January 12, 1972

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• Original typewritten diary (PDF)

The President's day began at Camp David, Maryland

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• Federal Register of Wednesday, January 12, 1972

Argued

• Iowa Beef Packers, Inc. v. Thompson
• Milton v. Wainwright
• National Labor Relations Board v. Scrivener
• United States v. Chas. Pfizer & Co.

Decided

• Federal Power Commission v. Florida Power & Light Company
• Lego v. Twomey

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)
• Original audio recording (MP3)

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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.

• President's Daily Brief of 12 January 1972

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

The Intelligence Community and the White House

• 261. Letter From Secretary of Defense Laird to Director of Central Intelligence Helms, Washington, January 12, 1972

  Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Executive Registry Files, Job 80–B01086A, Box 5, Folder 164, DOD. No classification marking.

Vol. IV, Foreign Assistance, International Development, Trade Policies, 1969-1972

Trade and Commerce, 1969-1972

• 267. Memorandum From the Assistant Special Representative for Industry and Labor, Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations (Gates) to the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations (Eberle), Washington, January 12, 1972

  Source: National Archives, RG 364, Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations: Lot 78 B 1, STR Reading: January/February 1972, Box 44. Confidential.

Vol. V, United Nations, 1969-1972

Special Meetings of the Security Council

• 121. Telegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State, New York, January 12, 1972, 0004Z

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, UN 3 SC. Unclassified. Repeated to Conakry, Addis Ababa, Dakar, and Lusaka.

Appointments of Senior UN Personnel

• 268. Telegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State, New York, January 12, 1972, 1746Z

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 303, Agency Files, USUN, Vol. X. Secret; Exdis.

Vol. XX, Southeast Asia, 1969-1972

Indonesia

• 325. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, January 12, 1972

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 38, President’s Daily Briefs, January 3–17, 1972. Top Secret; Sensitive; Codeword. Haig signed for Kissinger. A notation on the memorandum indicates that the President saw it.

Vol. XXI, Chile, 1969-1973

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

• 286. Memorandum From the Chairman of the Inter-Agency Committee on Debt Renegotiation (Weintraub) to the Senior Review Group, Washington, January 12, 1972

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 776, Country Files, Latin America, Chile, Vol. VII. Secret. Sent through Meyer as Chairman of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Chile. Distributed to Kissinger, Irwin, Connally, Nutter, Moorer, and Helms.

Vol. XXIII, Arab-Israeli Dispute, 1969-1972

Proximity Talks and the Backchannel: Separate Department of State and White House Negotiating Tricks

• 273. Letter From President Nixon to King Hussein of Jordan, Washington, January 12, 1972

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 797, Presidential Correspondence 1969–1974, Jordan—King Hussein. No classification marking. The letter was transmitted to the Embassy in Amman in telegram 6707, January 13. (Ibid., Box 617, Country Files, Middle East, Jordan, Vol. VIII)

• 274. Telegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State, New York, January 12, 1972, 0004Z

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 1166, Saunders Files, Middle East Negotiations Files, Middle East—Jarring Talks, January 1–15, 1972. Confidential; Exdis. Repeated to Amman, Beirut, Tel Aviv, Paris, London, Moscow, Jerusalem, and Cairo.

Vol. XXXII, SALT I, 1969-1972

Narrowing the Issues, October 19, 1971-April 18, 1972

• 225. Memorandum From Philip Odeen and Helmut Sonnenfeldt of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, January 12, 1972

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 882, SALT, SALT talks (Helenski) [sic], Vol. 17, January–April 1972. Top Secret. Sent for urgent information.

Vol. XXXVI, Energy Crisis, 1969-1974

April 15, 1971-March 11, 1972

• 105. Telegram From the Mission to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to the Department of State, Paris, January 12, 1972, 1330Z

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, PET 3 OECD. Confidential. Repeated to Ankara, Athens, Bern, Bonn, Brussels, Canberra, Caracas, Copenhagen, Dublin, Geneva, The Hague, Helsinki, Jidda, Kuwait, Lagos, Lisbon, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Oslo, Ottawa, Reykjavik, Rome, Stockholm, Tehran, Tripoli, Tokyo, Vienna, Paris, and Dhahran.

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

International Environmental Policy

• 312. Memorandum From Secretary Rogers to President Nixon, Washington, January 12, 1972

  Rogers recommended that the President propose the establishment of a United Nations Fund on the Environment, asserting that it, and substantial financial support, would serve as the keystone of U.S. participation in the Stockholm Conference.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970-73, SCI 41 UN. A notation on the memorandum reads: “Message sent to Congress 2/8/72.” The message is printed in Public Papers: Nixon, 1972, pp. 173-189. Annexes 1-6 were attached but not published.

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

The Horn

• 325. Telegram 6540 From the Department of State to the Embassy in Ethiopia, Washington, January 12, 1972, 0054Z

  This joint Department of State-Department of Defense telegram confirmed that Kagnew would begin to phase-down its activities. The Country Team was asked to forward its assessment of the Ethiopian Government reaction.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, DEF 15–10 ETH–US. Secret; Limdis; Priority. Drafted by Bader and Melone (AF/E); cleared in AF/E, AF/RA, A/OC, PM/ISO, INR/DD, OASD/ISA, JCS; and approved by Newsom. Repeated to JCS, USCINCEUR, Asmara, Addis Ababa, COMIDEASTFOR, and DIA.

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

U.S. Relations with India and Pakistan, 1972

• 202. Telegram 364 From the Embassy in Pakistan to the Department of State, Islamabad, January 12, 1972, 1130Z

  Ambassador Farland reported that Pakistani President Bhutto had reacted skeptically to Mujibur Rahman’s statement that there would be no ties between Bangladesh and West Pakistan.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL PAK–US. Secret; Nodis.

Bangladesh, December 1971-December 1972

• 385. Telegram 125 From the Consulate General in Dacca to the Department of State, Dacca, January 12, 1972, 0745Z

  Consul General Spivack reported that he had just been invited to attend the swearing-in ceremony for President Mujibur Rahman to take place that day. He cabled urgently for instructions.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 15–1 BANGLA DESH. Limited Official Use; Flash. Repeated to Islamabad and New Delhi. The Department returned a Flash response within 2 hours instructing Spivack that no U.S representative should attend the ceremony. The cable was drafted by Van Hollen and cleared by Irwin and Kissinger. (Telegram 5773 to Dacca, January 12; ibid.) On January 13 Spivack cabled the Department that the United States was the only government with de facto representation in Dacca not represented at the swearing-in ceremony. (Telegram 136 from Dacca; ibid.)

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

Venezuela

• 678. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the Department of State (Eliot) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, January 12, 1972., Washington, January 12, 1972

  Even though both Venezuela and the United States considered their Reciprocal Trade Agreement obsolete, Venezuela’s unilateral decision to terminate it raised the issue of whether or not the United States would maintain special, lower tariffs on imports of oil from Venezuela. Executive Secretary Eliot informed President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs Kissinger the Department of State would keep him informed of proposals to deal with the problems posed by Venezuela’s decision.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 797, Country Files, Latin America, Venezuela, Vol. 2, 1972. Confidential, with LOU attachment. Brewster signed for Eliot. Caldera stated that the decision to rescind the treaty would bolster Venezuelan nationalism, and strengthen the economy of the country. (Airgram A–20 from Caracas, January 19, ibid., RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 2 VEN)

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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Oval Office

• 646-1; Unknown between 4:02 p.m. & 4:04 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Bull, Stephen B.
• 646-2; 4:04 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Agnew, Spiro T. (Vice President)
• 646-3; 4:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; [Unknown person(s)]; Agnew, Spiro T. (Vice President)
• 646-4; 4:30 p.m. - 4:34 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.; Manarin, Rosemary
• 646-5; 4:34 p.m. - 6:21 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Romney, George W.; Ehrlichman, John D.; Whitaker, John C.; Sanchez, Manolo; Bull, Stephen B.; Mitchell, John N.; Woods, Rose Mary; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.
• 646-6; Unknown between 6:21 p.m. & 6:23 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo
• 646-7; Unknown between 6:23 p.m. & 10:59 p.m.; United States Secret Service agents

White House Telephone

• 18-71; Unknown between 7:30 p.m. & 8:09 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 18-72; 8:09 p.m. - 8:11 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.
• 18-73; Unknown between 8:11 p.m. & 8:13 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 18-74; 8:13 p.m. - 8:40 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.
• 18-75; Unknown between 8:40 p.m. & 9:26 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 18-76; 9:26 p.m. - 9:42 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Connally, John B.

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-8269 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-8269-, Reception for Brigadier General James Donald Hughes, Military Assistant to the President. 1/12/1972, Washington, D.C. White House. Brigadier General James Donald Hughes.
• Frame(s): WHPO-8269-, Reception for Brigadier General James Donald Hughes, Military Assistant to the President. 1/12/1972, Washington, D.C. White House. Brigadier General James Donald Hughes.
• Frame(s): WHPO-8269-, Reception for Brigadier General James Donald Hughes, Military Assistant to the President. 1/12/1972, Washington, D.C. White House. Brigadier General James Donald Hughes.

Roll WHPO-8271 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-8271-, Harry Dent with visitors. 1/12/1972, Washington, D.C. White House. Harry Dent and visitors.

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-4960
  Tonight Show.
  ABC
  Runtime: 00:20:45
• WHCA-4961
  Private Lives of Americans. FTN: Pete Rozelle, chairman of the National Football League; "MTP": economist John Kenneth Galbraith; "I&A": Herbert Stein, member of the President's Council of Economic Advisors.
  CBS, NBC, ABC
  Runtime: 00:29:07
• WHCA-4962
  "The Dick Cavett Show" :Rogers Morton, Malcolm McDowall, Leigh Taylor Young. Vietnam Prisoners of War family members.
  CBS
  Runtime: 01:31:48
• WHCA-4967
  Weekly News Summary II.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 01:29:29
  
  3. Reasoner/Giggans: Indochina war report; morale in the war area is low. Time Code Start: 10:00. Keywords: Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam War, military, troops, psychology. Network: ABC.
  
  4. Smith: Mayor Sam Yorty asked to leave the Democratic Party. Time Code Start: 14:11. Keywords: Mayors, Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates, primaries, conventions, political parties, Democrats, Democratic Party, dismissals. Network: ABC.
  
  5. Jarriel: Live coverage of Presidential China trip proposed. Time Code Start: 15:00. Keywords: President Nixon, travel, trips, People's Republic of China, announcements. Network: ABC.
  
  6. Smith/Geer: J. Stanley Pottinger Director of the Office of Civil Rights, at the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) comments on civil rights in schools. Time Code Start: 16:16. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, racial discrimination, African Americans, African Americans, leaders, desegregation, racism, schools, students,. Network: ABC.
  
  7. Smith: Commentary on integration, segregation and some cures; Commentator predicts integrated nation within 25 years; Suggests tax breaks for neighborhoods integrating. Time Code Start: 18:48. Keywords: desegregation, racism, racial profiling, racial discrimination, civil rights, African Americans, schools, students. Network: ABC.
  
  8. Chancellor/Goralski/Lord: Indochina war report. Time Code Start: 20:30. Keywords: Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam War. Network: NBC.
  
  9. Chancellor: White House releases details on China trip. Time Code Start: 25:35. Keywords: President Nixon, travel, trips, People's Republic of China, announcements. Network: NBC.
  
  10. Chancellor: H.E.W. figures on school desegregation. Time Code Start: 26:04. Keywords: desegregation, racism, racial profiling, racial discrimination, civil rights, African Americans, schools, students. Network: NBC.
  
  11. Brinkley: Government subsidies. Time Code Start: 28:04. Keywords: economy, economics, budgets, finances, money, wages, costs, payments. Network: NBC.
  
  12. Cronkite: Indochina war report. Time Code Start: 30:27. Keywords: Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam War. Network: CBS.
  
  13. Cronkite: Desegregation in Southern schools. Time Code Start: 31:32. Keywords: desegregation, racism, racial profiling, racial discrimination, civil rights, African Americans, schools, students. Network: CBS.
  
  14. Cronkite/Schaknew: Jobs for welfare recipients. Time Code Start: 33:05. Keywords: Family Assistance Programs, government aid, financial aid, health and welfare assistance, financial aid, employment, unemployed,. Network: CBS.
  
  15. Cronkite: Israel to get Phantom jets. Time Code Start: 39:45. Keywords: Middle East, Mideast, war, Israeli, weapons, aircraft, jets, aid, sales. Network: CBS.
  
  16. Sevareid: Commentary on Vietnam and administration policy. Time Code Start: 40:25. Keywords: Vietnam War. Network: CBS.
  
  17. Cronkite: Details on China trip. Time Code Start: 43:00. Keywords: President Nixon, travel, trips, People's Republic of China, announcements. Network: CBS.
  
  18. Cronkite: White House denies that American artist Andrew Wyeth will paint President Nixon official Presidential portrait. Time Code Start: 43:30. Keywords: Presidents, art, paintings, celebrities. Network: CBS.
  
  19. Cronkite/Davis: More on Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Time Code Start: 44:02. Keywords: security, restrictions, muslims, riots, rioting, desegregation, racism, racial profiling, racial discrimination, civil rights, African Americans. Network: CBS.

• New York Times of January 12, 1972

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The Vanderbilt Television News Archive is the world's most extensive and complete archive of television news. They have been recording, preserving and providing access to television news broadcasts of the national networks since August 5, 1968.

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