July 30, 1973

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• Executive Order 11732—Delegating Certain Authority of the President to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
• Executive Order 11733—Further Amending Executive Order No. 10122 of April 14, 1950, Entitled "Regulations Governing Payment of Disability Retirement Pay Hospitalization, and Re-Examination of Members and Former Members of the Uniformed Services"
• Executive Order 11734—Revising the Membership of the President's Committee on the National Medal of Science

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• News Summaries, Annotated News Summaries, Box 45, July 1973 [5 of 5] [Note: Due to the way News Summary products were compiled, you should also consult nearby days for potentially relevant materials.]
  • Magazine Report, Week of July 30, 1973
• News Summaries, Unmarked News Summaries, Box 58, News Summaries - July 1973 [15 of 15]
  • Weekend News Review, July 30, 1973
  • Digest of Weekend Comment, July 30, 1973

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• President's Daily Brief of 30 July 1973

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Vol. X, Vietnam, January 1973-July 1975

Congressional Restrictions, General Warfare, June 19, 1973-February 25, 1975

• 95. Transcript of Telephone Conversation Between the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) and Secretary of Defense Schlesinger, Washington, July 30, 1973, 9:30 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, Henry A. Kissinger Telephone Conversation Transcripts, Box 21, Chronological File. No classification marking. Blank underscores are omissions in the original.

Vol. XVIII, China, 1973-1976

Political Turmoil in the United States, June 1973-September 1974

• 45. Memorandum From Richard H. Solomon of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, July 30, 1973

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 527, Country Files, Far East, People’s Republic of China, Vol. 8, Jul 10–Dec 31, 1973. Secret. Urgent; sent for information. A notation on the memorandum indicates Kissinger saw it.

Vol. XXXI, Foreign Economic Policy, 1973-1976

Negotiating the New Rules, May 1973-June 1975

• 49. Memorandum From Charles Cooper and Robert Hormats of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, July 30, 1973

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Kissinger Office Files, Box 55, Country Files, Europe, Meeting with French Finance Minister Giscard d’Estaing, July 31, 1973. Secret. Sent for information. Neither Cooper nor Hormats initialed the memorandum, which was included as Tab C in a July 30 briefing memorandum from Sonnenfeldt to Kissinger for Kissinger’s July 31 meeting with Giscard.

Vol. E-9, Part 2, Documents on the Middle East Region, 1973-1976

Kuwait and the Gulf States

• 35. Memorandum From Harold H. Saunders and William B. Quandt of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, July 30, 1973

  Summary: The NSC summarized a discussion among the Department of Defense, the White House, and the Embassy in Kuwait regarding the Kuwaiti desire for an air defense fighter, the recent decision to sell the F–4 Phantom fighter to Saudi Arabia, and Israeli concerns about U.S. weapons sales to Arab countries. Saunders and Quandt recommended that Kissinger approve a follow-on aircraft in principle without specifying the F–4.
  
  Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box CL 180, Geopolitical File, Middle East Chronological File, July 2, 1973–September 4, 1973. Secret. Sent for action. Brackets are in the original. Kissinger initialed his approval with the proviso that the FYI passage was dropped. Attached but not published is Scowcroft’s August 1 memorandum, directing Pickering to draft a telegram to the Embassy including the approved language. Tab A, a July 12 memorandum from Clements to Kissinger urging the approval of an offer in principle to provide a new fighter to Kuwait and proposing the language approved by Kissinger, is attached but not published. Tab B is published as Document 34. See also Document 89.

Saudi Arabia

• 91. Memorandum From Harold H. Saunders of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, July 30, 1973

  Summary: Saunders recommended against proposals from the Departments of State and the Treasury for a high-level economic and political mission to Saudi Arabia, as well as a White House proposal that King Faisal be invited to Washington. Saunders instead proposed inviting Prince Fahd to meet with Kissinger.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 630, Country Files, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Volume IV, May-December 31, 1973. Secret; Sensitive; Sent for action. Odeen concurred. Brackets are in the original. Kissinger approved both recommendations. In an attached note, Scowcroft commented: “Unless you are committed to Shultz to send Simon, this is not a bad idea. To my mind, it is the only way we can guarantee maintaining control.” Attached at Tabs A and B, but not published, are Flanigan’s July 17 memorandum to Kissinger and Rush’s July 2 memorandum to Nixon. Attached but not published at Tab C are [name not declassified] July 25 and 26 memoranda to Kissinger, relaying messages from Fahd concerning his “frustration” that the U.S. Government never defined “its national requirements for petroleum in the years ahead,” and noting that he was “currently giving his personal attention to strengthening U.S.-Saudi relations.” In a July 2 memorandum to Kissinger, Scowcroft deprecated a proposed Simon mission: “There is great danger having economic types running around this area unguided when the really important aspects (even of oil) are political.” (Ibid., Volume III, September 1 1971–April 1973) Shultz continued to press for an economic mission in an August 13 memorandum to Kissinger. (National Archives, RG 429, Records of the Council on International Economic Policy, 1971–77, Central File, 1972–77, Box 26, 52669–52709, August 7–15, 1973, 52697) Fahd did not visit the United States in 1973.

Oman and the Yemens

• 203. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, July 30, 1973

  [Source: National Security Council, NSC Intelligence Files, Nixon Administration Files, Subject Files, 40 Committee Meetings (approved). Secret; Exclusively Eyes Only. 2 pages not declassified.]

Vol. E-12, Documents on East and Southeast Asia, 1973-1976

Australia, New Zealand, ANZUS, Papua New Guinea

• 37. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, July 30, 1973, 10–11 a.m., Washington, July 30, 1973, 10-11 a.m.

  Kissinger and Whitlam discussed U.S.-Australian relations with particular emphasis on Indochina.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 910, VIP Visits, Australia, PM. Whitlam Visit, July, 1973[1 of 2]. Secret; Sensitive. The conversation took place in Kissinger’s office at the White House. Froebe sent this memorandum of conversation to Kissinger under a covering memorandum, August 9. (Ibid.)

• 38. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, July 30, 1973., Washington, July 30, 1973

  Nixon and Whitlam discussed U.S.-Australian relations.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 910, VIP Visits, Australia, PM. Whitlam Visit, July, 1973, folder 7. “Top Secret” is handwritten on the top of the first page. The President’s Daily Diary indicates that the meeting lasted from 11:15 a.m. until 12:33 p.m. (National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Central Files, President’s Daily Diary) Drafted by Green. Nixon’s undated talking points from Kissinger, which the President saw, are ibid. [1 of 2]. Rogers sent a briefing memorandum to the President On July 26. (Ibid., RG 59, Central Files 1970–1973, POL 7 AUSTL)

Japan

• 178. Memorandum From John Froebe of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, July 30, 1973., Washington, July 30, 1973

  Froebe asked Kissinger for guidance on conceptual aspects of the draft joint statement to be issued at the end of Tanaka’s visit.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 927, VIP Visits, Japan PM Tanaka’s Visit, July 31, 1973 [1 of 3]. Confidential. Sent for action. Concurred in by Hormats. A draft of the joint draft statement is attached as Tab A. Kissinger initialed his approval of all four recommendations on August 1.

Vol. E-15, Part 2, Documents on Western Europe, 1973-1976, Second, Revised Edition

Western Europe Regional, 1973-1976

• 27. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, July 30, 1973, 3:00-5:20 p.m.

  Summary: Trend, Kissinger, and other British and American officials discussed Poseidon and the Year of Europe.
  
  Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Kissinger-Scowcroft West Wing Office Files, Box 23, United Kingdom (8). Top Secret. All brackets are in the original except “[M]”, added for clarity. The meeting took place in Kissinger’s office at the White House. Tab A is published as Documents 25 and 26. Kissinger and Trend reviewed their July 30 meeting by telephone later that evening. (National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, Kissinger Telephone Conversations, Box 21)

Federal Republic of Germany, 1973-1976

• 267. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, July 30, 1973

  Summary: Kissinger sought Nixon’s decision on the issue of loans in the U.S.–FRG bilateral offset negotiations.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 264, Agency Files, NATO July–Sept 73, Vol. XV (2 of 3). Confidential. Sent for action. Tab A is Document 13. The initial “P” was written next to the first recommendation; a note by Scowcroft in the same file reads, “Per John Bennett, the President approved the delay of the mention of loans in offset negotiations.”

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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-E1276 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1276-, President Nixon seated informally in the Oval Office during a meeting with Australian Prime Minister Edward Whitlam. 7/30/1973, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Edward G. Whitlam.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1276-08, President Nixon seated informally in the Oval Office during a meeting with Australian Prime Minister Edward Whitlam. 7/30/1973, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Edward G. Whitlam.

Roll WHPO-E1279 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1279-, President Nixon standing in the Oval Office with Ambassador G. Sevilla Sacasa, Ambassador from Nicaragua to the U.S. and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps. President Nixon congratulates him on the 30th anniversary of his appointment. 7/30/1973, Washington, D.C. Oval Office. President Nixon, Ambassador G. Sevilla Sacasa.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1279-, President Nixon presents the to Distinguised Service Medal to General John D. Ryan, USAF Chief of Staff. President Nixon greets Ambassador G. Seville Sacasa. 7/30/1973, Washington, D.C. Oval Office.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1279-16, President Nixon standing in the Oval Office with General John D. Ryan, Departing Chief of Staff, USAF. 7/30/1973, Washington, D.C. Oval Office. President Nixon, General John D. Ryan.

Roll WHPO-E1282 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1282-, President Nixon attends the official departure of Australian Prime Minister Edward Whitlam from the White House. Henry Kissinger stands nearby. 7/30/1973, Washington, D.C. White House. President Nixon, Edward G. Whitlam, Henry Kissinger, unidentified officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1282-23A, President Nixon and Australian Prime Minister Edward Whitlam talk near the waiting limousine during Whitlam's departure from the White House Oval Office garden area. Henry Kissinger stands nearby. 7/30/1973, Washington, D.C. White House. President Nixon, Edward G. Whitlam, Henry Kissinger, unidentified officials.

Roll WHPO-E1286 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1286-01A-20, President Nixon with George H. W. Bush and Robert Bauman. 7/30/1973, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, George Bush, Robert E. Bauman, Luis Luna.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1286-11A, President Nixon seated at his Oval Office desk during a meeting with George H. W. Bush and Robert Bauman. 7/30/1973, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, George Bush, Robert E. Bauman.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1286-20A, President Nixon standing in the Oval Office near the doorway. (Mirror view from outside the doorway). 7/30/1973, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon.

Roll WHPO-E1287 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1287-00-04, President Nixon with Secretary James Lynn, Dana Mead, and Rose Mary Woods. 7/30/1973, Washington, D.C. Oval Office.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1287-06-10, President Nixon seated at his Oval office desk during a meeting with Robert E. Bauman while George H. W. Bush stands nearby. 7/30/1973, Washington, D.C. Oval Office. President Nixon, George Bush, Robert E. Bauman.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1287-11-16, Mirror shots of President Nixon through doorway to Oval Office. 7/30/1973, Washington, D.C. Oval Office. President Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1287-13, President Nixon standing in the Oval Office near the doorway. (Mirror view from outside the doorway). 7/30/1973, Washington, D.C. Oval Office. President Nixon.

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K - Informal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-K-083
  Photo opportunity with P.M. Gough Whitlam, Australia-Oval Office. (7/30/1973)
  
  Runtime: 1:00
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
• WHCA-SR-K-084
  Photo opportunity with Amb. Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa, Nicaragua-Oval Office. (7/30/1973)
  
  Runtime: 1:00
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

S - White House Press Office Briefings (continuation of the L-series)

• WHCA-SR-S-234
  Pool report on photo opportunity with the President and Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. (7/30/1973, White House Press Lobby)
  
  Keywords: news reports
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by GET (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
• WHCA-SR-S-235
  Press briefing by Gerald Warren. (7/30/1973, White House Press Lobby)
  
  Runtime: 25:45:00
  
  Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by GET (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-6471
  Weekly News Summary, Tape I.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:00
  
  24. Smith/Donaldson: Watergate testimony with Haldeman and Ehrlichman. Time Code Start: 55:10. Keywords: advisors, counsels, attorneys, lawyers, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: ABC.
  
  25. Smith/Clark: White House tapes with Senators Stevenson and Richardson. Time Code Start: 63:32. Keywords: bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, recordings, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, scandals. Network: ABC.
  
  26. Smith/Geer: Beef shortages. Time Code Start: 65:28. Keywords: food, animal products, meat, sales, costs, prices, supply, shortages, freezes. Network: ABC.
  
  27. Smith: Commentary on Ehrlichman (truth). Time Code Start: 68:40. Keywords: advisors, counsels, attorneys, lawyers, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: ABC.
  
  28. Chancellor: Watergate with Haldeman about the tapes. Time Code Start: 70:34. Keywords: bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, recordings, advisors, counsels, attorneys, lawyers, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: NBC.
  
  29. Chancellor: Haldeman testimony before Senate Watergate Committee. Time Code Start: 79:18. Keywords: advisors, counsels, attorneys, lawyers, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: NBC.
  
  30. Chancellor/Levine/Briggs: Rising beef prices with Secretary of Agriculture Butz. Time Code Start: 92:00. Keywords: food, meats, animal products, markets, retail stores, prices, costs, increases, shortages, cabinet, advisors. Network: NBC.
  
  31. Chancellor: Ehrlichman testimony before Senate Committee. Time Code Start: 95:36. Keywords: advisors, counsels, attorneys, lawyers, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: NBC.
  
  32. Mudd/Schorr: Haldeman on tapes, Watergate, Ehrlichman. Time Code Start: 97:11. Keywords: bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, recordings, advisors, counsels, attorneys, lawyers, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: CBS.
• WHCA-6472
  Weekly News Summary, Tape II.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 01:31:02
  
  1. Mudd/McLaughlin: Campaign spending with Senator Percy. Time Code Start: 00:00. Keywords: Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, funding, fundraising, donations, contributions. Network: CBS.
  
  2. Mudd: More on the Watergate. Time Code Start: 02:21. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: CBS.
• WHCA-W-228
  Proceedings of the Senate Watergate Committee Hearings. Testimony of John Ehrlichman FTN: Senator William Proxmire; "MTP": Senator Mike Mansfield; "I&A": David Rockefeller.
  CBS, NBC, ABC
  Runtime: 01:36:06
• WHCA-W-232
  Proceedings of the Senate Watergate Committee Hearings. Testimony of John Ehrlichman
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 01:06:50
• WHCA-W-233
  Proceedings of the Senate Watergate Committee Hearings. Testimony of John Ehrlichman, TV commercials
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 01:05:00
• WHCA-W-234
  Proceedings of the Senate Watergate Committee Hearings. Testimony of John Ehrlichman, TV commercials
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime:
• WHCA-W-235
  Proceedings of the Senate Watergate Committee Hearings. Testimony of John Ehrlichman; and testimony of H.R. Haldeman
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
• WHCA-W-236
  Proceedings of the Senate Watergate Committee Hearings. Testimony of H.R. Haldeman
  Eastern Educational Network
  Runtime: 1:30
• WHCA-W-237
  Proceedings of the Senate Watergate Committee Hearings. Testimony of H.R. Haldeman
  
  Runtime: 00:32:51

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