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January 29, 1973

Introduction

This almanac page for Monday, January 29, 1973, 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 30, 1973

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.

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. X, Vietnam, January 1973-July 1975

    Neither War nor Peace, January 27-June 15, 1973

    • 2. Minutes of Washington Special Actions Group Meeting, Washington, January 29, 1973, 11:36 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–117, WSAG Meeting Minutes, Originals, 1973. Top Secret; Sensitive. The meeting was held in the White House Situation Room.

    Vol. XXXVI, Energy Crisis, 1969-1974

    March 16, 1972-March 6, 1973

    Vol. E-8, Documents on South Asia, 1973-1976

    India-Pakistan 1

    • 104. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, January 29, 1973, 1:15-2:20 p.m.

      Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Kissinger and Indian Ambassador Jha discussed Indo-U.S. relations on the occasion of Jha’s departure from his post. Much of the conversation also included the relations of India to its regional neighbors in South and Southeast Asia.

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 1030, Presidential/HAK Memoranda of Conversations, HAK/Amb. Jha and Amb. Kaul of India [2 of 2]. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. The meeting took place in Kissinger’s office in the White House.

    Vol. E-15, Part 2, Documents on Western Europe, 1973-1976, Second, Revised Edition

    Western Europe Regional, 1973-1976

    • 4. Memorandum From Helmut Sonnenfeldt of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, January 29, 1973

      Summary: Sonnenfeldt provided an analytical summary of the study prepared in response to NSSM 164, United States Relations with Europe.

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–66, Meeting Files, SRG Meeting—Europe (NSSM 164). Secret. An unknown hand initialed the memorandum on Sonnenfeldt’s behalf. Attached but not published are Tabs A through F. Tab A is a January 4 memorandum from Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce Lawrence Fox to Hyland; Tab B is a January 11 memorandum from Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Carroll Brunthaver to Sonnenfeldt; Tab C is a January 26 memorandum from Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury John Hart to Kissinger; Tab D is a January 2 memorandum from Assistant Secretary of Defense John Morse to Sonnenfeldt; Tab E is a December 29, 1972 memorandum from Special Assistant to ACDA Director A. M. Christopher to Davis; and Tab F is a CIA memorandum. For NSSM 164, see Document 84, Foreign Relations, 1969–1976, vol. XLI, Western Europe; NATO, 1969–1972.

  • 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-E0122 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E0122-, Bill Timmons in front of an American flag. 1/29/1973, Washington, D.C. unknown. William Timmons.

    Roll WHPO-E0123 Photographer: Royer | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E0123-06-07, Young woman in an office. 1/29/1973, Washington, D.C. White House, unknown room. unidentified woman.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E0123-08-12, Deputy Special Assistant John Nidecker receiving a gift presentation. 1/29/1973, Washington, D.C. White House, unknown room. John E. Nidecker, unidentified men and women.

    Roll WHPO-E0132 Photographer: Royer | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E0132-04-16, Caspar Weinberger, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) seated in his office. 1/29/1973, Washington, D.C. unknown. Caspar Weinberger.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E0132-05, Caspar Weinberger, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) seated at a round table reading in his office. 1/29/1973, Washington, D.C. unknown. Caspar Weinberger.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E0132-17-19, Unidentified White House secretaries working in an office. 1/29/1973, Washington, D.C. unknown. unidentified women.
  • 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.

    L - White House Press Office Briefings

    • WHCA-SR-L-118
      Press briefing by Ronald Ziegler. (1/29/1973, 4 Ambassadors Presss Center, Miami, Florida)

      Runtime: 35:00:00

      Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media, press secretary

      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-6075
      "Closer Look at '72".
      ABC
      Runtime: 00:03:44
    • WHCA-6082
      Weekly News Summary, Tape II.
      ALL NETWORKS
      Runtime: 01:04:35

      11. Reasoner/Koppel/Collins: ceasefire violations (Vietnam). Time Code Start: 25:00. Keywords: Vietnam War, ceasefires. Network: ABC.

      12. Reasoner/Kincaid: Last American killed before peace (Vietnam War). Time Code Start: 31:30. Keywords: Paris Peace Talks, Vietnam War, treaty, treaties, negotiations,. Network: ABC.

      13. Reasoner/Bennett: More on the above (Vietnam War). Time Code Start: 33:37. Keywords: Vietnam War. Network: ABC.

      14. Reasoner/Kaplow: President Nixon's budget. Time Code Start: 36:29. Keywords: economy, economics, budgets, finances, recession, inflation, money, wages, costs, unemployment, prices, payments. Network: ABC.

      15. Reasoner: Commentary on postmarks. Time Code Start: 42:00. Keywords: mail, letters, dates, postal, U.S. Post Office. Network: ABC.

      16. Utley/Jones/Nessen: Vietnam news; ceasefire violations (Vietnam). Time Code Start: 43:58. Keywords: Vietnam War, ceasefires. Network: NBC.

      17. Utley/Delaney: Political squabbles in Vietnam, International Commission of Control and Supervision (ICCS) arrives. Time Code Start: 48:09. Keywords: Vietnam War, Vietnam Prisoner of War, releases, exchanges, ceasefires, management organizations. Network: NBC.

      18. Utley: U.S. planes still bombing Cambodia (Vietnam War). Time Code Start: 52:10. Keywords: Cambodia, Vietnam War, military, bombings. Network: NBC.

      19. Utley/Neal/Davis: 56 POWs still not accounted for; U.S. troops return, interview with family of Colonel Nolde. Time Code Start: 52:45. Keywords: Vietnam War, Vietnam Prisoner of War, releases, arrivals, families, interviews. Network: NBC.

      20. Utley/Rich: General Giap calls Vietnam war a North Vietnamese victory. Time Code Start: 57:25. Keywords: Vietnam War, military, officials. Network: NBC.

      21. Utley/Levine: President Nixon sends budget to Congress. Time Code Start: 59:00. Keywords: Presidents, House of Representatives, economy, economics, budgets, finances, recession, inflation, money, wages, costs, unemployment, prices. Network: NBC.

      22. Utley/Stern: Watergate trial nears end, Dwight Chapin leaving White House. Time Code Start: 61:22. Keywords: Dirty Tricks, political sabotage, trials, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, Presidential elections, campaigns. Network: NBC.
    • WHCA-6083
      Weekly News Summary, Tape III.
      ALL NETWORKS
      Runtime: 01:04:36

      1. Cronkite/Webster: Ceasefire violations abound (Vietnam). Time Code Start: 00:00. Keywords: Vietnam War, ceasefires. Network: CBS.

      2. Cronkite/Kalb: State Department reaction to ceasefire violations (Vietnam); International Commission of Control and Supervision (ICCS) having problems. Time Code Start: 02:45. Keywords: Vietnam War, Vietnam Prisoner of War, releases, exchanges, ceasefires, management organizations. Network: CBS.

      3. Cronkite/Threlkeld/Poth: U.S. troops returning to California, 56 POWs not accounted for. Time Code Start: 04:57. Keywords: Vietnam War, Vietnam Prisoner of War/Missing in Action, releases. Network: CBS.

      4. Cronkite/Herman: President Nixon sends budget to Congress. Time Code Start: 09:15. Keywords: Presidents, House of Representatives, economy, economics, budgets, finances, recession, inflation, money, wages, costs, unemployment, prices. Network: CBS.

      5. Cronkite/Schorr: Watergate, Dwight Chapin leaves White House. Time Code Start: 12:01. Keywords: Dirty Tricks, political sabotage, trials, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, Presidential elections, campaigns. Network: CBS.

      6. Cronkite: Former President Johnson knew of the Vietnam truce before dying. Time Code Start: 14:12. Keywords: Presidents, death, Vietnam War, ending, peace, treaty, treaties. Network: CBS.

      7. Cronkite/Sheahan/Plante: Interview with deserter and Mrs. Nolde (Vietnam War). Time Code Start: 15:07. Keywords: Vietnam Missing in Action, Vietnam War, Armed Forces, military, troops, desertions, families, media, newspapers, magazines, the press, television, TV, interviews. Network: CBS.

Context (External Sources)