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January 14, 1974

Introduction

This almanac page for Monday, January 14, 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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Next Date: Tuesday, January 15, 1974

Schedule and Public Documents

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.

  • 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. XXVI, Arab-Israeli Dispute, 1974-1976

    First Egyptian-Israeli Disengagement Agreement, January 1974

    • 5. Memorandum of Conversation, Aswan, January 14, 1974, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Kissinger Office Files, Box 133, Country Files, Middle East, Egypt, Volume 9, January 1974. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. The meeting was held in the President’s House. Brackets are in the original.

    Vol. E-6, Documents on Africa, 1973-1976

    Horn of Africa

    • 100. Intelligence Note RAAN–2 Prepared in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Washington, January 14, 1974

      The Intelligence Note analyzed Ethiopia’s search for arms suppliers in a period of Soviet support to Somalia and uncertain prospects for U.S. military aid.

      Source: Department of State, INR/IL Historical Files, Box 14, Ethiopia 1974–79. Secret; No Foreign Dissem. Drafted by Reid, cleared by Summ, and released by Mark.

  • 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-E2081 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2081-06-10, President Nixon seated in the Oval Office duirng a meeting with William Simon, Administrator of the Federal Energy Office and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, to discuss the energy crisis. 1/14/1974, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, William E. Simon.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2081-07-09, President Nixon seated in the Oval Office duirng a meeting with William Simon, Administrator of the Federal Energy Office and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, to discuss the energy crisis. An unidentified man standing in the background, possibly staff assistant Steve Bull. 1/14/1974, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, William E. Simon, Steve Bull.

  • 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.

    B - Vice-Presidential (Agnew and Ford)

    • WHCA-SR-B-257
      Briefing to Brookings Institute-Rm. 450, O.E.O.B. (1/14/1974)

      Runtime: 37:00:00

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

    K - Informal Presidential Remarks

    • WHCA-SR-K-136
      Photo opportunity-Oval Office/Comm. Simon. (1/14/1974)

      Runtime: 3:20

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

    S - White House Press Office Briefings (continuation of the L-series)

    • WHCA-SR-S-443
      Press briefing by Gerald Warren. (1/14/1974, White House Press Lobby)

      Runtime: 36:10:00

      Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media

      Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by __ (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-6746
      Weekly News Summary, Tape I.
      ALL NETWORKS
      Runtime: 01:32:11

      1. Reasoner/Kappel: Secretary of State Kissinger's diplomatic progress. Time Code Start: 00:00. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, war, treaties, negotiations. Network: ABC.

      2. Smith/Zimmerman: A three judge panel says that former Vice President Agnew is disbarred. Time Code Start: 01:50. Keywords: law officials, judges, justices, Vice Presidents, resignations, terminations, taxes, investments, investigations, hearings, careers, jobs, unemployment, disbarments, law officials. Network: ABC.

      3. Smith/Donaldson: Dash wants deal; investigation for impeachment. Time Code Start: 03:12. Keywords: Presidents, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, impeachment. Network: ABC.

      4. Smith/Clark: Energy crisis with William Simon. Time Code Start: 06:42. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, petroleum, oil, gasoline, fuel, shortages, rationing, natural resources, energy. Network: ABC.

      5. Smith: Commentary on population control. Time Code Start: 09:24. Keywords: populations, reductions, contraceptives, abortion, anti-abortion, census figures. Network: ABC.

      6. Chancellor/Valeriani: Secretary of State Kissinger and the Middle East problems. Time Code Start: 11:00. Keywords: Middle East, Mideast, war, cabinet, advisors, travel, trips. Network: NBC.

      7. Chancellor/Levine: Energy crisis is real with Senator Proxmire. Time Code Start: 15:10. Keywords: petroleum, oil, gasoline, fuel, shortages, rationing, natural resources. Network: NBC.

      8. Chancellor: President Nixon returns. Time Code Start: 17:52. Keywords: Presidents, travel, trips, Nixon trips, domestic. Network: NBC.

      9. Chancellor/Nessen: Former Vice President Agnew's disbarment. Time Code Start: 18:30. Keywords: Vice Presidents, resignations, terminations, taxes, investments, investigations, hearings, careers, jobs, unemployment, disbarments, law officials. Network: NBC.

      10. Chancellor: President Nixon and campaign contributions. Time Code Start: 20:10. Keywords: Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates, gifts, donations, money, funding, fundraising, finances. Network: NBC.

      11. Chancellor/Duke: Watergate tapes. Time Code Start: 21:00. Keywords: bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, recordings, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, scandals. Network: NBC.

      12. Chancellor/Paxton: Detroit's murder rate (Michigan). Time Code Start: 22:95. Keywords: killings, deaths, crimes, violence, homicides, murders, shootings, statistics. Network: NBC.

      13. Cronkite/Benton: The oil crisis is real. Time Code Start: 26:90. Keywords: energy, petroleum, drilling, oil supply, oil supplies, imports, shortages. Network: CBS.

      14. Cronkite/Serafin: Former Vice President Agnew and the disbarment recommendation. Time Code Start: 30:19. Keywords: Vice Presidents, resignations, terminations, taxes, investments, investigations, hearings, careers, jobs, unemployment, disbarments, law officials. Network: CBS.

      15. Cronkite/Schorr/Schieffer: Watergate conspiracy and the Pentagon. Time Code Start: 31:48. Keywords: United States Department of Defense headquarters, Armed Forces, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: CBS.

      16. Cronkite/Rabbel: Support of President Nixon. Time Code Start: 35:38. Keywords: Presidents, public opinions. Network: CBS.

      17. Cronkite/Kalb: Secretary of State Kissinger and the Middle East. Time Code Start: 37:40. Keywords: Middle East, Mideast, war, cabinet, advisors. Network: CBS.

      18. Sevareid: Analysis on Watergate. Time Code Start: 39:13. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: CBS.

      19. Cronkite/Dean: Talk about Skylab. Time Code Start: 42:06. Keywords: NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, space program, astronauts, space stations. Network: CBS.

Context (External Sources)