July 8, 1974

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Vol. E-3, Documents on Global Issues, 1973-1976

Human Rights

• 238. Telegram 146302 From the Department of State to the U.S. Mission to the U.N., Washington, July 8, 1974, 1655Z

  The telegram anticipated human rights issues likely to arise at the 29th UN General Assembly and proposed advance consultations with governments of the European Economic Community.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Hewitt; cleared in IO, EUR, EUR/RPE, EUR/SOV, and S/S; and approved by Sisco. Sent for information to Bonn, Brussels, the Hague, London, Paris, Moscow, Geneva, Rome, Luxembourg, Dublin, Copenhagen, and the U.S. Mission to the European Community (Brussels).

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

Pacific Islands

• 308. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, July 8, 1974., Washington, July 8, 1974

  Kissinger reported on the Micronesian status negotiations and recommended that Nixon authorize draft instructions for Williams.
  
  Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, NSC East Asian and Pacific Affairs Staff: Files, (1969) 1973–1977, Box 36, Marianas (Working Files) [6]. Secret. Sent for action. Scowcoft initialed the memorandum on behalf of Kissinger. The President initialed his approval of the recommendation. Tab A, a memorandum, July 10, from Kissinger to William, is not attached but is in the National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–281, Folder 6, U/N 90–149. Tab B, an April 12 letter from Williams to the President, is attached but not published. Tabs C and D, recommendations from concerned departments and agencies, are not further identified, but these recommendations are described in an attached memorandum, May 24, from Rush to the President, which stated that the Departments of State, Defense, Justice, Interior, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Office of Micronesian Status Negotiations endorsed Williams’s recommendations.

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Roll WHPO-E3255 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E3255-01-05, President Nixon seated at his Oval Office desk during a meeting with Vice President Ford. 7/8/1974, Washington, D. C. Oval Office. President Nixon, Gerald Ford.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E3255-01A, President Nixon seated at his Oval Office desk during a meeting with Vice President Ford. 7/8/1974, Washington, D. C. Oval Office. President Nixon, Gerald Ford.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E3255-08-13, President Nixon seated at his Oval Office desk during a meeting with Secretary Caspar Weinberger and Kenneth Cole, while news photographers and cameramen crowd around recording the event. 7/8/1974, Washington, D.C. Oval Office. L-R: President Nixon, Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of HEW, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. (Executive Director of the Domestic Council), member of the press, photographers, TV news cameramen.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E3255-10A, President Nixon seated at his Oval Office desk during a meeting with Secretary Caspar Weinberger and Kenneth Cole, while news photographers and cameramen crowd around recording the event. 7/8/1974, Washington, D.C. Oval Office. Seated: President Nixon, Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of HEW, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. (Executive Director of the Domestic Council), Standing: members of the press, photographers, TV news cameramen.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E3255-15-17, President Nixon seated at his Oval Office desk during a meeting with counsellors Kenneth Rush, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Dean Burch and Anne Armstrong. 7/8/1974, Washington, D.C. Oval Office. L-R: President Nixon, Kenneth Rush, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Dean Burch, Anne Armstrong.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E3255-16A, President Nixon seated at his Oval Office desk during a meeting with counsellors Kenneth Rush, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Dean Burch and Anne Armstrong. 7/8/1974, Washington, D.C. Oval Office. L-R: President Nixon, Kenneth Rush, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Dean Burch, Anne Armstrong.

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K - Informal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-K-210
  Photo opportunity with Caspar Weinberger-Oval Office. (7/8/1974)
  
  Runtime: 1:30
  
  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-659
  Press briefing by Gerald Warren. (7/8/1974, White House Press Lobby)
  
  Runtime: 37:00:00
  
  Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by __ (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
• WHCA-SR-S-660
  Press briefing by Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Caspar Weinberger. (7/8/1974, White House Press Lobby)
  
  Runtime: 20:00
  
  Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by __ (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-7056
  "Panorama". John W. Dean III.
  CBS
  Runtime: 01:31:48
• WHCA-7057
  "Martin Agronsky: Evening Edition" - Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, Watergate, the press, Committee for the Re-Election of the President (CRP) John W. Dean III.
  CBS
  Runtime: 00:28:23
• WHCA-7058
  "Washington: U.S. vs. Richard Nixon". John W. Dean III.
  CBS
  Runtime: 01:05:42
• WHCA-7065
  Weekly News Summary, Tape I.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
  
  1. Reasoner/Reynolds: President Nixon and the courts. Time Code Start: 00:00. Keywords: Presidents,. Network: ABC.
  
  2. Reasoner/Schoumacher: Ellsberg break-in trial. Time Code Start: 06:45. Keywords: Watergate, Pentagon Papers, secrets, Russo, Watergate, courts, hearings, investigations, military, Armed Forces, Vietnam War, Indochina war, Laos, Cambodia, bombings. Network: ABC.
  
  3. Reasoner/Gill: Colson goes to prison; Charles Colson begins serving 1-3 yrs prison sentence for interfering in Daniel Ellsberg's Pentagon Papers trial. Time Code Start: 09:05. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: ABC.
  
  4. Reasoner: Commentary on "Who Decides" Supreme Court must decide how absolute President Nixon's executive privilege is. Time Code Start: 10:25. Keywords: Presidents, lawsuits, courts, decisions, rulings. Network: ABC.
  
  5. Brokaw/Stern: Supreme Court vs. President Nixon. Time Code Start: 12:10. Keywords: law officials, judges, justices, rulings, decisions, recordings, bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, Watergate, Senate Committee hearings, impeachment, resignations. Network: NBC.
  
  6. Brokaw/Scherer: House Judiciary Committee interest in the Supreme Court decision. Time Code Start: 17:15. Keywords: law officials, judges, justices, rulings, decisions, recordings, bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, Watergate, Senate Committee hearings, impeachment, resignations. Network: NBC.
  
  7. Brokaw/Kiker: President Nixon's day. Time Code Start: 19:04. Keywords: Presidents,. Network: NBC.
  
  8. Brokaw/Graham: Ehrlichman testifies in his own defense. Time Code Start: 20:23. Keywords: advisors, counsels, attorneys, lawyers, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: NBC.
  
  9. Cronkite/Graham: Supreme Court vs. President Nixon (President Nixon). Time Code Start: 22:22. Keywords: law officials, judges, justices, rulings, decisions, recordings, bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, Watergate, Senate Committee hearings, impeachment, resignations. Network: CBS.
  
  10. Cronkite/Chung: History buffs outside Supreme Court. Time Code Start: 25:53. Keywords: law officials, judges, justices, rulings, decisions, recordings, bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, Watergate, Senate Committee hearings, impeachment, resignations. Network: CBS.
  
  11. Cronkite/Morton: House Judiciary Committee interest in Supreme Court decision. Time Code Start: 27:42. Keywords: law officials, judges, justices, rulings, decisions, recordings, bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, Watergate, Senate Committee hearings, impeachment, resignations. Network: CBS.
  
  12. Cronkite/Rather: President Nixon's day; prepares California trip at week's end; meeetings with Vice President Gerald Ford, Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Caspar Weinberger, Anne Armstrong, Dean Burch, Kenneth Rush; opposes inflation tax cut. Time Code Start: 29:47. Keywords: Presidents, meeetings, cabinet, advisors, taxes, economy, proposals. Network: CBS.
  
  13. Cronkite: U.S. Customs Court rules President Nixon had no authority to instate 1971 import surcharge, money must be refunded.. Time Code Start: 30:57. Keywords: Presidents, imports, taxes, refunds, courts, rulings. Network: CBS.
  
  14. Cronkite/Stahl: Ehrlichman testifies in his own defense. Time Code Start: 31:49. Keywords: advisors, counsels, attorneys, lawyers, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: CBS.
  
  15. Cronkite/Shaw: Colson begins sentence, says he's taking Bibles to prison with him. Time Code Start: 34:18. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: CBS.
  
  16. Cronkite: Senator Henry Jackson wants Jewish emigration from USSR liberalized; Proposes U.S. extend full diplomatic recognition to China. Time Code Start: 35:50. Keywords: Jews, immigration, immigrants, diplomacy, People's Republic of China. Network: CBS.
  
  17. Cronkite/Sevareid: Commentary on The United States of America vs. Richard M. Nixon, President (President Nixon). Time Code Start: 36:32. Keywords: Watergate, Senate Committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: CBS.

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