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February 9, 1974

Introduction

This almanac page for Saturday, February 9, 1974, 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

  • 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.

    Digitized versions can be found at HathiTrust.

  • 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.

    No Federal Register published on this date

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.

    • Annotated and Unmarked News Summaries [Note: Although there was no News Summary on this date, due to the way News Summary products were compiled, you should also consult nearby days for potentially relevant materials.]

    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 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

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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. XXXVI, Energy Crisis, 1969-1974

    October 6, 1973-March 22, 1974

    • 314. Memorandum of Conversation, San Clemente, February 9, 1974, 10:35 a.m.

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 1028, Presidential/HAK Memcons, Memcons, Jan 1974–Feb 1974. Secret; Nodis. The meeting took place in the Western White House at San Clemente. In the February 9 Talking Points prepared for the President for this meeting, Kissinger stated that to avoid “ruinous competition” among consumers and to improve the U.S. bargaining position, “we need to demonstrate that the energy crisis is manageable through multilateral cooperation and to create a continuing obligation on the part of consumers to cooperate in restraining demand and developing new sources of energy.” (Memorandum from Kissinger, February 9; ibid., NSC Files, Box 321, Subject Files, Energy Crisis, Nov 73–Feb 74)

    Vol. XXXVIII, Part 2, Organization and Management of Foreign Policy; Public Diplomacy, 1973-1976

    Managing the Department of State

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

    Dominican Republic

    • 334. Telegram 600 From the Embassy in the Dominican Republic to the Department of State, Santo Domingo, February 9, 1974, 1521Z

      Summary: Ambassador Hurwitch reiterated the importance of U.S. sugar policy to the Dominican economy, reporting on a conversation with Balaguer in which the President had urged the continuation of the existing quota system.

      Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, [no film number]. Confidential. In telegram 22675 to all American Republic and certain other diplomatic posts, February 4, the Department reported that congressional hearings on sugar legislation were scheduled to begin on February 19 and sought reconfirmation that countries with sugar quotas intended to fulfill their entire commitments to supply the United States with sugar even as free market prices for the product reached record highs. (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.

    Digitized versions can be found in the National Archives Catalog.

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-E2195 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2195-, White House snow scenes. 2/9/1974, Washington, D.C. White House.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2195-03, White House snow scenes. 2/9/1974, Washington, D.C. White House.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2195-04, White House snow scenes. 2/9/1974, Washington, D.C. White House.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2195-07, White House snow scenes. 2/9/1974, Washington, D.C. White House.

    Roll WHPO-E2196 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2196-, President Nixon seated informally in the Oval Office during a meeting to discuss preparations and prospects for the Washington Energy Conference with Henry Kissinger, George Shultz, William Simon, and Major General Brent Scowcroft. 2/9/1974, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, George P. Shultz, William E. Simon, and Major General Brent G. Scowcroft.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2196-15A, President Nixon seated informally in the Oval Office during a meeting to discuss preparations and prospects for the Washington Energy Conference with Henry Kissinger, George Shultz, William Simon, and Major General Brent Scowcroft. 2/9/1974, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, George P. Shultz, William E. Simon, and Major General Brent G. Scowcroft.

    Roll WHPO-E2197 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2197-, Julie Nixon Eisenhower attends the Mortar Board's Alumnae Association's Founders' Day Luncheon. 2/9/1974, Washington, D.C. The Kennedy Center. Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Miss Helen Harrison, Club President, Mrs. Cynthia Milligan, Program Vice President, Mrs. Mary Ellen Rogue, Claudia Thornburg, and other Club Officers and Club Members.

    Roll WHPO-E2198 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2198-, Julie Nixon Eisenhower attends the Mortar Board's Alumnae Association's Founders' Day Luncheon. 2/9/1974, Washington, D.C. The Kennedy Center. Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Miss Helen Harrison, Club President, Mrs. Cynthia Milligan, Program Vice President, Mrs. Mary Ellen Rogue, Claudia Thornburg, and additional Club Officers and Club Members.

    Roll WHPO-E2208 Photographer: Parish, William | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2208-02-21, The White House façade and snow covered lawn, seen centered looking through a Christmas wreath, hanging from tree branches. 2/9/1974, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2208-22, The White House façade, snow covered lawn, flower bed, and Christmas wreath hanging from a small step ladder in the foreground. 2/9/1974, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2208-23-26, The White House façade, snow covered lawn and flower bed. 2/9/1974, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn.

    Roll WHPO-E2209 Photographer: Parish, William | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2209-03A, 05, 07, 08A, 10, 12, 15A, 17A, The White House façade and snow covered lawn, seen centered looking through a Christmas wreath, hanging from tree branches. 2/9/1974, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2209-19, 20A, Panoramic Wide Lux views of the White House façade, snow covered lawn and flower bed. 2/9/1974, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn.

    Roll WHPO-E2248 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2248-04A-15A, President Nixon meeting with William Simon, Alexander Haig, and (possibly) Frank G. Zarb. 2/9/1974, Washington D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, William E. Simon Administrator of the Federal Energy Office (FEO) and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, possibly Frank G. Zarb the Associate Director for Natural Resources, Energy and Science at OMB, Alexander Haig.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2248-07A, President Nixon meeting with William Simon, Alexander Haig, and (possibly) Frank G. Zarb. 2/9/1974, Washington D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, William E. Simon Administrator of the Federal Energy Office (FEO) and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, possibly Frank G. Zarb the Associate Director for Natural Resources, Energy and Science at OMB, Alexander Haig.

  • 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-740208
      Live radio broadcast on transportation. (2/9/1974)

      Runtime: 13:28

      Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
    • WHCA-SR-P-740209
      Photo opportunity with HAK, GS, WS. (2/9/1974)

      Runtime: 3:15

      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-6780
      Agronsky and Company.
      WTTG
      Runtime: 00:31:29
    • WHCA-6785
      Weekly News Summary, Tape III.
      ALL NETWORKS

      10. Brokaw: President Nixon statement of strike. Time Code Start: 13:50. Keywords: strikes, trucks, truckers, truck drivers, cargo transportation, hauling, employees, economy, recession, inflation, money, wages, costs, unemployment. Network: NBC.

      11. Brokaw/Bell: Gasoline and duel situation. Time Code Start: 14:10. Keywords: energy, petroleum, oil, gasoline, fuel, shortages, rationing, natural resources, energy. Network: NBC.

      12. Brokaw/Valeriani: Oil buyers meeting in Washington, D.C.. Time Code Start: 16:45. Keywords: energy, petroleum, drilling, oil supply, oil supplies, imports, shortages, sales, costs, increases. Network: NBC.

      13. Brokaw/Levine: William Simon spot. Time Code Start: 18:40. Keywords: cabinet, advisors. Network: NBC.

      14. Brokaw/Cochran: Pentagon spying case. Time Code Start: 23:50. Keywords: United States Department of Defense headquarters, Armed Forces, military, espionage, spies, operatives, investigations. Network: NBC.

      15. Rather/Chung: Trucker strike. Time Code Start: 25:20. Keywords: strikes, trucks, truckers, truck drivers, cargo transportation, hauling, employees, economy, recession, inflation, money, wages, costs, unemployment. Network: CBS.

      16. Rather/Pierpoint: President Nixon's statement on strike. Time Code Start: 27:50. Keywords: strikes, trucks, truckers, truck drivers, cargo transportation, hauling, employees, economy, recession, inflation, money, wages, costs, unemployment. Network: CBS.

      17. Rather: Governor Schapp and the truckers. Time Code Start: 29:35. Keywords: Governors, strikes, trucks, truckers, truck drivers, cargo transportation, hauling, employees, economy, recession, inflation, money, wages, costs, unemployment. Network: CBS.

      18. Rather: Gasoline increases and decreases. Time Code Start: 30:55. Keywords: energy, petroleum, oil, gasoline, fuel, shortages, rationing, natural resources, energy. Network: CBS.

      19. Rather: Pentagon spying case. Time Code Start: 36:40. Keywords: United States Department of Defense headquarters, Armed Forces, military, espionage, spies, operatives, investigations. Network: CBS.

      20. Rather: Deficiencies in President Nixon's budget. Time Code Start: 37:05. Keywords: Presidents, economy, economics, budgets, finances, recession, inflation, money, wages, costs, unemployment, prices. Network: CBS.

Context (External Sources)