann, Stuart Andrew Baldwin, Thomas (Tad) Barclay, Gary Ralph Bassett, Gregory Scott Casey, John Mark Costine, Thomas Joseph Dugger, Michael J. Elison, Stephen H. Echsner, John H. Bernardo Silvia, Jr., Mark Van Wagoner, Allan Wendelburg, Scott D. Westrem; Hobart Lewis, President of Readers Digest; Alden G. Barber, Chief Scout Executive; Irving J. Feist, President of the BSA.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-5616-05, President Nixon accepting a globe type gift from representatives of the Boy Scouts of America. 2/9/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon; present according to the PDD: Charles Phillip Illsley, Kenneth Edward Spann, Stuart Andrew Baldwin, Thomas (Tad) Barclay, Gary Ralph Bassett, Gregory Scott Casey, John Mark Costine, Thomas Joseph Dugger, Michael J. Elison, Stephen H. Echsner, John H. Bernardo Silvia, Jr., Mark Van Wagoner, Allan Wendelburg, Scott D. Westrem; Hobart Lewis, President of Readers Digest; Alden G. Barber, Chief Scout Executive; Irving J. Feist, President of the BSA.

    Roll WHPO-5617 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-5617-03-08, President Nixon accepting gifts from representatives of the Boy Scouts of America. 2/9/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon; present according to the PDD: Charles Phillip Illsley, Kenneth Edward Spann, Stuart Andrew Baldwin, Thomas (Tad) Barclay, Gary Ralph Bassett, Gregory Scott Casey, John Mark Costine, Thomas Joseph Dugger, Michael J. Elison, Stephen H. Echsner, John H. Bernardo Silvia, Jr., Mark Van Wagoner, Allan Wendelburg, Scott D. Westrem; Hobart Lewis, President of Readers Digest; Alden G. Barber, Chief Scout Executive; Irving J. Feist, President of the BSA.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-5617-05, President Nixon accepting a plaque gift from representatives of the Boy Scouts of America. Unidentified officials stand nearby. 2/9/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon; present according to the PDD: Charles Phillip Illsley, Kenneth Edward Spann, Stuart Andrew Baldwin, Thomas (Tad) Barclay, Gary Ralph Bassett, Gregory Scott Casey, John Mark Costine, Thomas Joseph Dugger, Michael J. Elison, Stephen H. Echsner, John H. Bernardo Silvia, Jr., Mark Van Wagoner, Allan Wendelburg, Scott D. Westrem; Hobart Lewis, President of Readers Digest; Alden G. Barber, Chief Scout Executive; Irving J. Feist, President of the BSA.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-5617-09-22, President Nixon with David Parker and unidentified persons in a mini receiving line. 2/9/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Boy Scouts of America and officials, Charles Phillip Illsley, Kenneth Edward Spann, Stuart Andrew Baldwin, Thomas (Tad) Barclay, Gary Ralph Bassett, Gregory Scott Casey, John Mar.k Costine, Thomas Joseph Dugger, Michael J. E.lison, Stephen H. Echsner, John H. Bernardo Silvia, Jr., Mark Van Wagoner, Allan Wendelburg, Scott D. Westrem, Hobart Lewis (President of Readers Digest), Alden G. Barber (Chief Scout Executive), Irving J. Feist (President BSA).

    Roll WHPO-5618 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-5618-, President Nixon standing with William Carruthers and Mark Goode. 2/9/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, William Carruthers, Mark Goode.

    Roll WHPO-5619 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-5619-, President Nixon reading a plaque with Inaugural Committee Chairman J. Willard Marriott as Jeb Magruder watches. 2/9/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, J. Willard Marriott, Jeb Magruder.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-5619-09, President Nixon standing in the Oval Office presenting a Presidential service award plaque to Inaugural Committee Chairman J. Willard Marriott. 2/9/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, J. Willard Marriott.

    Roll WHPO-5620 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-5620-02A-03A, President Nixon standing with Mr. & Mrs. William Gemmell and an unidentified man. 2/9/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Mr. & Mrs. William Gemmell, unidentified man, Victor Veysey, Mr. & Mrs. J.P. (Rory) Liddy, William Warnock.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-5620-05A-07A, Representative Victor Veysey. 2/9/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Mr. & Mrs. William Gemmell, unidentified man, Victor Veysey, Mr. & Mrs. J.P. (Rory) Liddy, William Warnock.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-5620-09A-14A, Mayor & Mrs. J.P. (Rory) Liddy of Limerick, Ireland, and Ambassador of Ireland William Warnock. 2/9/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Mr. & Mrs. William Gemmell, unidentified man, Victor Veysey, Mr. & Mrs. J.P. (Rory) Liddy, William Warnock.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-5620-16A-31A, President Nixon standing with Dr. Charles Wesley, Leroy Jeffries, Simeon Booker, Alexander Pointsett, Robert Brown. 2/9/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Dr. Charles Wesley, Leroy Jeffries, Simeon Booker, Alexander Pointsett, Robert Brown, William Carruthers, Mark Goode.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-5620-32A-35A, President Nixon seated at his desk with William Carruthers and Mark Goode. 2/9/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Dr. Charles Wesley, Leroy Jeffries, Simeon Booker, Alexander Pointsett, Robert Brown, William Carruthers, Mark Goode.

    Roll WHPO-5621 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-5621-02A-04A, Casper Weinberger giving an economic briefing. 2/9/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Roosevelt Room. Casper Weinberger, unidentified persons.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-5621-05A-08A, President Nixon seated at his desk with Louis Rukeyser and Dr. Paul McCracken. 2/9/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Louis Rukeyser, Paul McCracken.

    Roll WHPO-5622 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-5622-, President Nixon seated at his desk with officials and staff discussing the budget. 2/9/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, John Connally, James Hodgson, George Shultz, Paul McCracken, Ehrlichman, Kenneth Cole, Manolo Sanchez.

    Roll WHPO-5623 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-5623-, Lucy Winchester receiving bananas for Pat Nixon from the International Banana Festival Princess. 2/9/1971, Washington, D.C. White House room. Lucy Winchester, unidentified Banana Festival Princess.

    Roll WHPO-5624 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-5624-02-03, Unidentified couple. 2/9/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, Bo Calloway, unidentified couple.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-5624-04-16, President Nixon receiving a gavel from Bo Calloway of the Freedoms Foundation. 2/9/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, Bo Calloway, unidentified couple.

    Roll WHPO-5625 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-5625-, President Nixon receiving a gavel from Bo Calloway of the Freedoms Foundation. 2/9/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, Bo Calloway, guests.

  • 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.

    P - Formal Presidential Remarks

    • WHCA-SR-P-710208
      Remarks by President Nixon in a telephone conversation with Apollo 14 astronauts. (2/9/1971, Oval Office, White House)

      Runtime: 0:03:50

      Keywords: NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, space program, astronauts

      Production credits: No feed information listed; No WHCA engineer initials listed

      Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
    • WHCA-SR-P-710209
      Remarks by President Nixon to Freedom Foundation with Howard Calloway. (2/9/1971)

      Runtime: 7:23

      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-4167
      "Thirty Minutes". Spiro T. Agnew, Vice President of the United States.
      CBS
      Runtime: 00:29:45
    • WHCA-4168
      California Earthquake Reports. Ron Ziegler, Richard Nixon's Press Secretary.
      NBC
      Runtime: 00:47:33
    • WHCA-4169
      "Stand Up and Cheer".

      Runtime: 00:58:56
    • WHCA-4174
      Weekly News Summary, Tape I.
      ALL NETWORKS
      Runtime: 1:30

      14. Reasoner/Tuckner/Bell: Indochina War including the Laos situation. Time Code Start: 45:22. Keywords: Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam War. Network: ABC.

      15. Newman: The Laos situation and college campus reaction. Time Code Start: 50:08. Keywords: Laos, Vietnam War. Network: NBC.

      16. Cronkite/Kalb: Indochina war including the Laos situation (Secretary of State Rogers and Secretary of Defense Laird). Time Code Start: 52:46. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, military, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam War. Network: CBS.

      17. Cronkite/Kulhane: North Vietnamese Film of American POW. Time Code Start: 56:01. Keywords: Vietnam War, Vietnam Prisoner of War. Network: CBS.
    • WHCA-4211
      Excerpts From the "NBC Nightly News" Indochina War Coverage, Tape I (Weekly News Summary).
      NBC

      26. Newman: Invasion progress; reactions to invasion. Time Code Start: 27:03. Keywords: Vietnam War. Network: NBC.

      27. Newman: University of Wisconsin student reactions. Time Code Start: 28:12. Keywords: colleges, universities, students, public opinions. Network: NBC.

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