July 2, 1971

Introduction

This almanac page for Friday, July 2, 1971, 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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Schedule and Public Documents

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- Original typewritten diary (PDF)
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- Executive Order 11604—Amending Executive Order No. 11248, Placing Certain Positions in Levels IV and V of the Federal Executive Salary Schedule
- Executive Order 11605—Amendment of Executive Order No. 10450 of April 27, 1953, Relating to Security Requirements for Government Employment
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- Federal Register of Friday, July 2, 1971

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.

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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.
- Annotated News Summaries, Box 30, News Summaries - July 1971 [1 of 2]
- Annotated News Summaries, Box 30, News Summaries - July 1971 [2 of 2] [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. Although there are no specific documents with this date, you should also consult the full folder for the month.]
- President's Daily Schedule, Box 101, [President's Daily Schedule, June-Aug. 1971] [2 of 3]
  - The President's Schedule, Friday - July 2, 1971
The H. R. Haldeman Diaries consists of seven handwritten diaries, 36 dictated diaries recorded as sound recordings, and two handwritten audio cassette tape subject logs. The diaries and logs reflect H. R. Haldeman’s candid personal record and reflections on events, issues, and people encountered during his service in the Nixon White House. As administrative assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, Haldeman attended and participated in public events and private meetings covering the entire scope of issues in which the Nixon White House engaged in during the years 1969-1973. Visit the finding aid to learn more.
- Transcript of diary entry (PDF)
  Friday, July 2nd. The President had his schedule clear for the day except at midday with a bunch of open office hour type things and the luncheon for Mrs. Velasco. The time was cleared for the preparation of his TV speech, and he spent a good part of the time on that, although he also spent quite a little time on hauling some of us in on odds and ends. Basically, he was interested in the follow-up on the conspiracy question. He was, thought that it was particularly significant that Ellsberg has now said that others are involved, and he thinks that we should move on that. He had me call J. Edgar Hoover to push him on pursuing the conspiracy side, also wants me to talk with...
  
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  DECLASSIFIED - E.O. 13526, Sect. 3.4: by MS, NARA, June 12, 2013
  Audio Cassette 10, Side A, Withdrawn Item Number 11 [AC-10(A) Sel 9]
  Duration: 3 seconds
  
  ...Laird about, about, getting his spy unit on this.
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  He wants to get Huston back on one special line of inquiry. He had some points that he wanted Colson to follow up on. He's still debating whether to make a statement on the subject at the Kansas City briefing on Tuesday. In any event, he's having Buchanan write up a draft for him. His idea there is that he may want to set them up for a double play, on the basis of we're laying the ground work now for some follow-up after our major announcement on the 15th, if that works out. He feels it's very important now, to get the conspiracy, and that if there's any reaction at all to the court, it should be more repression, not less. He's not at all concerned about the repression charge. He wanted to be sure and follow-up on the Brookings, and Council on Foreign Relations and Rand Corporation cutoffs of their security things.
  
  He had Ehrlichman and me in late this afternoon to get back on that, making the point that there are two phases to this. One, that Ehrlichman should handle the whole declassification and protection of documents, dealing with the courts, etcetera. But, the other is the investigation and development of the conspiracy, which requires a dirty guy to really go after it. There he wants to use Ichord, which, because he feels this is a chance for him to win the governorship for sure, by going after the spies and getting the headlines. The Committee can then call up the witnesses before they're indicted, and we can start hauling Gelb, and Halperin, and Cooke, and all those people in. This will require great preparation and a top staff man, depends on hard work, running down everything. He felt that it was almost worth pulling Ehrlichman off the Domestic Council stuff and having him do it, because he really wants to get it done.
  
  He then tried to reach Gerry Ford, but couldn't get him. So he talked to Timmons, and he wants Timmons to follow up on checking out Ford regarding Ichord. Pointed out that this is a problem, because it will repel Mitchell; and he doesn't like the necessity of using the means of fighting it out in the papers. But, he smells a good case; thinks that it will reflect on the papers as a bunch of people putting themselves above the law; that we should figure out how to run it, John and I. The best way is in Congress, with us programming the congressmen. He also found there are some good Republicans on the Ichord committee, and that we can get some mileage out of them too. So he's more cranked up on the Congressional thing.
  
  We had a flap with Rogers that Haig called me about. He had waited until Henry was gone and then sent a memo in saying that he was going to send Sisco back to the Mideast to try to bring Israel and Egypt together into a settlement. Haig feels this would be disastrous and asked that I help in trying to cool it somehow. I talked to the President. He agreed that we should tell Rogers that this has possibilities, but he wants to think it over, talk it over with Rogers and study it; he's a little uneasy about moving now, so he wants him to hold up until we can think it through. I told Haig to go ahead and handle it that way with Rogers, which he's going to do.
  
  The other big item of the day was the unemployment announcement down to 5.6 from 6.2 last month, the biggest one month drop in history and obviously a great story for us. Unfortunately, as usual, the Bureau of Labor Statistics screwed it up and said that it wasn't really important, because it was due to a statistical quirk. This drove the President right up the wall tonight, and he started hounding Colson on the phone every couple of minutes, demanding that we get Goldstein fired, etcetera. Colson overreacted and started bouncing around in the woodwork, getting action underway and finally got around to calling me. In the meantime, he had Shultz on a special airplane being brought back down for a 7:30 meeting tomorrow morning to get things started, so they can give the President a plan at 8:00, when he says he'll be at his desk. I doubt that he will, but he just might out of orneriness. In any event, we've all, or at least Colson and I have agreed that we've got to move on getting Goldstein out and that it's just ridiculous to let this thing keep on dragging on. It's basically a problem of Hodgson's unwillingness to bite the bullet, and we've got to force him to do it. I'm leaving it up to them to handle it in the morning. I'm not planning to go in until a little later. We'll see what happens.
  
  End of July 2nd.
- Original audio recording (MP3)
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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.
- President's Daily Brief of 02 July 1971
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Vol. V, United Nations, 1969-1972
Secretary-General Succession
- 221. Circular Telegram From the Department of State to Certain Posts, Washington, July 2, 1971, 2049Z
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, UN 8–3. Secret; Exdis. Drafted by Armitage and Hartley; cleared in draft by Ambassador Bush; cleared by Daniel Goott, William Witman, Masters, Curran, B.A. Poole, Assistant Secretary Sisco, and Pedersen; and approved by Assistant Secretary De Palma. Sent to Abidjan, Accra, Amman, Addis Ababa, Ankara, Athens, Bangkok, Beirut, Belgrade, Bogota, Brussels, Bucharest, Buenos Aires, Canberra, Caracas, Dakar, Djakarta, Dublin, Freetown, The Hague, Islamabad, Kinshasa, Kuala Lumpur, Lagos, Managua, Manila, Mexico City, Monrovia, Nairobi, New Delhi, Ottawa, Rabat, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, Tokyo, Tunis, and Wellington. Repeated to London and USUN.
Vol. XI, South Asia Crisis, 1971
South Asia Crisis, 1971
- 87. Evening Briefing Notes Prepared for the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, July 2, 1971
  Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box CL 210, Geopolitical File, South Asia, Chronological File, Nov 1969–July 1971. No classification marking.
- 88. National Security Study Memorandum 133, Washington, July 2, 1971
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 365, Subject Files, National Security Study Memoranda, Nos. 104–206. Secret; Exdis. A copy was sent to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Vol. XIII, Soviet Union, October 1970-October 1971
"One of Two Routes": Soviet-American Relations and Kissinger's Secret Trip to China, April 23-July 18, 1971
- 271. Information Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Hillenbrand) to Acting Secretary of State Irwin, Washington, July 2, 1971
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 1 USSR. Confidential. Drafted by Perry on July 1. Irwin initialed the memorandum and its attachments, indicating that he saw them.
Vol. XXI, Chile, 1969-1973
Cool and Correct: The U.S. Response to the Allende Administration, November 5, 1970-December 31, 1972
- 236. Memorandum for the 40 Committee, Washington, July 2, 1971
  Source: National Security Council, Nixon Intelligence Files, Subject Files, Chile 1971–1972. Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only.
Vol. XXIII, Arab-Israeli Dispute, 1969-1972
- 241. Memorandum From the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Haig) to President Nixon, Washington, July 2, 1971
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 657, Country Files, Middle East, Middle East Nodis/Cedar/Plus, Vol. III. Secret; Nodis; Cedar. Sent for action; outside system. A stamped notation on the memorandum indicates the President saw it. All brackets are in the original.
Vol. XXXII, SALT I, 1969-1972
From SALT Announcement to Summit Announcement, May 27-October 12, 1971
- 171. National Security Decision Memorandum 117, Washington, July 2, 1971
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 427, Backchannel Files, Backchannel Messages, 1971, SALT. Top Secret; Nodis; SALT. Copies were sent to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the senior members of the U.S. SALT Delegation.
Vol. XLI, Western Europe; NATO, 1969-1972
United Kingdom
- 344. Response to National Security Study Memorandum 123, Washington, July 2, 1971
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–182, National Security Study Memoranda, NSSM 123. Top Secret; Sensitive; Restricted Data. Sent to Irwin, Packard, Moorer, and Helms. Copies were sent to the Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission. A title page, table of contents, and the enclosures are not printed.
Vol. E-2, Documents on Arms Control and Nonproliferation, 1969-1972
Conferences on Nuclear and World Disarmament and Soviet UN Initiative on Non-Use of Force
- 327. Telegram 119361 From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom, Washington, July 2, 1971, 1555Z
  The telegram transmitted guidance on the position the U.S. intended to take concerning the Soviet proposed five-power nuclear disarmament conference, to be used in consultations with the UK and French embassies. The U.S. was cautiously optimistic, but intended to investigate into Soviet motivations before making any substantial response.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–1973, DEF 18–3. Secret. Also sent to Paris. It was repeated to Moscow, USMission Geneva, Hong Kong, and USNATO. Drafted by Spiers (PM), Shaw (PM/DCA) and Goodby (EUR/RPM); cleared by Hillenbrand (EUR), Garthoff (PM), Brown (EA), McGuire (EUR/RPM), Farley (ACDA), and Sonnenfeldt (White House); and approved by Richardson.
Vol. E-5, Part 1, Documents on Sub-Saharan Africa, 1969-1972
The Horn
- 317. Memorandum From the Acting Executive Secretary of the Department of State (Brewster) to the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, July 2, 1971
  Brewster reported that consular access to the seized vessels had been gained on June 23, the crew was well treated, and four craft were in protected anchorage. There was no indication as to when the crew and vessels might be released.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 33–4 Somali-US. Confidential.
Vol. E-10, Documents on American Republics, 1969-1972
Argentina
- 68. Backchannel Message From the Deputy Chief of Mission in Argentina (Barall) to the Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs (Meyer), Buenos Aires, July 2, 1971., Buenos Aires, July 2, 1971
  Deputy Chief of Mission Barall stated that the Argentine situation was deteriorating, and that the Argentinean Government needed a quick response to its request for U.S. aid.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 15–1 ARG. Secret; Sensitive; Nodis; Eyes Only. The message is as prepared for transmission. On June 24, Argentine President Alejandro Lanusse sent a backchannel message to Nixon, requesting assistance from the United States to support the Argentine peso. (Ibid., Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 768, Country Files, Latin America, Argentina, 1969–1971)
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.
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Audiovisual Holdings

The White House Tapes are sound recordings of President Richard Nixon's telephone conversations and of meetings held in the Oval Office and the Cabinet Room in the White House, the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building (OEOB), the Lincoln Sitting Room in the residence section of the White House, and several locations at the Presidential retreat at Camp David, Maryland. These recordings document many of the major events and decisions of the Nixon Administration from February 16, 1971 to July 18, 1973. Visit the White House Tapes finding aid to learn about the taping system's operation and archival processing.
Old Executive Office Building
Oval Office
White House Telephone
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-6732 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W
- Frame(s): WHPO-6732-, President Nixon standing with Marjorie Acker, secretary to Rose Mary Woods, and members of her family. 7/2/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Marjorie Acker, Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Peterson, Debra Peterson, Eric Peterson, Jeffrey Peterson.
Roll WHPO-6733 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W
- Frame(s): WHPO-6733-, President Nixon standing with Mr. & Mrs. Robert Houdek. 7/2/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Houdek.
Roll WHPO-6734 Photographer: Schumaker, Byron | Color or B&W: B&W
- Frame(s): WHPO-6734-02, Robert Newbrand standing beside his son, who is seated in Nixon's chair. 7/2/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Robert Newbrand, Michael Newbrand, Mr. & Mrs. Lane Dwinell, Eleuterio Mendoza, Mrs. Mendoza, Michael Mendoza, Elizabeth Mendoza, Brg. Gen. James Hughes.
- Frame(s): WHPO-6734-05-07, President Nixon standing with Mr. & Mrs. Lane Dwinell. 7/2/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Robert Newbrand, Michael Newbrand, Mr. & Mrs. Lane Dwinell, Eleuterio Mendoza, Mrs. Mendoza, Michael Mendoza, Elizabeth Mendoza, Brg. Gen. James Hughes.
- Frame(s): WHPO-6734-10-14, Master Chief Eleuterio Mendoza and his family. 7/2/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Robert Newbrand, Michael Newbrand, Mr. & Mrs. Lane Dwinell, Eleuterio Mendoza, Mrs. Mendoza, Michael Mendoza, Elizabeth Mendoza, Brg. Gen. James Hughes.
Roll WHPO-6735 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W
- Frame(s): WHPO-6735-, President Nixon standing with Robert Newbrand and his family. 7/2/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Newbrand, Janice Newbrand, Patricia Newbrand, Michael Newbrand.
Roll WHPO-6736 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W
- Frame(s): WHPO-6736-, President Nixon standing with Peter Brennan. 7/2/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Peter Brennan.
Roll WHPO-6737 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W
- Frame(s): WHPO-6737-, John Davies accepting a tree from an unidentified group of people. 7/2/1971, Washington, D.C. White House grounds. John Davies, unidentified persons.
Roll WHPO-6738 Photographer: Schumaker, Byron | Color or B&W: B&W
- Frame(s): WHPO-6738-, President Nixon standing with Representitive Chalmers Wylie. 7/2/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Chalmers Wylie.
Roll WHPO-6739 Photographer: Schumaker, Byron | Color or B&W: B&W
- Frame(s): WHPO-6739-, President Nixon seated at his desk during a meeting with Representitive Chalmers Wylie. 7/2/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Chalmers Wylie.
Roll WHPO-6740 Photographer: Schumaker, Byron | Color or B&W: B&W
- Frame(s): WHPO-6740-01A-04A, President Nixon standing with Rep. Wilmer "Vinegar Bend" Mizell, Pan American Baseball Team Coach Bobby Winkles, and members of the team. 7/2/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Wilmer "Vinegar Bend" Mizell, Bobby Winkles, Pan American Baseball Team members.
Roll WHPO-6741 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W
- Frame(s): WHPO-6741-03-08, President Nixon accepting a gift plaque with a model of an elephant made and presented by Orlando Rivera, as Rep. Pucinski and Father Fagan look on. 7/2/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Roman Pucinski, Orlando Rivera, Father Arthur Fagan, William Keating, Herbert Wengler, Richard Fossier.
- Frame(s): WHPO-6741-12-19, President Nixon accepting a gift Presidential Seal presented by Meierjohan-Wengler officers as Rep. Keating looks on. 7/2/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Roman Pucinski, Orlando Rivera, Father Arthur Fagan, William Keating, Herbert Wengler, Richard Fossier.
Roll WHPO-6742 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W
- Frame(s): WHPO-6742-04-06, President Nixon with new appointee William Pecora, Under Secretary of Interior. 7/2/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, William Pecora.
- Frame(s): WHPO-6742-07-09, President Nixon with appointee Frank Zarb, Assistant Secretary of Labor. 7/2/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Frank Zarb.
- Frame(s): WHPO-6742-10-12, President Nixon with appointee Thomas Carroll, Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. 7/2/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Thomas Carroll.
- Frame(s): WHPO-6742-13-15, President Nixon with appointee Hadlai Hull, Assistant Secretary of the Army. 7/2/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Hadlai Hull.
- Frame(s): WHPO-6742-16-19, President Nixon with appointee Pinkney Walker, member of the Federal Power Commission. 7/2/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Pinkney Walker.
- Frame(s): WHPO-6742-20-25, President Nixon with appointee Nathaniel Reed, Assistant Secretary of Interior. 7/2/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Nathaniel Reed.
Roll WHPO-6743 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color
- Frame(s): WHPO-6743-02A-03A, 08A-09A, Table settings for a luncheon in honor of Mrs. Juan Velasco, wife of the President of Peru. 7/2/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, State Dining Room. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Mrs. Juan Velasco, unidentified men and women.
- Frame(s): WHPO-6743-04A-05A, Portrait of unidentified man in uniform and unidentified young women. 7/2/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Blue Room. unidentified men and women.
- Frame(s): WHPO-6743-06A-07A, Portrait of unidentified man in uniform and unidentified young women. 7/2/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, hallway. unidentified men and women.
- Frame(s): WHPO-6743-10A-19A, President Nixon and Pat Nixon standing with Peruvian First Lady Mrs. Velasco, (wife of the President of Peru), Peruvian Ambassador Berckemeyer and luncheon guests. 7/2/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, North Portico entrance. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Mrs. Juan Velasco, Ambassador and Mrs. Berckemeyer, unidentified men and women.
- Frame(s): WHPO-6743-16, President Nixon and Pat Nixon standing with Peruvian First Lady Mrs. Velasco, (wife of the President of Peru), Peruvian Ambassador Berckemeyer and luncheon guests. 7/2/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, North Portico entrance. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Mrs. Juan Velasco (Consuela Gonzáles Arriola), Ambassador Fernando Berckemeyer, Mrs. Claribel Rapp Berckemeyer, unidentified men and women.
Roll WHPO-6744 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W
- Frame(s): WHPO-6744-04A-10A, Nancy Hanks and Lyn Garnett standing on a city street corner. 7/2/1971, Washington, D.C. street corner. Nancy Hanks, Lyn Garnett.
Roll WHPO-6745 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W
- Frame(s): WHPO-6745-02A-04A, President Nixon with Marjorie Acker's family. 7/2/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Marjorie Acker, Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Peterson, Debra Peterson, Jeffrey Peterson, Eric Peterson, Mr. & Mrs. Albert Nyce.
- Frame(s): WHPO-6745-03A-06A, Mr. & Mrs. Albert Nyce, sister and brother-in-law of Mrs. Juan Velasco in front of a portrait. 7/2/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, State Dining Room. President Nixon, Marjorie Acker, Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Peterson, Debra Peterson, Jeffrey Peterson, Eric Peterson, Mr. & Mrs. Albert Nyce.
Roll WHPO-6746 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W
- Frame(s): WHPO-6746-02A-28A, Ron Ziegler hosting a party for Bob Hodiak. 7/2/1971, Washington, D.C. unidentified office. Ron Ziegler, Bob Hodiak, unidentified men and women.
- Frame(s): WHPO-6746-29A-30A, Cake at Bob Hodiak's party. 7/2/1971, Washington, D.C. unidentified office. Ron Ziegler, Bob Hodiak, unidentified men and women.
Roll WHPO-6827 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W
- Frame(s): WHPO-6827-06-22, Vice President Agnew at a golf driving range in Korea. 7/2/1971, Seoul, Korea golf driving range. Spiro Agnew, unidentified men and 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.
G - Cabinet Officer Briefings
- WHCA-SR-G-125
  Press briefing by Secretary of Labor James D. Hodgson, with Ronald Ziegler. (7/2/1971, Press Center)
  
  Runtime: 12:17
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by DAS (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
P - Formal Presidential Remarks
- WHCA-SR-P-710701
  Remarks by President Nixon at dinner for Mrs. Juan Velasco of Peru with Ambassador Bercke Meyer. (7/2/1971)
  
  Runtime: 6:25
  
  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-4493
  "The Court and a Free Press" AND "Newsmakers". The Pentagon Papers case AND an interview with Senator Scott
  PBS
  Runtime: 1:30
- WHCA-4494
  Dean Rusk Discusses The Pentagon Papers. Secretary of Transportation John A. Volpe.
  Group W Productions, Inc.
  Runtime: 1:00

Context (External Sources)

- LIFE magazine of July 2, 1971
- New York Times of July 2, 1971
- AP Images photos from July 2, 1971
- Getty Images photos from July 2, 1971
The Vanderbilt Television News Archive is the world's most extensive and complete archive of television news. They have been recording, preserving and providing access to television news broadcasts of the national networks since August 5, 1968.
- July 1971 Broadcast Index
Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
- July 2, 1971

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