January 26, 1971

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• Remarks of Welcome to Prince Juan Carlos of Spain.
• Special Message to the Congress Resubmitting Legislative Proposals
• Toasts of the President and Prince Juan Carlos of Spain.

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• Federal Register of Tuesday, January 26, 1971

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• House of Representatives: January 26, 1971
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• Annotated News Summaries, Box 29, News Summaries - January 1971 [During this period, the Staff Secretary only removed pages from the News Summaries which contained President Nixon's handwriting, often leaving the document with no date. In addition to the individual document(s) listed below, you should also consult the full folder for the month.]
  • San Francisco Examiner, editorial, "Nixon's Address And the Critics," January 26, 1971
• President's Daily Schedule, Box 101, [President's Daily Schedule, Jan.-Feb. 1971] [2 of 3]
  • The President's Schedule, Tuesday - January 26, 1971

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• President's Speech File
  • Box 64, January 26, 1971, Visit of Prince Juan Carlos--Spain

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• Transcript of diary entry (PDF)
  Tuesday, January 26th. State Visit day with Juan Carlos and Sophia of Spain. After the first of this week's four Congressional breakfasts. Apparently, the breakfast went very well. The President was pleased with both the format and the content of the briefings. The rest of the morning was devoted to Juan Carlos, and then there is a State Dinner with him tonight.
  
  The President did have some open time, on and off, during the afternoon, and spent that discussing speech follow-up. He wants to be sure that we're really working on an escalating process of getting the numbers of Governors, Senators, and Congressmen, and so forth that support the President. And getting out endorsement stories constantly, to be sure we keep some momentum building. He also thinks we've got to get more people going on organizing support groups and that kind of thing, so that we're not just doing the right things, but also packaging the story.
  
  He got into a whole round of scheduling indecisions. He came up with the idea that he probably should be doing something with the OAS Foreign Ministers and wanted to have a dinner for them or a reception or drop by one of their functions or something. And after we explored each one of these, and some other possibilities one-by-one, we finally gave up on the basis that there wasn't really anything we could do with them, so there wasn't much point in trying. Then he got into a big indecision on Florida, due to the fact that the weather's basically going to be lousy down there this weekend and we finally, after discussing a number of alternatives, ended up getting him to agree to go to Caneel Bay for the weekend and try that. It should work out very well but there are some...
  
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  The final resolution of that came about when Kissinger said he would talk to Rockefeller and get it all set up for us.
  
  Then we got into a new plan he's got for having small dinner parties, one each week, for two Cabinet officers plus two other couples, up in the family dining room. This, I think, arose from a need to keep Mrs. Nixon occupied, rather than any great desire to have the dinners. But we had Rose in and out several times during the afternoon, trying to work out a guest list for the first one. We finally ended up with one sort of focused on Pete Peterson, including Dave Kennedy and Bill Rogers, George Shultz, and Charlie Mortimer of General Foods.
  
  The President then had another one of those sessions with Moorer and Kissinger today, as a result of which, he wants a meeting with Laird, Rogers, and Moorer tomorrow.
  
  Henry got me into the office just as I was going home, to go over the general plan that they're really up to. They're planning a major assault in Laos which, if successful, and Henry fully believes it will be, would in effect end the war, because it would totally demolish the enemy's capability. The problem is that it will be very major attack, with our troops massed heavily on the Laotian border. And the question is whether the heat generated in Congress and across the country will be worth it. Henry's point is that our action in Cambodia, etcetera, cleared things up so we've got no problem in '71, but—or in '70—but could have them in '71. No, correction, we had no problems in '71, but could have them in '72. This new action in Laos now, would set us up so that we wouldn't have to worry about problems in '72, and that, of course, is the most important. Henry does feel that there's one alternative, which is that we can, we've discovered that the enemy has our plan and is starting to mass their troops to counteract. By going ahead with our planning and letting them go ahead with their counter planning, we can draw them into a monumental trap and then move in and bomb them, maybe with the same effect as going ahead with the plan. This, of course, would be a much more salable alternative domestically. The problem with either of these plans is that all of a sudden the Russians have come around, and Henry's had a very productive meeting with Dobrynin that's resulted in their agreeing to move ahead on setting a summit for midyear, plus a basic SALT settlement and a couple of other items that we've been after them on. The massive Laotian attack would probably abort the whole Soviet effort, and the question is whether the Summit, etcetera, is worth more to us or whether winding down the war is. This is the tough question that Henry's got to face now, and he asked me to think about it tonight and talk to him about it some more tomorrow.
  
  End of January 26th.
• Original audio recording (MP3)

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• President's Daily Brief of 26 January 1971

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

Foreign Economic Policy

• 375. Memorandum From C. Fred Bergsten of the Operations Staff, National Security Council to the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Haig), Washington, January 26, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Agency Files, Box 213, Commerce, Vol. II. No classification marking. Sent for information.

Vol. V, United Nations, 1969-1972

High-Level Meetings; Miscellaneous Issues

• 32. Memorandum From Marshall Wright of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, January 26, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 300, Agency Files, USUN, Vol. VI. Confidential. Sent for information.

Vol. VII, Vietnam, July 1970-January 1972

Planning and Decisions for Operations in Cambodia and Laos, October 9, 1970-February 7, 1971

• 109. Memorandum for the President’s File by the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Haig), Washington, January 26, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Special Files, President’s Office Files, Box 84, Memoranda for the President, Beginning January 24, 1971. Top Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only. Sent for information.

• 110. Minutes of a Meeting of the Senior Washington Special Actions Group, Washington, January 26, 1971, 4:40 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; Sensitive; Eyes Only. The meeting took place in the Situation Room of the White House. According to Kissinger’s Record of Schedule, the meeting ended at 5:35 p.m. (Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box 438, Miscellany, 1968–76)

• 111. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, January 26, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 83, Vietnam Subject Files, Special Operations File, Vol. II. Top Secret; Sensitive. A stamped notation on the memorandum reads, “The President has seen.”

Vol. XXI, Chile, 1969-1973

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

• 199. Memorandum From Arnold Nachmanoff of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, January 26, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 774, Country Files, Latin America, Chile, Vol. III. Secret; Nodis. Sent for information.

Vol. XXIX, Eastern Mediterranean, 1969-1972

Greece

• 301. National Security Study Memorandum 116, Washington, January 26, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 1265, Saunders Subject Files, Greek Military Supply, 1/1/71–12/13/71. Secret; Nodis. A copy was sent to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Vol. XLI, Western Europe; NATO, 1969-1972

France

• 149. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, January 26, 1971, 3:40-3:59 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 677, Country Files—Europe, France, Vol. VII. Secret; Nodis; Sensitive. Sent for information. Drafted on January 27, presumably by Downey. The meeting took place in the Oval Office.

Spain

• 302. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, January 26, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Special Files, President’s Office Files, Memos for the President. Secret; Nodis.

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

International Cooperation in Space, 1969-1972

• 252. Memorandum From the Director, Bureau of International Scientific and Technological Affairs, (Pollack) to Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Hillenbrand), Washington, January 26, 1971

  Summary of the results of a meeting between officials from NASA and the Soviet Academy of Sciences.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970-73, SP 1-1 US-USSR. Confidential. Copies were sent to E, IO, P, H, J, EUR/SOV, EUR/SES, EUR, L/SCI, INR/DRF, S/PC, and E/TT. Attached but not published were Tabs A-C.

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Roll WHPO-5525 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-5525-01A-05A, President Nixon attending a Congressional Breakfast and press briefing. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, State Dining Room. President Nixon, Congressional leaders.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5525-08A, President Nixon addressing members of the Bi-Partisan Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways & Means Committee. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Roosevelt Room. President Nixon, Congressional leaders.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5525-08A-11A, President Nixon addressing members of the Bi-Partisan Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways & Means Committee. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Roosevelt Room. President Nixon, Congressional leaders.

Roll WHPO-5526 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-5526-00-34, Portrait of Bruce Raab. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, exterior. Bruce Raab.

Roll WHPO-5527 Photographer: Schumaker, Byron | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-5527-01A-06A, President Nixon and Pat Nixon greet Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sophia of Spain during their White House arrival ceremony. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos, Princess Sophia, guests.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5527-07A-21A, President Nixon with Prince Juan Carlos of Spain during the White House arrival ceremony. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn. President Nixon, Juan Carlos.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5527-10, President Nixon standing on the review platform with Prince Juan Carlos of Spain. Pat Nixon and Princess Sophia stand nearby with officials. Executive Office Building (EOB) visible in the background. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos of Spain, Princess Sophia, officials, honor guard.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5527-22A-26A, President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sophia standing on the White House Truman balcony after the arrival ceremony. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Juan Carlos, Princess Sophia.

Roll WHPO-5528 Photographer: Schumaker, Byron | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-5528-02A-09A, 22A-24A,29A-31A, President Nixon with Prince Juan Carlos of Spain during arrival ceremoney. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5528-10A-21A, 25A-28A, 32A-33A, Princess Sophia with Pat Nixon during arrival ceremony. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn. Pat Nixon, Princess Sophia.

Roll WHPO-5529 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-5529-, Transparencies showing the arrival ceremony for Prince Juan Carlos of Spain. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn. trumpeter, color guard, guests.

Roll WHPO-5530 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-5530-01A-07A, Arrival ceremony for Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sophia of Spain with President Nixon in attendance. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos, Princess Sophia, trumpeters, guests.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5530-04A, President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos of Spain, and Princess Sophia stand together on the Truman Balcony during the arrival ceremony for Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sophia. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Truman Balcony. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos, Princess Sophia.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5530-09A-15A, President Nixon with Prince Juan Carlos of Spain during an Oval Office meeting. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos, unidentified man.

Roll WHPO-5531 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-5531-, President Nixon, Pat Nixon and officials take part in the arrival ceremony for Spain's Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sophia on the South Lawn of the White House. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos, Princess Sophia, officals, troops, public audience members.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5531-08-17, American Flag and Spanish flags frame President Nixon, Pat Nixon and officials take part in the arrival ceremony for Spain's Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sophia on the South Lawn of the White House. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos, Princess Sophia, officals, troops, public audience members.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5531-13, President Nixon, Pat Nixon and officials take part in the arrival ceremony for Spain's Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sophia on the South Lawn of the White House. President Nixon and Prince Juan Carlos are standing on the reviewing stand. Rows of troops are seen at attention in the background. Public audience visible on lawn. (View from upper White House balcony looking down past flags of the United States and Spain at entire field out past the water fountain area with the Washington Monument visible in the background. Cannon fire smoke cloud on far field). 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos, Princess Sophia, officals, troops, public audience members.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5531-35, President Nixon, Pat Nixon and officials take part in the arrival ceremony for Spain's Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sophia on the South Lawn of the White House. President Nixon and Prince Juan Carlos are standing on the reviewing stand. Rows of troops are seen at attention in the background. Public audience visible on lawn. (View from upper White House balcony looking down at field out past the water fountain area. Cannon cassions with troops are visible in the far background field.). 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn. President Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos, officals, troops, public audience members.

Roll WHPO-5532 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-5532-, The arrival ceremony for Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sophia with President Nixon in attendance. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos, Princess Sophia, honor guard, guests.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5532-05, President Nixon and Pat Nixon greeting Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sophia during their White House arrival ceremony. Pat Nixon and Princess Sophia are shown shaking hands. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos, Princess Sophia, honor guard, guests.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5532-16, A birds-eye view of President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sophia of Spain standing on the Truman Balcony looking down at the crowd below after the official arrival ceremony. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos, Princess Sophia, White House security guards wearing white uniforms and white hats, guests.

Roll WHPO-5533 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-5533-02-10, President Nixon and Prince Juan Carlos inspecting the honor guard during arrival ceremonies. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos, Princess Sophia, honor guard, guests.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5533-11-26, President Nixon and Pat Nixon stand with Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sophia of Spain to greet guests in a receiving line at a White House reception in the Blue Room. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Blue Room. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos, Princess Sophia, honor guard, guests.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5533-17, President Nixon and Pat Nixon speaking with Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sophia of Spain during a White House reception in the Blue Room. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Blue Room. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos, Princess Sophia, guests.

Roll WHPO-5534 Photographer: Schumaker, Byron | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-5534-, President Nixon walking Spain's Prince Juan Carlos to his limousine after talks in the Oval Office. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House grounds. President Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos, aides.

Roll WHPO-5535 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-5535-03-16, President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sophia of Spain, pose for formal group portrait before attending a state dinner. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. Grand Hall stairway entrance, White House. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos, Princess Sophia, Marine honor guard holding flags.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5535-09, President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sophia of Spain pose for a formal portrait in front of the Grand Stairway before attending a state dinner. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. Grand Hall stairway entrance, White House. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos, Princess Sophia, Marine honor guard holding flags.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5535-17-20, Latin Jazz musician Sergio Mendes and "Brasil 66," performing in the East Room after the White House state dinner honoring Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sophia of Spain. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. Grand Hall, White House, East Room. Sérgio Santos Mendes, "Brasil 66 band", unidentified guests.

Roll WHPO-5536 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-5536-03-13, President Nixon greeting Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sophia of Spain at the White House North Portico, arriving for their state dinner. Security guards at the doors wear the newly designed white and gold dress uniform jackets and hats. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, North Portico. President Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos, Princess Sophia, unidentified official and wife, White House security guards, military honor guards.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5536-14-16, President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sophia of Spain stand at the Grand Stairway for a formal state portrait before walking to a state dinner. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Grand Stairway. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos, Princess Sophia.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5536-17-21, President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sophia of Spain greet guests in a receiving line, before their state dinner. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Grand Hallway. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos, Princess Sophia, unidentified officials, guests and military honor guards.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5536-22-25, President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sophia of Spain speak with ambassadors and officials during a small private reception, while butlers serve appetizers on trays. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, reception room. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos, Princess Sophia, unidentified officials, unidentified butlers.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5536-26-35, President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sophia of Spain with Sergio Mendes and his Brasil 66 band members after their East Room performance. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos, Princess Sophia, unidentified officials, Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66 band members.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5536-36-37, President Nixon saying farewell to Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sophia of Spain at the White House North Portico, departing after their state dinner. Security guards at the doors wear the newly designed white and gold dress uniform jackets and hats. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, North Portico. President Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos, Princess Sophia, unidentified official and wife, White House security guards, military honor guards.

Roll WHPO-5537 Photographer: Schumaker, Byron | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-5537-, Sergio Mendes and "Brasil 66" rehearsing for White House state dinner. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. Sergio Medes, "Brasil 66".

Roll WHPO-5538 Photographer: Schumaker, Byron | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-5538-, Musician Sergio Mendes and "Brasil 66" band rehearsing for White House state dinner. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. Sergio Medes, "Brasil 66".

Roll WHPO-5539 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-5539-, President Nixon with U.S. French Ambassador Arthur Watson during a meeting in the Oval Office. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Ambassador Arthur K.Watson.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5539-11A, President Nixon and Ambassador to France Arthur Watson stand near a full length Oval Office window during their meeting. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Ambassador Arthur K.Watson.

Roll WHPO-5540 Photographer: Schumaker, Byron | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-5540-, President Nixon seated informally in the Oval Office during a meeting with Cardinal Terrence Cooke, Monsignor Murray, NSC Staff member Alexander Haig, and Richard Moore, Special Assistant to the Attorney General. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Cardinal Terrence Cooke, Monsignor Murray, Alexander Haig, NSC staff member. Richard Moore, Special Assistant to the Attorney General.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5540-02, President Nixon seated informally in the Oval Office during a meeting with Cardinal Terrence Cooke, Monsignor Murray, and Richard Moore, Special Assistant to the Attorney General. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Cardinal Terrence Cooke, Monsignor Murray, Richard Moore, Special Assistant to the Attorney General.

Roll WHPO-5550 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-5550-06, Office desks with typewriters, file cabinet, telephones and wall shelving. Probably the White House Photo Office (WHPO). 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, unidentified office desks area.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5550-07-10, President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sophia of Spain, Tricia Nixon, and unidentified ambassadors, officials and guests seated during a state dinner. 1/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, State Dining Room. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos, Princess Sophia, Tricia Nixon, unidentified officials and Ambassadors, guests.

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J - Entertainment at the White House

• WHCA-SR-J-142
  Sergio Mendes & Brazil '66 [see P-710112] [may not be duplicated without performer's permission]. (1/26/1971)
  
  Runtime: 0:30:28
  
  Keywords: Musician, musicians, music, celebrities, performance, bossa nova, jazz
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

P - Formal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-P-710110
  Arrival ceremony for Prince Juan Carlos. (1/26/1971)
  
  Runtime: 1:48
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
• WHCA-SR-P-710111
  Remarks by President Nixon in toast to Prince Juan Carlos. (1/26/1971)
  
  Runtime: 7:31
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
• WHCA-SR-P-710112
  Remarks by President Nixon before and after entertainment by Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66 [see J-142]. (1/26/1971)
  
  Runtime: 3:43
  
  Keywords: Musician, musicians, music, celebrities, performance
  
  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-4121
  Commentary on the 1971 State of The Union Address - A Democratic View. Al Capp.
  KOLDTV
  Runtime: 01:05:05
• WHCA-4122
  The 1971 State of The Union Address - A Democratic View with Senator Mike Mansfield, (D-MT) with CBS Commentary. Broadway and movie musical actress/Blues early jazz singer Ethel Waters.
  Undetermined
  Runtime: 01:06:07
• WHCA-4123
  "Thirty Minutes" with George Shultz.
  ABC, NBC, WNET
  Runtime: 00:29:42
• WHCA-4128
  Weekly News Summary, Tape I.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:00
  
  21. Reasoner: U.S. in Cambodia (Secretary of Defense Laird). Time Code Start: 50:52. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, military, Cambodia, Vietnam War, speeches, statements. Network: ABC.
  
  22. Reasoner: Spain's Juan Carlos in Washington, D.C. and President Nixon's message to Congress. Time Code Start: 52:02. Keywords: Presidents, meetings, Europe, royalty, Princes, House of Representatives, speeches, statements. Network: ABC.
  
  23. Deonaldson: Representative Mills and Revenue Sharing. Time Code Start: 52:51. Keywords: bills, laws, State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972, financial aid. Network: ABC.
  
  24. Reasoner/Sherwood: Secretary of State Morton confirmed by Senate. Time Code Start: 54:41. Keywords: cabinet, advisors. Network: ABC.
  
  25. Chancellor: Cambodia (Secretary of Defense Laird). Time Code Start: 56:34. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, military, Cambodia, Vietnam War, speeches, statements. Network: NBC.
  
  26. Chancellor: President Nixon's message to Congress. Time Code Start: 58:50. Keywords: Presidents, House of Representatives, speeches, statements, messages. Network: NBC.
  
  27. Chancellor: Spain's Prince Juan Carlos in Washington, D.C.. Time Code Start: 60:50. Keywords: Spanish, royalty, Princes, travel, trips, Presidents, meetings. Network: NBC.
• WHCA-4129
  Weekly News Summary, Tape II.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:00
  
  1. Cronkite: U.S. in Cambodia. Time Code Start: 00:00. Keywords: Cambodia, Vietnam War. Network: CBS.
  
  2. Webster: U.S. in Cambodia, Phnom Penh. Time Code Start: 01:00. Keywords: Cambodia, Vietnam War, cities. Network: CBS.
  
  3. Cronkite/Scieffer: U.S. in Cambodia, Phnom Penh. Time Code Start: 04:40. Keywords: Cambodia, Vietnam War, cities. Network: CBS.
  
  4. Cronkite/Kalb: U.S. in Cambodia, Phnom Penh (at the Pentagon). Time Code Start: 06:04. Keywords: Cambodia, Vietnam War, United States Department of Defense headquarters, Armed Forces,. Network: CBS.
  
  5. Cronkite/Schrr: Representative Mills and Revenue Sharing and President Nixon's message to Congress. Time Code Start: 07:35. Keywords: Presidents, speeches, bills, laws, State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972, financial aid, House of Representatives, messages. Network: CBS.

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