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July 25, 1971

Introduction

This almanac page for Sunday, July 25, 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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Next Date: Monday, July 26, 1971

Schedule and Public Documents

  • The Daily Diary files represent a consolidated record of the President's activities. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

    The President's day began at Camp David, Maryland

  • The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents made available transcripts of the President's news conferences; messages to Congress; public speeches, remarks, and statements; and other Presidential materials released by the White House.

    Digitized versions can be found at HathiTrust.

  • The Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other Presidential documents.

    No Federal Register published on this date

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.

  • Selective document listing

    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.

  • 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)
      Sunday, July 25.

      President had me come over at 11:45, said he wanted to go over a couple of things. He decided to stay here through tonight and go back tomorrow about noon, since we don't have anything scheduled tomorrow morning. He was concerned about the reports of the press contacts with the Republican National Committee people at the meeting in Denver, and their negative comments on the economy, etcetera. He thinks we ought to run our own poll of the state committeemen and the National Committee with some loaded questions to get some good quotes on a positive basis. It's obvious that our own Republican leaders, like our Congressional leaders, are falling into the trap of the economy, instead of insisting that peace is the issue. Also they don't play the economy right. We do have a problem there, but it isn't bad, even so, and we can't let them trap them on this.

      He then talked about personnel a little again. He's convinced that Finch should take the Office of Emergency Preparedness job. He's not too clear on what we ought to do with Rumsfeld, but feels that probably his best role is as Campaign Chairman, in some way. Then we got to the August schedule, and he now feels he does want to do the Bohemian Grove; so we're juggling around on that. He doesn't want to do a press conference this week if he can help it; he'd rather wait and do it next week. Connally was on TV, on Face the Nation. President watched the last half of it, and that got him to wanting some thought given to what we can do regarding Connally and getting him around the country on TV shows. He's concerned about the whole economy thing, and he feels we need to get Connally speaking out on it as broadly as possible. Then he came up with a brilliant idea for Labor Day, of having George Meany play golf, and our meeting closed.

      End of July 25.
    • Original audio recording (MP3)

  • The National Archives Catalog is the online portal to the records held at the National Archives, and information about those records. It is the main way of describing our holdings and also provides access to electronic records and digitized versions of our holdings.

    The Catalog searches across multiple National Archives resources at once, including archival descriptions, digitized and electronic records, authority records, and web pages from Archives.gov and the Presidential Libraries. The Catalog also allows users to contribute to digitized historical records through tagging and transcription.

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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.

    • No President's Daily Brief delivered on this date

  • 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 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-4546
      "Face The Nation"; "Meet The Press"; AND "Issues And Answers". Judith Viorst.
      Group W Productions
      Runtime: 1:30
    • WHCA-4547
      "Comment". David Brinkley, NBC News anchor.
      WETA
      Runtime: 00:29:15

Context (External Sources)