June 12, 1972

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Decided

• Adams v. Williams
• Argersinger v. Hamlin
• Colten v. Kentucky
• Flower v. United States
• Fuentes v. Shevin
• Ivan V. v. City of New York
• James v. Strange
• Moose Lodge No. 107 v. Irvis
• Taylor v. McKeithen
• The Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Company

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• News Summaries, Annotated News Summaries, Box 35, June 7-23, 1972 [3 of 5] [Note: Due to the way News Summary products were compiled, you should also consult nearby days for potentially relevant materials.]
  • Weekend News Review, June 12, 1972
• President's Daily Schedule, Box 102, [President's Daily Schedule, Apr.-July 1972] [2 of 3]
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  • Box 76, Monday, June 12, 1972, Swearing In Kleindienst/Shultz

Among Pat Buchanan’s duties was the compilation and coordination of background briefing materials for Presidential and a few Vice Presidential press conferences. The briefings—for both the larger, announced press conferences and the smaller, informal ones held in the Oval Office—related to a widespread number of topics and were in the form of probable questions which the White House staff members anticipated news reporters would address to the President. Along with the questions, were answers recommended by Buchanan, other members of the White House staff, and the heads of major departments of the government.

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FOREIGN & DOMESTIC BRIEFING BOOK June 12, 1972

Citation: FOREIGN & DOMESTIC BRIEFING BOOK June 12, 1972; box 5; White House Central Files: Staff Member and Office Files: Patrick J. Buchanan; Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, Yorba Linda, CA

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• CONNALLY AND THE VICE PRESIDENCY
  • Vice President Agnew has suggested that it is ridiculous to think a GOP Convention would nominate John Connally as Vice President. Both your campaign manager, Mr. Mitchell and your Minority Leader, Mr. Ford, have said it is by no means out of the question. What do you think? Would a Republican Convention in 1972 accept a Connally nomination; and, secondly, has there been any change in your position that you do "not break up a winning team?"
• PRESS CONFERENCES
  • A year has passed since your last television press conference; and some months since your last in-office conference. What happened to the pledge to try to keep to at least one a month?
• NETWORKS/PRESS
  • There have been recent reports of White House Staff Meetings to design a strategy to discredit the press. Further, in recent weeks, a number of White House and Administration aides, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Gray, Mr. Klein, Mr. Clawson and the Vice President, have been attacking the media. Is this an orchestrated attack? Do you agree with their criticisms; and do you think the Administration is getting a fair shake in the media?
• TAX REFORMS & BROOKINGS
  • Do you plan any tax reform program this year -- and are you still considering introduction of a value added tax in 1972?
  • How do you feel about tyin a tax reform plan to the debt limit?
• BROOKINGS
  • In a lengthy study, the Brookings Institution argues that without a tax increase in the coming year, the Federal Budget cannot be balanced into the middle of the seventies. Do you share that view; do you anticipate a tax increase in the next calendar year?
• HIGHER EDUCATION/BUSSING
  • Will you sign the higher education bill, with the anti-bussing amendments you opposed?
• RICHMOND DECISION
  • A Federal Appeals Court, led by Judge Haynsworth, has overturned the Federal Court decision -- which ordered a merger of Richmond school districts with two suburban school districts. What is your view of the Appeals decision?
• 1972 DEBATES
  • If you are nominated in 1972 for President at the GOP Convention -- now a certainty in light of your delegate strength -- will you debate your Democratic opponent in 1972?
• DOMESTIC LEGISLATION
  • Can you tell us how much of your domestic program you believe will come out of this Congress intact -- and is there any priority list?
• POLITICS
  • How do you interpret the McGovern victories? Do you think there is a sense of "alienation" in the land, which explains the votes he and Governor Wallace have received?
  • Do you consider Senator McGovern a political extremist?
  • Do you think you could defeat Senator McGovern in November; who do you think would be the strongest Democratic candidate they could nominate?
  • Why do you think you are running so high -- 61 percent -- in the Gallup Polls?
  • Is there any truth to the thesis that in August, you will decline to run for another term, and nominate John Connally?
  • Have you any plans to regain the support of disaffected conservatives who backed John Ashbrook?
• SECONDARY
  • Have you anyone in mind right now for Deputy AG?
  • Have you reached any decision on the Calley verdict?
• CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
  • Your campaign committee has reported some ten million in income, without indicating the source of it. Common Cause and others have urged you to direct your committee to make public the namaes of the contributors. Will you do this?
• HIJACKINGS
  • Does the Administration plan anything new in the way of putting an end to the increasing, and increasingly dangerous matter of airline hijackings?
• SUPREME COURT
  • Are you pleased with the decisions of the Supreme Court in recent weeks which seem to have taken a tougher law-and-order posture, if you will, than previous decisions?
• NO FAULT
  • RN supports no fault concept; why not act at the Federal level, instead of leaving it to the states, which are not acting?
• TROOP WITHDRAWALS
  • Do you expect to meet your current withdrawal time-table, of a level of 49,000 in Vietnam, by July 1 -- and do you think that the withdrawal program can continue, in the face of the present enemy offensive?
• THE OFFENSIVE
  • How long do you think Hanoi can continue the current offensive; and what do you believe the outcome will be?
• THE MINING
  • How effective has the mining been in slowing the offensive?
• RESUMPTION OF PARIS TALKS
  • What are the prospects of a resumption of negotiations -- and what are the minimum conditions for a U.S. return to the Paris talks?
• COMMANDO ATTACKS AGAINST THE NORTH
  • Has the United States been using mercenaries or allied troops in commando raids into North Vietnam?
• RE-ESCALATION
  • On one hand you are withdrawing troops from the ground -- on the other you are sending in air and naval units. Is the U.S. not re-escalating its involvement in this war?
• SOVIET SHIPS
  • Have we sunk any Soviet ships in Haiphong -- as one columnist reported?
• ARVN'S PERFORMANCE
  • How do you assess the performance of the South Vietnamese?
• DIKES AND CIVILIAN TARGETS
  • Have the American pilots been given carte blanche to hit any target they wish in North Vietnam, including the dikes -- as Hanoi claims -- and are we hitting more civilian targets than ever in the past?
• LEVEL OF BOMBING
  • Can you see any let-up in the level of American bombing over North Vietnam?
• MCGOVERN ON THE POWS
  • What is your judgment about Senator McGovern's proposal to cut all aid to Thieu, to bring all American forces out of South Vietnam, and then rely on "faith" that Hanoi will return our prisoners?
• PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY
  • Since the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution has been repealed -- under what authority are you mining the North Vietnamese harbors and bombing the North?
• SUMMIT
  • Do you believe your summit will have a positive effect on the war, and the resumption of negotiations?
• LAIRD'S CONDITIONS FOR SAL APPROVAL
  • Secretary Laird and Admiral Moorer has both stated that -- unless Congress gives the Administration the B-1 bomber, and the Trident SLBM program -- then cannot support the SAL Agreements. Is this your view? Is U.S. ratification of the SAL agreement conditioned on these programs?
  • Why does the United States suddenly need these new weapons -- B-1, SCAM, and the Trident -- immediately after we have signed a SALT Agreement that was supposed to curb the arms race, and release billions in both countries for peaceful purposes?
• SOVIET SUPERIORITY
  • Won't the SALT Agreement permit the Soviets to MIRV their huge weapons -- and thus expand their strategic lead?
  • How do you answer the charge that SALT has frozen the Soviets in a position of superiority?
  • Are you concerned at all over opposition developing to your SALT Agreements?
  • Why did we agree to tear down one of our sites and allow the Soviets to match us in ABM -- given their advantage in offensive weapons?
  • Senator Jackson has reported that there were secret agreements on SALT made in Moscow. Is this true?
  • Given the freeze on quantitative improvements, won't this be an incentive to qualitative improvements and thus an acceleration, not a deceleration of the arms race?
• CHINESE THREAT/SAFEGUARD
  • One of your arguments for Safeguard was a defense against either accidental attack -- or attack from an unsophisticated nuclear power -- like Red China. What happened to that rationale?
• U.S. / SOVIET TRADE
  • Has the United States insisted upon Soviet cooperation in Southeast Asia, as a prerequisite to expanded trade -- is there as has been suggested, a "linkage" between the two?
  • Do you anticipate any trade agreement with the Soviets in the near future?
• CHIEF OF STAFF
  • Will Abrams or Westmoreland be appointed?
• UNITED NATIONS
  • Does Admin. oppose Congress. efforts to lower the U.S. contribution?
• MIDDLE EAST
  • Any change in U.S. position in wake of summit?
• VIETNAM
  • PRC reaction to Mining?
• NATO
  • Will RN oppsote Mansfield troop reduction this year?
• KISSINGER - JAPAN TRIP
  • Do you think Dr. Kissinger's recent Japan visit dispelled the resentment and suspicion that resulted from your China initiative?
• BERLIN -- MOSCOW SUMMIT COMMUNIQUE
  • The Moscow communique refers to the Quadripartite Agreement relating to "the Western Sectors of Berlin." I understand the West Germans are concerned that this diminishes our rights for Berlin as a whole and detracts from the Berlin Agreement which was careful to avoid words that would confine the agreement to West Berlin only?

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• Transcript of diary entry (PDF)
  Monday, June 12.
  
  The President had me in this morning. He had written a lot of memos yesterday and had some ideas on political analysis based on thinking stirred up by the Buchanan memo. He feels that the weakness of Buchanan's approach is that we have to keep our strength up front and center. All of our attack lines should end on our strength. For example, people want new ideas and so on but we've had the boldest initiatives in history. We must not get trapped into McGovern's bog of people looking for the new face. For example, Buchanan deals all with domestic matters and totally misses our big issues. Who is bold, who is fresh on foreign policy? Obviously, it's Nixon. He feels we should attack McGovern in a way that surfaces our point, not just hit his point. We should not get trapped in putting out the enemy's line. He then expressed the feeling that Mitchell ought to have a strategy meeting this weekend for a couple of days to get down to decisions, both from the standpoint of therapy and ideas. That we should have another group as well as our regular group that's a bigger advisory thing. Then he referred back to the "Committee of 100" and the "Committee of 9", all of whom thought they were running the campaign when he was running for Congress. They actually were helpful for ideas and enlisting loyalty. He thinks we may be missing some smart people such as Senators, and Congressmen, and Governors. Also we’re not fully utilizing the old political hands on our staff: Price, Garment, Safire, Finch, Dent, Buchanan, Chotiner, Rumsfeld, Weinberger, and so on. He says the great danger is for two or three people to think that they're the fount of all wisdom. The other side of the same thing is worse. To try and run the campaign with dozen or a 100 people in charge. We do need to get better organized regarding touching our bases. He's not sure MacGregor is as important as some Congressmen or Senators would be. And for example, Dent's mind is much sharper politically than Ehrlichman's. He thinks it would be a good idea to have a séance or retreat on all of this. In the Cabinet, the best political is Laird. Kleindienst is also good. That's it. We should avoid getting too ingrown in our campaign management.
  
  We have to build the foreign policy point in terms of not changing horses. We can't afford McGovern in the White House on foreign policy because of his inexperience and naiveté. We can't have "white flag McGovern" in the White House. He thinks we need an addendum to the Buchanan memo on how to attack McGovern, in a way it builds the President’s foreign policy image. Also we need to hit the media on the basis of they're all marching to the same drumbeat, Time, Life, and so on in their editorials. At the Democratic Convention we should make the point that this is the first time a former President didn't go to the Convention after he left office. He wants Dent to go out and see Wallace, also Strom Thurmond, to be sure we have a program of maintaining contact with him. He called Lukash to get a report on Wallace's current condition, and then raised the question that we need to find out what Wallace wants. See if we can make a deal with him.
  
  He says Buchanan overlooks our real strong point, which is foreign policy. Mainly because he doesn't agree with our foreign policy. The problem is who will develop a battle plan. Where are the holes in the Buchanan piece? What are the four things we want to have come out? He thinks this retreat, or whatever you call it, should follow the pattern of the August 15 Camp David meeting with subgroups reporting to an executive committee. Emphasizes again we must avoid the trap of believing the opposition line. He does want Buchanan to go ahead with his 5,000 word piece blasting McGovern. He feels we must move to nail McGovern on the shift of views and that we've got to hit media on the basis they've got their candidate, now what will they do with him. Attack the media on their cynical attempt to clean up McGovern. First, he is the candidate of the Eastern media establishment. Second, the media can't be trusted. Third, he is a left-winger. Fourth, he's being advised to shift so don't believe him when he says he has shifted. We should really go with the establishment over the weekend. Predict a frantic effort to clean up George, which is signaled by his Eastern media establishment supporters.
  
  This afternoon he and I met with Mitchell. Got back to the thing of having to get the anti-busing deal worked up against Zeidman and the Higher Education Act when he signs it. He raised the Presidential retreat idea of about a dozen people, with the President not there. He feels he should stay away from the political stuff, and Mitchell completely agreed. He makes the point that everyone's for peace and everyone has been for 25 years, but Nixon is the first one to do anything about it. He thinks we need someone to positivize, the Buchanan stuff. The one issue that McGovern can't get off of is the peace issue, because his partisans are super doves. So how do we play this? We need a strategy paper. The best way to make the peace issue is to attack McGovern on every aspect. Such as Israel, Vietnam, bugout, amnesty, and so forth. The President believes the peace issue will override all the others. He thinks our strategy on McGovern should be with no attack on him personally for now, but the Cabinet and the surrogates should hit him on the individual issues. He questions whether we're using all the best people. He wants to be sure we're not too narrowly based.
  
  Mitchell told me after the meeting that he and the President had also discussed the Connally question. Mitchell reported on his luncheon with Connally before Connally left on his trip, at which time he asked him directly if he wanted to be Vice President. Connally said no, that he is interested in being President, but it's clear that he didn't see the VP as the route to that. Mitchell's view is that he wants to be Secretary of State and move from there. He did commit to changing parties, but feels-- asked Mitchell when he ought to do it, and Mitchell said after the election which Connally agreed to. Mitchell feels that we should go on our basis that we have to, therefore, assume that Agnew is the candidate. But we should work out a deal with him and make sure we've got things spelled out right without letting him develop a high price for taking the job.
  
  The President also raised earlier today the Irving Crystal book which he had read over the weekend. He wants copies sent to all those of a philosophical bend in the Administration. Particularly Price and his crew because we need to get more bite and finality into what we're putting out. This led him to the point that he shouldn't be getting all his input from one source, especially on foreign policy, and he thinks Kissinger, for example, should get some other Soviet experts in for him to talk to. So that he isn't getting just Henry's views.
  
  A little later today he came up with the idea that he had been thinking about the Senate Foreign Relations Committee testimony on SALT and wants to reconsider the idea of the President going up to the Senate. He feels it would be easier than doing a press conference. It would be fully covered on television. It intrigues him as an historic thing. Painting on the big canvas with other things to come and so on. He told me to talk to Haig about it, and I did. He thinks it's a bad idea. The problem is Henry doesn't want to go up either now. And so we have the question, if he does go, what is the best way to sell our line to the public as well as, or much more importantly, than the problem of the Senate.
  
  End of June 12.
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Vol. VIII, Vietnam, January-October 1972

The North Vietnamese Offensive Falters, Negotiations Resume, May 8-July 18, 1972

• 188. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, June 12, 1972

  Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box CL 24, Chronological File, 6–14 June 1972. Secret; Sensitive. Sent for information. Haig initialed for Kissinger. A stamped notation on the memorandum indicates the President saw it.

Vol. XV, Soviet Union, June 1972-August 1974

Post-Moscow Summit Discussions and Issues, June-August 1972

• 2. Memorandum From the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Haig) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, June 12, 1972

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 494, President’s Trip Files, Dobrynin/Kissinger, Vol. 12. Top Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only. A handwritten notation at the top of the memorandum reads: “HAK has seen.”

Vol. XVII, China, 1969-1972

China, March-December 1972

• 230. Memorandum From Richard H. Solomon of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, June 12, 1972

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 525, Country Files, Far East, PRC, Vol. IV. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. Sent for information. Kissinger and Haig initialed the document.

Vol. XIX, Part 1, Korea, 1969-1972

Republic of Korea Troops in Vietnam and Force Modernization, April 1971-December 1972

• 146. Memorandum from John A. Froebe, Jr., of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, June 12, 1972

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 543, Country Files, Far East, Korea, Vol. V, 1 Jan–31 Dec 1972, Part 2. Top Secret; Nodis. Sent for information. A notation on the memorandum indicates Kissinger saw it.

Vol. XIX, Part 2, Japan, 1969-1972

November 1971-December 1972: Toward a New Equilibrium

• 121. Memorandum of Conversation, Tokyo, June 12, 1972, 8 a.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 1026, Presidential/HAK Memcons, Memcon—Henry Kissinger, Kakuei Tanaka—Minister of International Trade and Industry—Japan, Jun. 12, 1972. Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. Presumably drafted by Holdridge. The meeting took place in the Okura Hotel.

Vol. XXIX, Eastern Mediterranean, 1969-1972

Cyprus

• 415. Telegram From the Embassy in Cyprus to the Department of State, Nicosia, June 12, 1972, 1300Z

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 27 CYP. Secret; Priority.

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

Space and Telecommunications

• 73. Memorandum From the Acting Chairman of the National Security Council Undersecretaries Committee (Johnson) to President Nixon, Washington, June 12, 1972

  Johnson reported the recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee on International Space Cooperation.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–236, NSDM 187 (1 of 2). Secret. Annexes A, B, and C are published as part of Document 75. Annex D is attached but not published.

Vol. E-4, Documents on Iran and Iraq, 1969-1972

Iran 1972

• 203. Intelligence Note RNAN–18 Prepared in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Washington, June 12, 1972

  The Bureau of Intelligence and Research’s report on “Iran: Internal Dissidence—A Note of Warning” noted that the bombings in Tehran during Nixon’s visit were part of a broader pattern.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 23–8 IRAN. Secret; Controlled Dissem. Drafted by Maher; approved by Jones.

• 204. Memorandum From Harold Saunders of the National Security Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, June 12, 1972

  Saunders offered Kissinger a record of the specific commitments for military hardware that Nixon had made to the Shah while in Tehran, and the Shah’s interpretation of those pledges.
  
  Source: Library of Congress, Kissinger Papers, Box CL–152, Iran Chronological File. Secret. Sent for action. Tab A is published as Document 205.

Iraq 1972

• 315. Memorandum From the Chief of the Near East and South Asia Division, Central Intelligence Agency (Waller) to the Director of Central Intelligence (Helms), Washington, June 12, 1972

  Waller provided background information for Helms’ and Haig’s upcoming meeting with representatives of Kurdish Democratic Party Leader Barzani, including a summary of other recent approaches by the Kurds.
  
  Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Executive Registry Files, Job 80B01086A, Box 1, Executive Registry Subject Files, I–13, Iran. Secret; Sensitive. The attached biographies are not published. A record of the conversation is published as Document 319.

Vol. E-7, Documents on South Asia, 1969-1972

U.S. Relations with India and Pakistan, 1972

• 266. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, June 12, 1972

  Nixon approved a recommendation that the U.S. participate with other members of the India consortium in rescheduling India’s debt.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 598, Country Files, Middle East, India, Vol. V, 31 Dec 71-July 1972. Secret. Sent for action. A stamped notation on the memorandum indicates that Nixon saw it. The President initialed the approval line. Kissinger sent a memorandum to Rogers on June 12 informing him of the President’s decision. (Ibid.) The decision relating to the India consortium came in the wake of the meeting of the Pakistan consortium in Paris on May 26. The United States agreed at that meeting to assume responsibility for $50 million of the $108 million of Pakistan’s long-term debt that was rescheduled and also pledged $60 million of commodity assistance to Pakistan. (Telegram 4900 from Islamabad, June 5; ibid., RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, AID 9 PAK)

Vol. E-13, Documents on China, 1969-1972

• 135. Memorandum of Conversation, New York, June 12, 1972, 9:50-10:30 p.m., New York, June 12, 1972, 9:50-10:30 p.m.

  NSC staff member Rodman told Shih Yen-hua of the PRC Mission to the United Nations that President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs Kissinger had informed the Japanese Government that he would be visiting China. The Message acknowledged past accidental incursions into Chinese airspace, promised that new procedures had been instituted to prevent further transgressions, and apologized for the accidental bombing of Chinese territory.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 849, President’s File-China Trip, China Exchanges, March 1, 1972-June 24, 1972. Top Secret; Sensitive. The meeting was held at the PRC Mission at the UN. Brackets in the source text. Attached at Tab A is the U.S. response to the Chinese notes on the aircraft incidents; it is published as Document 136. Attached but not published at Tab B is the message outlining details of Kissinger’s visit to Peking.

Vol. E-16, Documents on Chile, 1969-1973

Cool and Correct: The U.S. Response to the Allende Administration, November 5, 1970-December 31, 1972

• 114. Telegram From the Embassy in Chile to the Department of State, Santiago, June 12, 1972, 2243Z

  Summary: This telegram reported on a meeting between Davis and Allende. During the discussion Allende presented a sharp critique of ITT’s actions in Chile, even hinting that ITT had been lucky to avoid a full-scale confiscation of its property, offered “private” support in the Chilean Senate regarding the proposed constitutional amendment for appraisal of expropriated assets, and displayed concern over the economic situation in Chile.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, INCO 15–2 CHILE. Secret; Immediate; Exdis. Reference telegram 97250 to Santiago is ibid.

• 115. Memorandum for the 40 Committee, Washington, June 12, 1972

  Summary: This third status report to the 40 Committee on U.S. support for the opposition in Chile discussed the electoral victories of each opposition party.
  
  Source: National Security Council, Nixon Intelligence Files, Subject Files, Chile, 1971–72. Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only. A notation on the first page indicates the memorandum was noted by the 40 Committee. The first and second status reports are Documents 99 and 107. A covering memorandum summarizes the report as follows: “Highlights are the successful inducement of the Radical Party of the Left (PIR) to defect from the ruling Popular Unity (UP) Government and the success of opposition forces in the University of Chile elections.” The summary goes on to note that “opposition parties are reducing inter-party strife and improving their individual internal organization.” At the bottom Jorden initialed the note, “Noted: William Jorden.”

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• 343-9; Unknown between 2:35 p.m. & 2:43 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
• 343-10; 2:43 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Rather, Dan
• 343-11; Unknown between 2:45 p.m. & 2:52 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
• 343-12; Unknown between 2:45 p.m. & 2:52 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 343-13; Unknown between 2:45 p.m. & 2:52 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 343-14; 2:52 p.m. - 2:56 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Javits, Jacob K.
• 343-15; Unknown between 2:56 p.m. & 3:02 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo
• 343-16; Unknown between 2:56 p.m. & 3:02 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo

Oval Office

• 730-1; 9:05 a.m. - 9:07 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Acker, Marjorie P.
• 730-2; Unknown between 9:09 a.m. & 9:56 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
• 730-3; Unknown between 9:09 a.m. & 10:57 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); White House operator; Lukash, William M.; [Unknown person(s)]
• 730-4; Unknown between 10:57 a.m. & 11:10 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 730-5; 11:10 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.
• 730-6; Unknown between 11:21 a.m. & 12:13 p.m.; [Unknown person(s)]
• 730-7; Unknown between 12:13 a.m. & 12:19 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 730-8; Unknown between 12:13 a.m. & 12:19 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.
• 730-9; Unknown between 12:13 a.m. & 12:19 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 730-10; 12:19 p.m. - 1:31 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); [Unknown person(s)]
• 730-11; 3:03 p.m. - 3:24 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Diem, Buie; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; White House photographer
• 730-12; Unknown between 3:24 p.m. & 3:30 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 730-13; 3:30 p.m. - 4:09 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; Rodgers, Donald F.; Balzano, Michael P.; White House photographer; Bull, Stephen B.
• 730-14; 4:09 p.m. - 5:40 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Mitchell, John N.; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Bull, Stephen B.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.; Kissinger, Henry A.
• 731-1; Unknown between 5:39 p.m. & 6:07 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Bull, Stephen B.
• 731-2; Unknown between 6:07 p.m. & 6:09 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.
• 731-3; Unknown between 6:09 p.m. & 11:59 p.m.; United States Secret Service agents

White House Telephone

• 25-45; Unknown between 9:09 a.m. & 9:56 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 25-46; 9:56 a.m. - 9:58 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Lukash, William M.
• 25-47; Unknown between 1:33 p.m. & 2:32 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 25-48; Unknown between 1:33 p.m. & 2:32 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 25-49; 2:32 p.m. - 2:32 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Gleason, Patricia A.
• 25-50; Unknown between 2:32 p.m. & 2:35 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 25-51; 2:35 p.m. - 2:35 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 25-52; 2:43 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Rather, Dan
• 25-53; Unknown between 2:45 p.m. & 2:52 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 25-54; Unknown between 2:45 p.m. & 2:52 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 25-55; 2:52 p.m. - 2:56 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Javits, Jacob K.

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-9346 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9346-, Vice President Agnew receiving a book from its author. 6/12/1972, Washington, D.C. Vice Presidential Office, Executive Office Building. Agnew, Ann Hawkes Hutton.

Roll WHPO-9349 Photographer: Schumaker, Byron | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-9349-, Tricia Nixon Cox standing with a "Recording for the Blind" group. 6/12/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. Tricia Nixon Cox, unidentified persons.

Roll WHPO-9350 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-9350-02-12, Ron Ziegler standing with a group of girls. 6/12/1972, Washington, DC driveway, White House grounds. Ronald Ziegler, unidentified girls.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9350-13, President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Edward Cox, and Tricia Nixon Cox seated at a dinner table on board the presidential yacht USS Sequoia celebrating the Cox's first wedding anniversary. A copy of the Gilbert Stuart George Washington bust portrait is visible on the wall behind them. 6/12/1972, Washington, D.C. U.S.S. Sequoia, Pier 1, Washington Navy Yard. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Edward Cox, Tricia Nixon Cox.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9350-13-26, President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Edward Cox and Tricia Nixon Cox seated at a dinner table on board the presidential yacht USS Sequoia cebrating the Cox's first wedding anniversary. A copy of the Gilbert Stuart George Washington bust portrait is visible on the wall behind them. 6/12/1972, Washington, D.C. U.S.S. Sequoia, Pier 1, Washington Navy Yard. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Edward Cox, Tricia Nixon Cox.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9350-25, President Nixon, Edward Cox, Tricia Nixon Cox, and a chef/waiter holding a chocolate decorated cake, while standing near the dinner table on board the presidential yacht USS Sequoia celebrating the Cox's first wedding anniversary. 6/12/1972, Washington, D.C. U.S.S. Sequoia, Pier 1, Washington Navy Yard. President Nixon, Edward Cox, Tricia Nixon Cox, unidentified White House chef/waiter (not Monolo Sanchez).

Roll WHPO-9351 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-9351-, President Nixon, Pat Nixon and Tricia Nixon standing on deck of the Presidential yacht USS Sequoia, with unidentified Navy personnel behind him. Portrait of individual Navy officer serving on the Presidential yacht Sequoia. 6/12/1972, Washington, D.C. U.S.S. Sequoia, Pier 1, Washington Navy Yard. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Tricia Nixon, U.S.S. Sequoia Navy yacht personnel.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9351-07A, President Nixon, Pat Nixon and Tricia Nixon standing on deck of the Presidential yacht v, with unidentified Navy personnel behind him. Portrait of individual Navy officer serving on the Presidential yacht Sequoia. 6/12/1972, Washington, D.C. U.S.S. Sequoia, Pier 1, Washington Navy Yard.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9351-08A, President Nixon, Pat Nixon and Tricia Nixon standing on deck of the Presidential yacht USS Sequoia, with unidentified Navy personnel behind him. Portrait of individual Navy officer serving on the Presidential yacht Sequoia. 6/12/1972, Washington, D.C. U.S.S. Sequoia, Pier 1, Washington Navy Yard.

Roll WHPO-9352 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-9352-, Tricia Nixon Cox receiving "Our American Coins" from Director of the Mint Mary Brooks. Tricia mingling with Mint staff members and members of the Washington Youth Numismatic Club. 6/12/1972, Washington, D.C. East Garden, White House. Tricia Nixon Cox, Mary Brooks, Mint staffers, numismatic club members.

Roll WHPO-9353 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9353-, Photos of a painting. 6/12/1972, Washington, D.C. unknown.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9353-08-34, Vice President Agnew, Judy Agnew, William Rogers, and Adele Rogers in a receiving line greeting ambassadors and their spouses. 6/12/1972, Washington, D.C. room, Blair House. Agnew, Judy Agnew, William Rogers, Adele Rogers, ambassadors, spouses.

Roll WHPO-9354 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9354-08-34, Vice President Agnew, Judy Agnew, William Rogers, and Adele Rogers in a receiving line greeting ambassadors and their spouses. 6/12/1972, Washington, D.C. room, Blair House. Agnew, Judy Agnew, William Rogers, Adele Rogers, ambassadors, spouses.

Roll WHPO-9355 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9355-01A-10A, The swearing-in ceremonies for Richard Kleindienst, George Shultz, and Caspar Weinberger, presided over by Chief Justice Warren Burger. 6/12/1972, Washington, D.C. East Room, Blue Room, White House. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Warren Burger, Mr. & Mrs. Caspar Weinberger, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Kleindienst, Mr. & Mrs. George Shultz, Agnew, Judy Agnew, guests.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9355-11A-17A, The Nixons, Kleindiensts, Shultzes, and Weinbergers in a receiving line. 6/12/1972, Washington, D.C. East Room, Blue Room, White House. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Warren Burger, Mr. & Mrs. Caspar Weinberger, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Kleindienst, Mr. & Mrs. George Shultz, Agnew, Judy Agnew, guests.

Roll WHPO-9356 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9356-02-22, President Nixon at a microphone addressing the audience. Supreme Court Justice Warren Burger swearing in Kleindienst, Shultz, and Caspar Weinberger. Group photos of the Nixons with the Kleindiensts, Shultzes, and Weinbergers. 6/12/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Warren Burger, Mr. & Mrs. Caspar Weinberger, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Kleindienst, Mr. & Mrs. George Shultz.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9356-05, President Nixon attending the swearing-in ceremony of Richard Kleindienst as Attorney General by Supreme Court Justice Warren Burger. 6/12/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, Richard Kleindienst, Margaret Dunbar Kleindienst, Warren Burger.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9356-09, President Nixon attending the swearing-in ceremony of George Shultz as Secretary of the Treasury by Supreme Court Justice Warren Burger. 6/12/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, Warren Burger, George Shultz, Helena O'Brien Shultz.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9356-12, President Nixon shaking hands with George Shultz after his swearing-in as Secretary of the Treasury by Supreme Court Justice Warren Burger. 6/12/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, Warren Burger, George Shultz, Helena O'Brien Shultz.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9356-13, Close-up of President Nixon shaking hands with George Shultz after his swearing-in as Secretary of the Treasury by Supreme Court Justice Warren Burger. 6/12/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, George Shultz.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9356-16, President Nixon attending the swearing-in ceremony of Caspar Weinberger as the Director of the OMB by Supreme Court Justice Warren Burger. 6/12/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, Warren Burger, Caspar Weinberger, Jane Dalton Weinberger.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9356-23, President Nixon walking down the West Wing Colonnade with an unidentified man. 6/12/1972, Washington, D.C. West Wing Colonnade. President Nixon, unidentified man, aides.

Roll WHPO-9357 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9357-, President Nixon seated informally with departing Vietnamese Ambassador Bui Diem and Haig. 6/12/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon Haig, Bui Diem.

Roll WHPO-9358 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9358-03-06, 18-23, President Nixon shaking hands with Donald Rodgers and seated at his desk with him. 6/12/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Donald Rodgers, Mike Balzano.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9358-08-17, President Nixon shaking hands with Mike Balzano and seated at his desk with him. 6/12/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Donald Rodgers, Mike Balzano.

The White House Communications Agency Sound Recordings Collection contains public statements that took place between 1969 and 1974. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

H - White House Staff Member Recordings

• WHCA-SR-H-592
  Press briefing by Curtis Tarr and Gerald Warren. (6/12/1972, Press Center, White House)
  
  Runtime: 31:00:00
  
  Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by CRB (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

P - Formal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-P-720603
  Swearing-in ceremony with CW, GS, RK, and Chief Justice Burger. (6/12/1972)
  
  Runtime: 7:35
  
  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-5480
  Weekly News Summary, Tape I.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
  
  23. Reasoner/Kaplow/Smith: Supreme Court decisions. Time Code Start: 61:30. Keywords: law officials, judges, justices, courts, trials, investigations, rulings, decisions. Network: ABC.
  
  24. Smith/Zimmerman/Koppel: General Lavelle at Senate Subcommittee. Time Code Start: 65:07. Keywords: Vietnam War, Air Force, military officials, bombings, Sentate Committee hearings, investigations, retirement. Network: ABC.
  
  25. Reasoner/Miller:Vietnam. Time Code Start: 68:50. Keywords: Vietnam War. Network: ABC.
  
  26. Smith/Clark: McGovern campaign in New York; Senator McClellan may lose Senate seat. Time Code Start: 71:52. Keywords: Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: ABC.
  
  27. Reasoner/Gill: Kleindienst sworn in as Attorney General. Time Code Start: 73:42. Keywords: law officials, nominations, confirmations, officials, swearings in, sworn in, ceremony. Network: ABC.
  
  28. Smith: Commentary on how McGovern campaign must change to win. Time Code Start: 77:30. Keywords: Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: ABC.
  
  29. Chancellor/Stern: Supreme Court. Time Code Start: 79:13. Keywords: law officials, courts, judges. Network: NBC.
  
  30. Chancellor: Attorney General Kleindienst (President Nixon). Time Code Start: 81:40. Keywords: law officials, nominations, confirmations, officials, swearings in, sworn in, ceremony. Network: NBC.
  
  31. Chancellor/Delaney: Primary '72- Texas. Time Code Start: 83:30. Keywords: Presidential elections, campaigns, primaries, voting. Network: NBC.
  
  32. Chancellor/Goralski: General Lavelle. Time Code Start: 87:03. Keywords: Vietnam War, Air Force, military officials, bombings, Sentate, hearings, investigations, retirement. Network: NBC.
  
  33. Chancellor/Kaplan: Vietnam; Paris Peace Talks (Ambassador William J. Porter). Time Code Start: 89:45. Keywords: Paris Peace Talks, Vietnam War, treaty, treaties, negotiations. Network: NBC.
  
  34. Cronkite/Schieffer: Paris Peace Talks; General Lavelle. Time Code Start: 92:20. Keywords: Vietnam War, Air Force, military officials, bombings, Sentate, hearings, investigations, retirement. Network: CBS.
• WHCA-5481
  Weekly News Summary, Tape II.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
  
  1. Cronkite: Vietnam. Time Code Start: 00:00. Keywords: Vietnam War. Network: CBS.
  
  2. Cronkite: Lewis (New York Times) on Vietnam. Time Code Start: 02:55. Keywords: Vietnam War. Network: CBS.
  
  3. Cronkite/Schorr: Supreme Court. Time Code Start: 07:28. Keywords: law officials, courts, judges. Network: CBS.
  
  4. Cronkite: Primaries. Time Code Start: 10:49. Keywords: Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates, primaries, voting. Network: CBS.
  
  5. Cronkite/Rather: Attorney General Kleindienst sworn in. Time Code Start: 11:18. Keywords: law officials, nominations, confirmations, officials, swearings in, sworn in, ceremony. Network: CBS.

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