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June 1, 1971

Introduction

This almanac page for Tuesday, June 1, 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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    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.

    President's Personal File

    The President's Personal File is essentially a President's secretary's file, kept by Rose Mary Woods, personal secretary to the President, for two purposes: (1) preserving for posterity a collection of documents particularly close to the President, whether because he dictated or annotated them, or because of the importance of the correspondent or the event concerned and (2) giving appropriate attention–letters of gratitude, invitations to White House social events, and the like–to members and important friends and supporters of the Nixon administration. This generalization does not describe all the varied materials of a file group which is essentially a miscellany, but it does identify the reason for the existence of the file group's core. 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)
      Tuesday, June 1st. Press conference day. The President spent the whole day over at the EOB getting ready for the 8:30 telecast tonight. He called over a number of times on some of his normal specific questions like: How many jobs would be affected by the Lockheed contract?; what the situation is on gun control?; and that kind of thing. He did come over for a few minutes at noon for an open hour session and had me in for a while to discuss some staff odds and ends, particularly on moving some people around. He wants to see Finch this week and wants to get the decision on Rumsfeld and get that settled, one way or the other. He also told me to be sure the staff understands nobody is to give any political backgrounders from now on; they're to flatly refuse to discuss the subject. Kissinger came charging in during the day, all distressed because he had discovered a...

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      DECLASSIFIED - E.O. 13526, Sect. 3.4: by MS, NARA, June 12, 2013
      Audio Cassette 8, Side B, Withdrawn Item Number 4 [AC-8(B) Sel 4-1]
      Duration: 8 seconds

      ...cable in which Burgas, our man in Cairo, refers to Sadat's offer to remove the Soviet operational forces from Egypt.
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      Henry says he would support such a move, but he doesn't see how we could get it, and he would like to know the quid pro quo. What really is bothering him is he thinks Rogers is engaged in secret negotiations, that the President knows about it and isn't telling Henry. So he asked me to ask the President what he sent to Rogers last week via military aide, which the President mentioned to Rogers on the phone while both Henry and I were in there; and also, the direct question: Is Rogers conducting a secret negotiation...

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      DECLASSIFIED - E.O. 13526, Sect. 3.4: by MS, NARA, June 12, 2013
      Audio Cassette 8, Side B, Withdrawn Item Number 4 [AC-8(B) Sel 4-2]
      Duration: 1 seconds

      with Sadat...
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      ...that Kissinger doesn't know about? Henry says if he is, then he, Henry, will have to quit, that he can't tolerate something of that sort.

      The President's reaction to the press conference was that it was a sorry performance by the press, particularly their emoting about May Day. They did ask him four questions on the demonstrators, and it's obvious where their sympathies lie. It gave him a chance, however, to hit his law and order positions hard, and I think worked very much to his advantage and the press' disadvantage, although that's not what they intended.

      End of June 1st.
    • Original audio recording (MP3)

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