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July 30, 1971

Introduction

This almanac page for Friday, July 30, 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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    • Transcript of diary entry (PDF)
      Friday, July 30.

      After some discussion this morning and review of the situation, we decided to cancel the trip to the Bohemian Grove, mainly because it was clear that we weren't going to be able to keep the press from bootlegging information on the President’s talk and thus breaking the off-the-record regulation at the Grove. President was not totally unhappy to have an excuse to get out of it anyway, so it all worked out reasonably well. We are planning a meeting with Emperor Hirohito on September 27, in Anchorage, Alaska, while he's on his way to Europe. We'll go to California, then shoot up there. We had some political discussions today, particularly on the problem of dealing with the conservatives, now that they've announced their statement of suspension of support. President keeps coming back to this, making the point that we've got to handle them, and that Mitchell's got to follow up on it so as not to let it build up politically, especially.

      The VP problem dragged me in today, as the President asked me to go over and see him to explore the conspiracy of the White House staff that he feels is up-- out to get him. I went over and had the meeting, and the Vice President gave me a document from Vic Gold, which purported to conclude that John Scali was the one who was leading a high-level White House effort to try to make the case that the Vice President didn't know about China, and that his attitude on China and the China question was going to result in his being dropped from the ticket. I tried to smooth the thing over a little and didn't succeed very well, and so left it that I would look into it and see what we could develop on the actual facts. I talked to the President about it later, and he got all cranked up, especially on the Newsweek story, which is really basically pretty false; but we'll wait and see what happens on a possible Newsweek retraction before I lay down the law on no contact, as the President wants.

      He got to talking about domestic policy and made the point that he feels deeply troubled that he's being sucked in too much on welfare and environment and consumerism. This all was a result of my reading to him a speech by Tom Shepherd of Look, who hits pretty hard on the environment and the consumer issue particularly. President feels that we've got to shift to a domestic approach on the things where the President feels deeply, that we have to get some sharp edges in domestic policy, and the only way to do it, the way he does in foreign policy and on crime, is to have conviction. So we have to have the position of-- have the President in a position where he doesn't feel uncomfortable. He now does feel uncomfortable. He feels we need to get into his speeches more of a sense of conviction, not just mouthing the stuff that we are now. That's why he hopes that we've gotten Marty Anderson on the staff. And he's had me send Shepherd's speech to Price and Ehrlichman, with the point that this is reflect-- this reflects, basically, what the President believes. Also he wants to get Shepherd in to talk to him, and consider maybe using him to edit material for the President, to get off the mushy liberalism and get someone who writes like the President thinks.

      Then we took off for Canton, Ohio, where the President did the Football Hall of Fame tour and then spoke at the Hall of Fame Dinner. He did a superb job, as we would have expected he would, because of his unbelievable knowledge of football. He really dazzled them at the Hall of Fame and did a darn good job in his remarks at the dinner, tying football and Chief Newman into the point that America needs to be number one, and that the way to be a good loser is to hate to lose and to come back again to win. We had big crowd at the airport and unbelievable crowds along the streets all the way into Canton, and even all the way out and off to the motel in Akron, at 11:30 at night. There is obviously a strong ground swell of support there, because this was not a generated crowd by any means; it was people who were out to see the President on their own initiative. President was very pleased with it and feels we've really got something going in the heartland as a result of this.

      As we pulled up to the hotel, there was a Viet Cong flag in the crowd across the street. And the President said to get it down. Denny Shaw and a couple of the other Secret Service guys went over and got it, and then came back to the hotel, came in and chatted with the President for a minute, told them how they'd done it, etcetera.

      End of July 30.
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    Vol. II, Organization and Management of U.S. Foreign Policy, 1969-1972

    The Intelligence Community and the White House

    Vol. XI, South Asia Crisis, 1971

    South Asia Crisis, 1971

    • 111. Minutes of Senior Review Group Meeting, Washington, July 30, 1971, 3:20-4:35 p.m.

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–112, SRG Minutes, Originals, 1971. Secret; Nodis. No drafting information appears on the minutes. The meeting was held in the White House Situation Room. Another record of the meeting was prepared on August 9 in OASD/ISA by Brigadier General Brett. (Washington National Records Center, OSD Files, FRC 330 76 0197, Box 74, Pakistan 092 (Aug–Dec) 1971) A brief record of the meeting was prepared in the CIA on August 2 by John H. Waller, Chief of the Near East and South Asia Division, Directorate for Plans. (Central Intelligence Agency, O/DDO Files, Job 79–01229A, Box 7, Folder 8, NSC 1971)

    • 112. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, July 30, 1971, 6 p.m.

      Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box CL 210, Geopolitical File, South Asia, Chronological File, Nov 69–July 1971. Secret; Nodis. Drafted by Saunders on July 31. The meeting was held in Kissingerʼs office at the White House.

    Vol. XIII, Soviet Union, October 1970-October 1971

    Between Beijing and Moscow: Summit Announcement, July 19-October 12, 1971

    Vol. XL, Germany and Berlin, 1969-1972

    Germany and Berlin, 1969-1972

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

    Canada

    • 105. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Canada, Washington, July 30, 1971, 1535Z

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 670, Country Files—Europe, Canada, Vol. II. Secret; Priority; Nodis. Drafted by A.L. Jenkins (EA/ACA); cleared in EUR/CAN (in draft), EA, IO, and S; and approved by Rogers. Also sent to USUN.

    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

    • 331. Memorandum From Helmut Sonnenfeldt of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, July 30, 1971

      Sonnenfeldt briefed Kissinger for an upcoming Verification Panel meeting on the Soviet proposal for a five-power nuclear conference. The NSSM study is Document 329.

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–11, Verification Panel Meeting 7/30/72, Soviet Proposal for a 5-Power Nuclear Conference. Secret.

    • 332. Minutes of Verification Panel Meeting, Washington, July 30, 1971, 3:05-3:15 p.m.

      The meeting decided it was premature to discuss an agenda for the proposed five-power nuclear conference and agreed, if the allies responded favorably to U.S. soundings, to make a verbal reply indicating consideration of the Soviet proposal.

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–107, Meeting Minutes, Verification Panel Minutes, 1969 to 3–8–72. Secret. The meeting was held in the White House Situation Room. Later that afternoon Kissinger told the President: “We’ve decided not to answer that [the Soviet proposal]…just let it drop.” (National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Tapes, Conversation No. 267–22)

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