July 10, 1972

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The President's day began at San Clemente, California

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• Statement on Signing the Ports and Waterways Safety Act of 1972.

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• President's Daily Brief of 10 July 1972

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Vol. III, Foreign Economic Policy; International Monetary Policy, 1969-1972

International Monetary Policy, 1969-1972

• 233. Letter From President Nixon to Prime Minister Heath, Washington, July 10, 1972

  Source: Washington National Records Center, Department of the Treasury, Files of Under Secretary Volcker: FRC 56 79 15, UK British Float. Confidential. There is no indication of when or how the letter was sent. It is attached to a July 10 note from Hormats to Volcker indicating that the text had been cleared by Flanigan, Kissinger, and the White House speechwriters but that Kissinger wanted Volcker to have “a final crack at it” before it was transmitted to London. The President was responding to June 24 and 26 messages from Prime Minister Heath; see footnote 2, Document 232. On June 30 Hormats had sent Volcker copies of Heath’s messages and stated his assumption, “as in the case of similar missives in the past,” that Volcker would want to draft the reply. (Washington National Records Center, Department of the Treasury, Files of Under Secretary Volcker: FRC 56 79 15, UK British Float) An earlier draft was transmitted to the President in San Clemente under cover of a July 6 memorandum that proposed an equally forthcoming tone to Heath’s acceptance of the need for radical reform. This draft includes language looking to the IMF Autumn 1973 meeting as a useful target date for an agreement, which was dropped in the final text. The final paragraph of the cover memorandum reads: “In general, the British have been one of our major substantive antagonists, while maintaining a facade of wishing to cooperate closely as a mediator between the Common Market and the U.S.” (Ibid.)

Vol. XXIX, Eastern Mediterranean, 1969-1972

Turkey

• 455. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Turkey, Washington, July 10, 1972, 2145Z

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 633, Country Files—Middle East, Turkey, Vol. III Jan 72–Dec 73. Confidential; Immediate; Exdis. Drafted by Dillon and approved by Davies and Miller (S/S). Repeated to Istanbul.

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Roll WHPO-9553 Photographer: Grove, Andrew | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9553-02-27, Secretaries Butz and Peterson announcing a Russian grain deal at a press briefing. 7/10/1972, Washington, D.C. Press Room, White House. Earl Butz, Peter Peterson, press corps members.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9553-28-29, Head and shoulders shots of unidentified man. 7/10/1972, Washington, D.C. unknown. unidentified man.

Roll WHPO-9554 Photographer: Grove, Andrew | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9554-, The Pat Price Band and others on the Sequoia. 7/10/1972, Washington, D.C. water, dock, Sequoia. Pat Price Band, unidentified persons.

Roll WHPO-9555 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9555-, Deputy Special Assistant John E. Nidecker receiving a plaque from an unidentified couple. 7/10/1972, Washington, D.C. unknown. Nidecker, unidentified man and woman.

Roll WHPO-9556 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-9556-, head and shoulders Portraits of Vice President Agnew. 7/10/1972, Washington, D.C. unknown. Spiro Agnew.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9556-06, Closeup head and shoulders portrait of Vice President Agnew. 7/10/1972, Washington, D.C. unknown. Spiro Agnew.

Roll WHPO-9560 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9560-, President Nixon seated at his Western White House office desk during a meeting with John Wayne and Henry Kissinger. 7/10/1972, San Clemente, California La Casa Pacific, President's Office. President Nixon, Kissinger, John Wayne.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9560-05A, President Nixon seated at his Western White House office desk during a meeting with John Wayne and Henry Kissinger. 7/10/1972, San Clemente, California La Casa Pacific, President's Office. President Nixon, John Wayne, Henry Kissinger.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9560-10A, President Nixon standing near the Western White House office door with actor John Wayne. 7/10/1972, San Clemente, California La Casa Pacific, President's Office. President Nixon, John Wayne.

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• WHCA-SR-G-181
  Press briefing by Secretary of Commerce Peter Peterson. (7/10/1972, White House Press Lobby)
  
  Runtime: 0:28:13
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by RWF (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original. Technical notes: 1 hour, 8 minutes and 29 seconds of silence at end of recording removed from access copies.

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-5544
  "CBS Morning News".
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 01:02:14
• WHCA-5545
  "NBC Nightly News" AND NBC Coverage of Democratic National Convention.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
• WHCA-5546
  "CBS Evening News" AND CBS Coverage of Democratic National Convention.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
• WHCA-5547
  "ABC Evening News" AND PBS Coverage of Democratic National Convention. Julie Eisenhower, Barbara Walters, Jane Fonda.
  Group W Productions
  Runtime: 1:30
• WHCA-5548
  "Campaign '72" with Democratic National Convention Coverage.
  Group W Productions
  Runtime: 1:30
• WHCA-5549
  CBS Coverage of Democratic National Convention.
  CBS
  Runtime: 1:30
• WHCA-5550
  CBS Coverage of Democratic National Convention.
  Post-Newsweek Stations, Inc.
  Runtime: 1:30

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