July 11, 1972

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The President's day began at San Clemente, California

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• Federal Register of Tuesday, July 11, 1972

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• Annotated and Unmarked News Summaries [Note: Although there was no News Summary on this date, due to the way News Summary products were compiled, you should also consult nearby days for potentially relevant materials.]
• President's Daily Schedule, Box 102, [President's Daily Schedule, Apr.-July 1972] [3 of 3]
  • The President's Schedule, Tuesday - July 11, 1972

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• Transcript of diary entry (PDF)
  Tuesday, July 11.
  
  Considerable phone discussion back and forth in Washington about the whole Connally plan, and Colson and MacGregor are very anxious to get going on the Democrat organization. And I had to hold them off on doing anything until Connally gets on top of it, which has Colson chomping at the bit.
  
  Billy Graham called to give me the names of all his Christian youth types. He's very enthusiastic and thinks we’ve got a very good group to work with us on organizing that. He also feels we have a good chance on the blacks by splitting them and getting the religious blacks who are scared of the criminal elements and so on to come over to our side. He thinks we're in good shape with the Jews. Rabbi Tanenbaum in New York who the American Jewish committee wants to campaign all out for us, etcetera. So he's very enthusiastic.
  
  Later this evening, the President called asking about some details on the Convention. How we are handling ours, and so on. He says that we have the candidate we want now as our opponent, but if they take Teddy as the VP then we'll have to change our tactics a little. He talked with Connally and wants to have dinner with Connally and me on Thursday night and then meet with Kissinger the following morning and then back to politics after the Kissinger meeting. Thinks that we should make the decision that Connally should be given full authority to handle all of the Democratic operations and that our people should just defer to him, let him run it. And then, quite a little rambling thought about Teddy. He asked me to do some checking to see whether anybody agreed with the possibility that Teddy was going to take the VP, but all our people, all our analysis, is that he will not. The President felt we should still put out a prediction that he was going to, so that we could shoot it down as a cynical move if he does do it. We decided not to do this because there doesn't seem to be any possibility really of his taking it.
  
  End of July 11.
• Original audio recording (MP3)

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• President's Daily Brief of 11 July 1972

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Vol. V, United Nations, 1969-1972

U.S. Position Papers and Assessments of General Assembly Sessions

• 103. Telegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State, New York, July 11, 1972, 2200Z

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, UN 3 GA. Confidential. Repeated to Moscow and Bonn.

Vol. XXIV, Middle East Region and Arabian Peninsula, 1969-1972; Jordan, September 1970

Persian Gulf States

• 118. Paper Prepared by Harold Saunders of the National Security Council Staff, Washington, July 11, 1972

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 953, VIP Visits, Secretary of State’s Visit to the Mid-East and European Countries, 28 June–7 July 1972. Secret. All brackets are in the original. The paper was transmitted to Kissinger under a July 11 covering memorandum from Saunders as part of briefing material prepared for Nixon’s projected meeting with Rogers on July 13. Rogers met with Nixon in San Clemente on July 15 and 17; no memoranda of conversation or tape recordings of the meetings were found.

Vol. XXXVI, Energy Crisis, 1969-1974

March 16, 1972-March 6, 1973

• 127. Memorandum From Robert D. Hormats, Richard T. Kennedy, and John D. Walsh of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, July 11, 1972

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–197, National Security Study Memoranda, NSSM 174 (Response). Secret. Sent for action. Concurred in by Jorden, Saunders, and Sonnenfeldt. Printed from an uninitialed copy.

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

United Kingdom

• 351. Message From President Nixon to British Prime Minister Heath, Washington, July 11, 1972, 1345Z

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 764, Presidential Correspondence, United Kingdom Prime Minister Edward Heath. Confidential.

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

Nigerian Civil War

• 215. Memorandum From Melvin H. Levine of the National Security Council Staff to the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, July 11, 1972

  Levine forwarded a Department of State memorandum regarding troublesome relations with Nigeria and added comments of his own. One problem was Nigerian unhappiness at the U.S. resumption of imports of Rhodesian chrome. Another was former Ambassador Iyallaʼs unhappiness at not seeing the President for a farewell call.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 742, Country Files, Africa, Nigeria, Vol. I. Confidential. Sent for information. At the top of the memorandum is written, “HAK has seen.”

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Roll WHPO-9568 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9568-05A-11A, President Nixon seated at his Western White House desk during a meeting with Caspar Weinberger, Kenneth Cole, and John Ehrlichman. 7/11/1972, San Clemente, California Western White House, La Casa Pacifica, Presidential Office. President Nixon, Caspar Weinberger, Kenneth Cole, John Ehrlichman.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9568-07A, President Nixon seated at his Western White House desk during a meeting with Caspar Weinberger, Kenneth Cole, and John Ehrlichman. 7/11/1972, San Clemente, California Western White House, La Casa Pacifica, Presidential Office. President Nixon, Caspar Weinberger, Kenneth Cole, John Ehrlichman.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9568-12A-15A, President Nixon making an award presentation to Officer Lawrence Self. 7/11/1972, San Clemente, California Presidential Office, administration building grounds, San Clemente Compound. President Nixon, Lawrence Self, Jack Petitt, unidentified man.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9568-16A-19A, President Nixon making an award presentation to Officer Jack Petitt. 7/11/1972, San Clemente, California Western White House, La Casa Pacifica. President Nixon, Lawrence Self, Jack Petitt, unidentified man.

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.

H - White House Staff Member Recordings

• WHCA-SR-H-616
  Remarks by Harry Dent to Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service. (7/11/1972, East Garden, White House)
  
  Runtime: 12:50
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by LDH (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
• WHCA-SR-H-617
  Dr Edwin Harper, Assistant Director, Domestic Council, speaks to summer Interns. (7/11/1972, Room 459, Executive Office Building)
  
  Runtime: 1:12
  
  Keywords: Briefings, private briefings
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by JMM (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-5551
  CBS Coverage of Democratic National Convention.
  CBS, NBC, ABC
  Runtime: 1:30
• WHCA-5552
  CBS Coverage of Democratic National Convention.
  
  Runtime: 1:30
• WHCA-5553
  CBS Coverage of Democratic National Convention.
  
  Runtime: 1:00
• WHCA-5554
  "CBS Morning News".
  NPACT
  Runtime: 01:01:12
• WHCA-5555
  "The Mike Douglas Show". U.S. Senator Eugene McCarthy.
  Eastern Educational Network
  Runtime: 1:30
• WHCA-5556
  "CBS Evening News" AND CBS Coverage of Democratic National Convention.
  PBS
  Runtime: 1:30
• WHCA-5557
  "NBC Nightly News" AND NBC Coverage of Democratic National Convention.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
• WHCA-5558
  "ABC Evening News" AND PBS Coverage of Democratic National Convention.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 00:58:11
• WHCA-5559
  CBS Coverage of Democratic National Convention.
  N/A
  Runtime: 1:30
• WHCA-5560
  CBS Coverage of Democratic National Convention.
  
  Runtime: 1:00
• WHCA-5561
  CBS Coverage of Democratic National Convention.
  NBC
  Runtime: 1:30
• WHCA-5562
  NBC Coverage of Democratic National Convention.
  NBC, CBS
  Runtime: 1:30

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